National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre has been engulfed in turmoil and legal issues as he orchestrates the group's latest effort to push back against gun-control measures following massacres in Texas and Ohio.
FILE - In a April 27, 2019 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks at the NRA Annual Meeting of Members in Indianapolis. In the latest national furor over mass killings, the tremendous political power of the NRA is likely to stymie any major changes to gun laws. The man behind the organization is LaPierre, the public face of the Second Amendment with his bombastic defense of guns, freedom and country in the aftermath of every mass shooting.
LaPierre’s seven-figure salary, penchant for luxury clothing shopping sprees and reports that he sought to have the NRA buy him a $6 million mansion at an exclusive golf community have drawn considerable scrutiny amid allegations of rampant misspending. LaPierre, who rarely gives interviews to mainstream media, declined requests to be interviewed and has not spoken publicly since the Texas and Ohio shootings.
“Wayne was like ‘What? What’s the big deal?’” said Knox, whose father, now deceased, lost a battle with LaPierre for control of the NRA. LaPierre became the group’s CEO in 1991. He also successfully navigated the Washington political landscape and helped create a culture in which Republicans don’t dare touch gun-control measures, even after massacres of children.
There are allegations that LaPierre expensed hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury clothing purchased in Beverly Hills and that the NRA has made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to a handful of influential board members. The Washington Post reported this week that the NRA consideredThe NRA’s president, Oliver North, stepped down in the midst of a rancorous annual meeting last spring.
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