NRA member behind push for Wayne LaPierre to resign seeks shakeup

The man who pushed for a resolution calling on National Rifle Association[1] CEO Wayne LaPierre[2] to resign at the group’s annual convention last weekend says he’ll keep demanding changes even though Mr. LaPierre[3] has emerged victorious. “We fired a shot. It was not meant to be a one-and-done,” Frank Tait[4] told The Washington Times. “To me, the resolution was more about ‘let’s get this thing dealt with.’” Mr. Tait[5] was part of a group of members demanding a shakeup as the NRA[6] faces mounting questions about its finances and business dealings. They fought for changes at the NRA[7]’s annual meetings last week, only to see the big decisions kicked to the NRA[8]’s 76-member board of directors, which voted unanimously to keep Mr. LaPierre[9] on the job, effectively backing him in a dispute with ousted NRA[10] President Oliver North. The board voted to install Carolyn D. Meadows, a longtime board member, as the new president to replace Mr. North. Mr. Tait[11] said he had suggested his resolution partly to start conversations about the NRA[12]’s slipping finances and a rash of legal battles. Rob Pincus, who also spoke up at the members meeting, said there could have been downsides to nixing Mr. LaPierre[13], who has been among the most vocal voices defending gun rights amid this decade’s shooting sprees, without broader changes. “At this point, removing Wayne LaPierre[14] would be a symbolic gesture that would be seen as potentially appeasing people in the gun community and outside, to see somebody sacrificed for the cause from either side,” said Mr. Pincus, the executive vice president of Second Amendment Organization, a nonprofit advocacy and education group. Both Mr. Tait[15] and Mr. Pincus said a priority for the NRA[16] should be ending its relationship with Ackerman McQueen, the group’s longtime advertising firm. The NRA[17]

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