Back in 1997 https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/may/04/charlton-heston-wins-nra-board-election/ this was written.
“.....Heston received 1,038 out of 1,410 ballots cast - about 74 percent of the vote - to beat out 157 other candidates for a lone seat on the 76-member board. The other 75 board members were chosen earlier in voting by mail.
Close by was the NRA’s top administrator, executive vice president Wayne R. LaPierre Jr., who nearly lost his job at a board meeting in February and whom Heston is trying to keep in office.....”
I can remember back even earlier where there were battles described on the pages of Shotgun News about who to elect to the NRA board of directors to keep the organization focused on the members needs.
While the NY AG’s lawsuit was clearly political, LaPierre was wasting member's money on a lavish lifestyle. The NRA leadership needs to focus on its various missions and not on having an ultra high paid leader.
Ollie North was president of NRA for five minutes a couple of years ago. Soon found out how corrupt it was and split post haste.
NRA Life melmber here.