{"id":163577,"date":"2022-05-09T17:41:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=163577"},"modified":"2022-05-09T17:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:10:33","slug":"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1-1024x643.jpg\" alt=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\" class=\"wp-image-163579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1-400x251.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lt. Col. Allen West, USA, Ret. wants to be the next Exec. VP of the National Rifle Association.  (<em>Photo: Twitter\/West<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/west-may-make-a-run-to-unseat-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\">broke last week<\/a> that several former and current NRA board members would like to see someone other than Wayne LaPierre at the helm of the nation\u2019s gun lobby.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citing the organization\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/lapierre-responds-to-dismissal-of-bankruptcy-filing-nra-will-keep-fighting\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\"> ongoing legal issues<\/a> and its admission that Wayne <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nra-acknowledges-new-findings-of-excessive-benefits-paid-to-ceo-wayne-lapierre-11637706699\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\">received \u201cexcess benefits\u201d<\/a> to the tune of $300,000 during his tenure as executive vice president (money that he\u2019s since paid back with a personal check), the concerned members tapped former Congressman Allen West to be their guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, after taking the weekend to pray on it some, it\u2019s now official.\u00a0 West announced Monday that he will take on LaPierre at this year\u2019s NRA annual meetings and exhibits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/ Because the effort is gaining traction in the news and I am being asked about it in interviews, I am commenting here that, as with all things, I am having discussions with my family, and most of all, committing all to prayer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QAjyLn0RX4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\">https:\/\/t.co\/QAjyLn0RX4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Allen West (@AllenWest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllenWest\/status\/1522703942580330497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\">May 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In the military, we have a saying, it is that Warriors move to the sound of the guns. It is with sincere humility that I have consented to my nomination to be Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association,\u201d said Col. West, in a press release obtained by GunsAmerica.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHistory has taught us that when the people are disarmed, they are subjugated, enslaved to tyranny and totalitarianism,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe Nation&#8217;s oldest civil rights institution is the National Rifle Association. I would be honored to secure that legacy going forward for future generations of legal, law-abiding American citizens and gun owners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West said that his top goals \u201care to restore the honor, integrity, and character of this venerable organization along with refocusing on our core competencies, shooting sports\/marksmanship, and defense of our Second Amendment constitutional right.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/where-to-buy-a-suppressor\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\">Where to Buy a Suppressor<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But not everyone wants to see Wayne go.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former NRA President David Keene wrote a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/2022\/05\/nra-allen-wests-run-for-waynes-job\/#axzz7SpAzgbID\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\" title=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\"> blistering opinion piece this week<\/a> in which he crushed West as a potential candidate and defended LaPierre\u2019s record.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe fact that those who would take Wayne down have settled on Allen West as their preferred replacement tells a person more than anything else. It tells you that while professing an interest in the future success of the NRA, their real interest is simply to get rid of Wayne regardless of the consequences,\u201d wrote Keene. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPutting Allen West into a position, which requires managerial competence, would amount to malpractice,\u201d Keene went on to say. \u201cPerhaps in choosing Allen West, their intent is simply to destroy NRA and all that Wayne has worked over these many years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keene is convinced that this attempt to unseat LaPierre will fail.&nbsp; He also contends that Wayne is still the right person for the job. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo one is perfect. Wayne has sometimes trusted people who didn\u2019t deserve that trust. I doubt if he or any of us can claim we\u2019ve always been right about everything. But no one could have done a better job for us over years of service, or for America\u2019s gun owners and the Second Amendment, than Wayne,\u201d said Keene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NRA board will vote on Monday, May 30, 2022.&nbsp; Stay tuned for updates.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News broke last week that several former and current NRA board members would like to see someone other than Wayne LaPierre at the helm of the nation\u2019s gun lobby.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":163579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[244,25,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2nd-amendment-r2kba","8":"category-current-events","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Well, it\u2019s now official.\u00a0 West has announced that he will take on LaPierre at this year\u2019s NRA annual meetings and exhibits.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It\u2019s Official!\u00a0 Allen West Will Try to Oust LaPierre at NRA Annual Meetings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News broke last week that several former and current NRA board members would like to see someone other than Wayne LaPierre at the helm of the nation\u2019s gun lobby.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/its-official-allen-west-will-try-to-oust-lapierre-at-nra-annual-meetings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gun Reviews and News | GunsAmerica.com\/Digest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/gunsamerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-09T21:41:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T06:10:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/West-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"753\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S.H. 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