In her first year as NRA president , Hammer was criticized for holding the NRA convention on April 19 , 1996 , the one-year anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing . " Critics called that decision insensitive at best . " She said that the scheduling was done before the tragic bombing and if the NRA had rescheduled , " People would have said the only reason they changed it was because they somehow felt responsible . " According to a 2016 article in '' Newsweek '' , Hammer was allegedly involved in having a lawsuit against a skeet club dropped . In 2015 Southwest Florida Water Management District ( Swiftmud ) , sued the Skyway Trap & Skeet Club in St. Petersburg for not building a barrier that would prevent spent ammunition from accumulating in neighboring Sawgrass Lake Park , a public wetland . In a February 11 , 2016 statement , Hammer called on Governor Scott , Attorney General Pam Bondi , and the Florida legislature to abolish Swiftmud and to investigate Swiftmud 's " blatant and wanton Civil Rights/Second Amendment rights violations . " Hammer wrote that Swiftmud was " a malignant state agency that uses unlimited tax dollars in what I can only called an evil attempt to steal private property and destroy a small private business . " Hammer met with Ben Albritton , the head of the committee that funds Swiftmud . Hammer said that a NRA lawyer wrote the document that spelled out the terms of the dismissal of the Swiftmud lawsuit . Hammer then sent this to Albritton and Governor Scott 's office . Albritton had his assistant send an email to Swiftmud 's Colleen Thayer with an attachment that spelled out the terms of the dismissal of the Swiftmud lawsuit . It was written as if Swiftmud had already consented to it . The digital signature on the document was " Marion "
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Marion Hammer