Former President Marion Hammer Sues NRA Over Cancelled Contract, Continued Use of Her Legacy

After decades in the political trenches — and many of them spent negotiating away your gun rights — Marion Hammer, the NRA’s most prominent former Florida power broker, is now suing the organization she long defended.

Her complaint? The NRA allegedly canceled her 10-year consulting deal, worth more than $2 million, and continues to use her name and image in fundraising materials — without sending her a cut. You read that right.

While claiming to be the moral backbone of the gun rights movement, Hammer is now taking the NRA to federal court, not over betrayal of the Second Amendment, but over lost consulting cash.

Even more jaw-dropping, Hammer argues the NRA contract was meant to keep her loyal, claiming the offer was “only half” of what gun control group Giffords offered her to retire quietly. As if considering a payoff from the anti-gun left should be something to brag about.

From Advocate to Insider

Hammer’s lawsuit paints a conflicting picture. On one hand, she accuses the NRA of trying to “erase her legacy.” On the other hand, she’s suing because they’re still promoting that legacy — and not paying her to do it. What really bothers Hammer isn’t the principle. It’s the paycheck.

According to her own filings, she was pocketing over $200,000 a year for a non-full-time “consulting” role, while preaching about sacrifice and loyalty to Second Amendment values. It’s the kind of backroom enrichment scheme we saw throughout the Wayne LaPierre era, an era Hammer proudly participated in.

LaPierre, who resigned in disgrace early last year, led the NRA through a cascade of financial scandals, billing hundreds of thousands for luxury suits, private jet travel, and vacation homes…all while running a nonprofit that’s supposed to be fighting for its members’ rights. Now it looks like Hammer just wants another slice of the pie.

Here’s a breakdown of what Hammer has received over the years from NRA sources and affiliates:

2023 (Most Recent Public Record)

• $220,000 from the NRA as a Board Director (Source: Paddock Post, 2025)

Prior to 2023

• $220,000/year: NRA consulting contract (10-year agreement starting in 2018)
• $50,000/year: NRA-ILA consulting contract
• $216,000–$260,000/year: Grants to Unified Sportsmen of Florida (USF), where Hammer serves as Executive Director
• $110,000/year: Hammer’s salary from USF, funded in part by NRA grants

Hammer was considered an independent contractor, not a full-time NRA employee. Meanwhile, the NRA itself has faced dire financial challenges, with rising legal costs and plummeting donor trust — all while the multi-million-dollar paydays for insiders kept flowing.

When Hammer Betrayed Florida Gun Owners

Let’s not forget that Marion Hammer hasn’t always stood on the side of gun owners.

After the 2018 Parkland school shooting, while Florida Gun Rights and the National Association for Gun Rights fought to defeat the gun control legislation pushed by anti-gun Republicans and Democrats alike, it was Hammer’s allies who sat at the table and cut the deal on “school safety” that included more gun control, such as Florida’s “red flag” gun confiscation law and its ban on firearms for 18 to 20-year-olds.

That’s a dangerous blueprint that anti-gun states are still copying to this day.

Sixty-seven  NRA “A-rated” Republicans voted in favor of that legislation and the NRA — under Hammer’s former guidance — gave them political cover.

Meanwhile, Chris McNutt, then a lobbyist for both National Association for Gun Rights and Texas Gun Rights, joined FLGR’s DJ Parten in Tallahassee, fighting to stop the bill and rallying legislators to stand against it.

Pot Meet Kettle: Hammer Accuses Gun Rights Activists of Grifting While Getting Rich Off Donor Money

In her feud with FLGR and NAGR, Hammer accused the organizations of grifting — not because of any wrongdoing, but because they didn’t rent expensive office space in Tallahassee.

Small, efficient, and grassroots-driven, FLGR operates without the multi-million-dollar overhead that’s made the NRA infamous. They use every dollar to fight gun control, not pad paychecks.

But that didn’t stop Hammer from launching a personal vendetta against FLGR lobbyist D.J. Parten when he returned to his home state of Alabama. She even sent out an “alert” warning individuals that he might be involved in Alabama politics…as if advocating for gun rights was somehow dangerous.

There is no record of FLGR or NAGR abusing donor funds. But the NRA? That’s an entirely different story, from LaPierre’s custom wardrobe to Hammer’s canceled contract, the financial records are public and damning.

A Lawsuit That Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Hammer’s lawsuit exposes everything gun owners had feared…that the swamp inside the NRA isn’t just real, it’s litigious. That a former president would sue the nonprofit association for back pay while touting her “virtue” for not selling out to gun control groups says more than she might realize.

If Hammer truly cared about the Second Amendment, Giffords’ offer would’ve been laughable — not leverage.

At a time when gun owners are fighting to repeal red flag laws, eliminate suppressor regulations, and restore Second Amendment rights to young adults, Marion Hammer is fighting…for a paycheck. And that tells you everything you need to know.