NRA president says he won't serve second term amid turmoil in gun rights group

[txradioguy]

National Rifle Association President Oliver North said Saturday that he won’t serve a second term as the leader of the gun-rights group.

The resignation appears to be the culmination of an internal power struggle among the leadership that has recently engulfed the group, which reached a crescendo on Friday when the NRA’s executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, the effective public face of the organization, accused North of pressuring him to resign.


In a letter read out by a board member Saturday, North said: “Please know I hoped to be with you today as NRA president endorsed for reelection. I’m now informed that that will not happen.”

He said that the NRA should form a committee to probe the group’s finances, adding that it represents a “clear crisis” that “needs to be dealt with” if the organization wants to remain a viable organization.

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The Daily Beast reported Saturday that the organization had also suspended its top lawyer, Steve Hart, although it was not immediately clear why. Meanwhile, NPR reported that the organization's membership opposed an executive session of the meeting and a secret session without the media present.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nra-president-says-he-wont-serve-second-term-amid-turmoil-in-gun-rights-group

[txradioguy]

It looks like LTC North found out the hard way what happens when you mess with the establishment in the NRA hierarchy. It’s a shame. It would appear he wanted to try and fix some of the issues plaguing the organization...starting with the EVP. #WaynesGottaGo

I think I’ll be spending what would have been the $$$$ to renew my membership with the NRA on a shiny new membership in Gun Owners of America.

[mountaineer]

Such infighting certainly is counterproductive to the cause of defending the second amendment.

[txradioguy]

Such infighting certainly is counterproductive to the cause of defending the second amendment.

It’s especially bad timing given what the progressive are trying to do as far as taking our guns away from us.

[verga]

They need to get their act together. There are too many alternatives being offered that are willing to go to the mat over our rights.