1948 – 1995

• born on Jan 3. 1948 in Duluth Minnesota
• became an NRA member when he was seven years old
• 1954 worked for John Bianchi in Monrovia Ca
• shot in the Southwest Pistol League
• 1969, he became the fourth member of the Fillmore (California) Police Department
• California Department of Justice, Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement
• 1975 created the CDOJ Advanced Training Officer Survival Program
• 1976 one of the 40 founding members of the International Practical Shooting Confederation
  – holster committee w/ Michael Harries
• 1976 second place in the I.P.S.C. Columbia Conference Match
• 1977 I.P.S.C. Southwest United States Champion
• 1984 wife Sandra Froman, “Sandy”
  – NRA president 2005 – 2007
• 1985 Bruce Nelson Combat Leather stated in Tucson, AZ
• February 15th 1995 Bruce passed

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