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The National Rifle Association claims to speak for more than 4 million gun owners. But the shots are really called by a hush-hush group of 76 directors. The majority are nominated via a top-down process and elected by a small fraction of NRA members. A breakdown of the current board, based on their official bios:

87 percent are men. 93 percent are white.

25 percent are current or former federal, state, or local lawmakers or officials.

22 percent are current or former law enforcement officers. 30 percent are current or former members of the military.

24 percent are lawyers.

12 percent are entertainers or athletes.

64 percent are hunters. 71 percent are sport or competitive shooters.

At least 71 percent were nominated, endorsed, or selected by the NRA’s Nominating Committee.

Some notable members of the NRA’s current board of directors:

More: See a complete list of NRA board members in 2013.

* Correction: An earlier version incorrectly stated that Carl T. Rowan Jr. is currently employed by Securitas, based on his bio on the NRA site. Securitas told Mother Jones that it no longer employs him.

Members of the NRA board of directors in 2013

Joe M. Allbaugh

William H. Allen

Dr. Thomas P. Arvas

Scott L. Bach

William A. Bachenberg

Frank E. Bachhuber Jr.

M. Carol Bambery

Bob Barr

Ronnie G. Barrett

Clel Baudler

David E. Bennett

J. Kenneth Blackwell

Matt Blunt

Dan Boren

Robert K. Brown

Pete Brownell

Dave Butz

J. William “Bill” Carter

Ted W. Carter

Richard Childress

Patricia A. Clark

Allan D. Cors

Charles L. Cotton,

David G. Coy

Larry E. Craig John L. Cushman

William H. Dailey

Joseph P. Debergalis Jr.

R. Lee “The Gunny” Ermey

Edie P. Fleeman

Joel Friedman

Sandra S. Froman

Tom Gaines

James S. Gilmore III

Marion P. Hammer

Maria Heil

Graham Hill

Stephen D. Hornady

Susan Howard

Roy Innis

H. Joaquin Jackson

Curtis S. Jenkins

David A. Keene

Tom King

Herbert A. “Herb” Lanford Jr.

Karl A. Malone

Carolyn Dodgen Meadows

John F. Milius

Bill Miller

Owen Buz Mills

Cleta Mitchell Grover G. Norquist

Oliver L. North

Robert “Bob” Nosler

Johnny Nugent

Ted Nugent

Lance Olson

Timothy W. Pawol

James W. Porter II

Peter “Jay” Printz

Todd J. Rathner

Wayne Anthony Ross

Carl T. Rowan Jr.

Dr. Don Saba

Robert E. Sanders

William H. Satterfield

Ronald L. Schmeits

Tom Selleck

John C. Sigler

Leroy Sisco

Dwight D. Van Horn

Linda Walker

Howard J. “Walt” Walter

J.D. Williams

Robert J. Wos

Don E. Young

Source: NRA