Bob Ricker resigned January 6, 2009, as a member of the board of directors and Executive Director of the American Hunters and Shooters Association.
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Ricker graduated from George Mason University School of Law and began his career in 1977 as a trial lawyer for a Northern Virginia law firm. In 1981, he was hired as an Assistant General Counsel for the National Rifle Association, representing the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action and NRA’s Political Victory Fund. In 1983, Ricker moved to the west coast, where he organized and developed the California Wildlife Federation’s legislative advocacy program. That same year, he led the legislative effort in California to pass the nation's first firearm industry product liability immunity statute.
In 1997, Ricker angered his former employer, the National Rifle Association when he negotiated an agreement between the Clinton administration and major gun manufacturers.
In high profile litigation brought by several major U.S. cities, Ricker gained national prominence when he went on record against the very industry he used to represent. In an affidavit filed in California, and later in testimony before a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Ricker, pointed to what he said were "irresponsible" and "negligent" behavior on the part of gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers.
Ricker managed his own Sacramento, California based legislative advocacy and policy consulting firm.
Ricker died 4 December 2009.