Actor Tom Selleck, star of such TV crime
dramas as " Magnum, P.I." and " Blue Bloods" and an ardent gun
collector, has resigned from the National Rifle Association's
board of directors.
“Tom Selleck has stepped down from the board of the NRA due
to his work schedule," his publicist, Annett Wolf, said in a
statement emailed to Reuters on Wednesday.
"Mr. Selleck remains a member of the NRA,” she said.
In his re-election to the board for a three-year term in
2017, Selleck, 73, received 110,000 votes, nearly 20,000 more
than the next closest candidate.
Asked in a telephone interview whether Selleck's resignation
from the board had anything to do with NRA policy, Wolf declined
to comment.
The Trace, a non-profit website covering gun violence in
America, reported Selleck has been a member of the NRA since he
was 8 years old, has served on the 76-member board since 2005
and has donated rifles and revolvers from his acting roles to
the NRA's National Firearms Museum.
The NRA did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.