The NRA seems ready to collapse from within, but even if it died, the views it took mainstream would not die with it
The NRA’s annual convention in Dallas last year. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The wife of the National Rifle Association’s CEO preferred makeup artists from Nashville, the Daily Beast reported on Friday, and the organization spent “tens of thousands of dollars” to fly stylists out to accompany her to official events.
The organization seems ready to collapse from within. Hollowed out by allegations of mismanagement, lavish spending habits, and a general lack of direction, it may now be undone by its own hand. The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that the organization nearly bought the LaPierres a $6.5 million mansion — a home LaPierre needed because, he said, it would protect him, and he feared for his life after the Parkland shooting in 2018.
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