Todd Rathner Email & Phone Number

United States

● Lobby directly to pass proactive bills, resulting in 40 pro-knife owner laws in 30+ states (to date), and repeal of longstanding anti-knife-owner laws.● Lobby directly to stop anti-knife-owner bills, defeating 10 bills in 9 states (to date). ● Selected to testify before numerous legislative committees in multiple states, exemplifying clear communication and outstanding professionalism.● Draft proposed legislation and proposed amendments to legislation which matches organization strategy.● Use human resources best practices to hire and oversee contract lobbyists in various states. ● Provided superb support in the drafting, introduction and lobbying for the Federal Knife Owners Protection Act currently pending before the U.S. Congress.

● Oversee flawless operation of a national advocacy organization, which relies upon grassroots activism and direct lobbying in multiple states.● Speak publicly at large national conventions of related advocacy groups, building coalitions to achieve the legislative and policy goals of the organization.● Lobby to pass pro-NFA related (National Firearms Act) bills, resulting in passage in 9 states to date.

Tucson, Arizona Area

Legislative and Political Consulting ● Lobbying ● Government Relations ● Public Affairs

United States

• Provided the best possible policy direction and lobbying services in multiple states to introduce the Civics Education Initiative (CEI), a web based education and testing program that requires high school students to pass a civics examination in order to graduate.• Introduced the CEI concept to legislators, teachers, and the general public, to educate and effectively advocate about how they could pass the CEI and implement it with no cost to the state, school districts or parents.

United States

● Developed and implemented national lobbying strategy. ● Directly lobbied and passed bills allowing hunting with suppressors in three states.● Directly lobbied and passed “Shall Certify” legislation (requiring local Chief Law Enforcement Officers to certify federal firearm forms, unless they can show cause why they should not) in three states, pioneering this concept for the rest of the U.S.● Drafted proposed legislation and proposed amendments to legislation.

Phoenix, Arizona Area

● (2009) Directly lobbied and passed five pro-Second Amendment bills in Arizona, resulting in the NRA’s most successful session in Arizona history. ● (2010) Directly lobbied and passed Constitutional Carry making Arizona the first state in the Continental U.S. to enact it (Vermont had it since statehood), with several other stats following the pattern established in Arizona.