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A former executive for the National Rifle Association will release next week a tell-all book about his experience with the NRA titled, “Inside the N.R.A.: A Tell-All Account of Corruption, Greed, and Paranoia Within the Most Powerful Political Group in America.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Powell was fired in January after allegedly improperly using NRA funds. He was also accused of gender discrimination and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Times received an advanced copy of Powell\u2019s book, and they outlined in a recent article<\/a> his accusations against his former employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powells claims the NRA has abandoned \u201cits roots as an organization focused on gun safety and education\u201d by turning its back on the majority of gun owners, who Powell claims support universal background checks and red flag laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was part of a message machine that helped to perpetuate the problem and exacerbate the extremism of the gun debate, something I wouldn\u2019t fully appreciate for a long time,\u201d he writes. \u201cI would become lost. And my experience would ultimately convince me that the N.R.A. itself had lost its mission, and lost its way too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Californians Will Have Fewer Handguns Available to Them Thanks to New Microstamping Law<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While Powell personally doubts the efficacy of universal background checks, he believes the NRA should take that issue off the table. He also believes they should support red flag laws that allow family members and friends to petition a court to confiscated a person\u2019s firearms \u2013 \u201cas long as there is a process\u201d that \u201cinvolves both medical doctors and psychiatrists, and some sort of bipartisan oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also accuses the NRA, and specifically Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, of significant financial mismanagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaPierre \u201ccouldn\u2019t run an organization on a fiscally sound basis to save his life,\u201d Powell claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powell was himself a businessman, but his previous ventures into men\u2019s clothing catalogs were not successful. He was sued numerous times in connection with the catalogs over the nonpayment of debts, according to the New York AG\u2019s lawsuit against the NRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Powell claims that LaPierre confided in him about quitting last year. According to Powell, LaPierre speculated that former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee or former House member Jason Chaffetz might replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NRA denied Powell\u2019s version of that conversation in an interview with the New York Times. A spokesman claimed that LaPierre spoke to many people about succession planning \u201cif, and when, he ever left the N.R.A.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Times also reports that, in the weeks before he was fired, Powell was seeking to restructure his contract and receive $1.7 million as a consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy loyalty to the Association is without question,\u201d he wrote to LaPierre at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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