USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In the last eight months as a member of the NRA Board of Directors (BOD), I have been asked often by NRA members, pro-gun groups, and pro-second amendment reporters “Why does the NRA BOD refuse to terminate Wayne LaPierre’s employment in light of the accusations and evidence of mismanagement, malfeasance, and misuse of NRA funds for personal benefit?”
I believe there are three primary reasons and a lengthy list of secondary reasons.
Primary Reasons:
- NRA Officers and key board members fully support maintaining Wayne LaPierre as the EVP regardless of the evidence that has been presented in the recent Bankruptcy trial.
- Several Directors are not independent fiduciaries and will follow the leadership regardless of the admission of wrongdoing by Wayne LaPierre and others.
- A few Directors are independent but will not openly challenge the current leadership for fear of reprisals, loss of committee assignments, and ultimately removal from the BOD.
The BOD’s failure in the fiduciary role of oversight has created a risk of dissolution by the New York Attorney General and has enraged NRA members, pro-second amendment organizations, and second amendment reporters. The very groups that historically have been the backbone of the NRA are now the biggest critics. The NRA routinely describes these former support groups as adverse to the NRA and malcontents. These often repeated derogatory terms are used to describe anyone or any organization with views that do not align with the NRA leadership.
In order to develop an understanding of where the NRA is heading, it is necessary to predict the outcome of the New York Attorney General’s Complaint against the NRA.
Potential Outcomes:
- ) The NRA prevails in the NYAG case and all charges are dropped and the NRA returns to normal operations with current management and BOD in place. This is not plausible due to the overwhelming evidence compiled by the NYAG and through testimonies during the bankruptcy trial. If Martha Stewart can go to jail for insider trading on a transaction valued at $45,000; then I venture to speculate that mismanagement of millions of dollars can also have serious consequences.
- ) The NRA loses the NYAG case and immediately files an appeal or another bankruptcy filing. This is possible, however, I think is unlikely because the NRA will lose all leverage with the NYAG and will be at the mercy of the court.
- ) The NRA avoids the trial through negotiations with the NYAG agrees to remove management, agrees to pay a massive fine, the NRA BOD is disbanded, and the NYAG has a huge political victory. I think this outcome is most likely based on the other possible outcomes.
The appointment of an Independent Receiver by the New York Court could help stop the raiding of the NRA’s bank account. I am hoping that the recent filing of an intervention in the NYAG case (which I am the named Director) will finally end the continued wrongdoing by a few and save the NRA for the members.
I hope to encourage all NRA members to become fully engaged in taking back control of the NRA for the benefit of the members. The BOD will not change course and have no intention of correcting the wrongdoing of the past. If the NRA is important to you, please get involved….now!
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National Rifle Association of America
11250 Waples Mill Road
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Phone Number:
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1-800-672-3888
~ Roscoe B. Marshall
I have cut all ties with the NRA. I let my Instructor creds lapse. I am done. I pour my cash into the GOA and the local VCDL here in Virginia. So long as their leadership is corrupt, not one more dime.
I am a life member of the NRA. I will not in any way do anything to change that. However, I personally will not donate or take part in any way in the NRA’s efforts to raise money for any reason in the future until Wayne LaPierre in gone. Consequently the BOD can do whatever they wish to keep him there regardless of his criminal activities but it will cost them dearly. Furthermore, I feel confident many other members will also do the same.
They keep soliciting me to renew my membership, so I write “not until pierre and the bod is removed” on the renewal forms and send them back to them. So far it hasn’t kept them from trying.
1)WHY do the board members & officers support LaPierre regardless of the evidence??! Just pointing this out isn’t a reason. 2)WHY would any Director(or member or employee) “follow” the leadership regardless of admissions of wrongdoings or even crimes. There is no logic to the choice these people are making, why is it so difficult to determine their motivations?! 3)WHY would anyone be afraid to challenge the leadership of a dying organization. Board members allow criminal behavior for fear being removed from committee assignments? I’m not buying it. None of the 3 primary reasons adequately explain the behavior of current board… Read more »
The NRA is the only organization I’ve seen, or even heard of, where the Board Of Directors are completely controlled by the executive staff employees. It’s supposed to work the other way around. We don’t need “Wayne’s World”, in any form. Truth is we never did. We’ve just been subjected to decades of clever, flashy marketing, and goebbels-esque propaganda. “Non-Profit” my A$$. Criminal indictments are inevitable. Join and support your individual state’s most Pro-2A organization. Don’t depend on any national organization to come to the rescue. Phone and email your state representatives in a professional and respectful manner. Let them… Read more »
Hopefully the NYAG will fully pursue the case to its only logical conclusion — imprisonment of Wayne LaPierre for theft and fraud, followed by criminal and civil prosecution of each board member for failure in their legally required fiduciary duties.
Hey Rocky….I’ll never give you theiving bastards another dime of my money unless the organization is completely purged up top & competent, honest individuals are put in charge.
I agree that Wayne has to go but the statement about Martha’s Stewart is wrong. She didn’t go to jail for insider trading. She went to jail because she trusted the FBI and didn’t keep her mouth shut! She misspoke and they got her for lying to them!
As for me, a long standing life member, I am holding out for a bankruptcy and liquidation of functional assets and resources. Divide it up, give recreational shooting, education and instruction (RSO, Coach and Instructors) to the CMP, give the industry liaison functions to NSSF, break up the foundation between NSSF and CMP and give the ILA and Pac functions to 2AF and GOA. Break it up. Save the resources by delivering them to competent corporate leadership. What we have in the current NRA is the worst of all possible worlds: we have a major corporation corrupted by a quest… Read more »
I have been very disappointed in LaPierre and the whole NRA BOD since even before I jumped in with a 5 year membership. Suffice it to say I am so glad I didn’t have the finances to jump in with a lifetime membership. Actually I was of the opinion LaPierre should have been booted years ago when Oliver North and the BOD were having that dispute. WHY CAN’T THE NRA, GOA, NSSF, 2AF, and all the pro-gun organizations get together and put up a united front. What is our main goal? WHY IS IT THAT WE CAN’T UNDERSTAND “UNITED WE… Read more »