{"id":2248905,"date":"2024-05-20T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-barr-elected-to-lead-nra\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T17:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T21:05:17","slug":"bob-barr-elected-to-lead-nra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-barr-elected-to-lead-nra\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Barr chosen as NRA&#8217;s new leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbob-barr-elected-to-lead-nra%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248905&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former \u200cGeorgia Rep.\u200b Bob \u200dBarr was \u200belected to lead the National Rifle Association amid\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nra-scores-court-victory-against-ag-letitia-james-in-new-york\/\" title=\"NRA Scores Court Victory Against AG Letitia James In New York\">financial misconduct<\/a> \u2064turmoil. Barr, a former CIA and DOJ member, won \u200cover Owen\u2063 Mills. \u200cWith\u2064 a history in Congress, Barr faces the\u200c task of restoring the NRA&#8217;s reputation following allegations against former CEO Wayne LaPierre. Former Georgia \u200dRep. Bob Barr was chosen\u200b to head \u200cthe National Rifle Association in the midst of financial misconduct \u2064issues. As a \u200bformer\u2062 CIA and DOJ member, Barr prevailed over \u200cOwen Mills. With \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-should-choose-former-rep-devin-nunes-as-vice-president-roger-stone-says\/\" title=\"Roger Stone suggests that Trump should consider selecting former Rep. Devin Nunes as vice president\">congressional background<\/a>, Barr is \u200btasked with rebuilding the NRA&#8217;s image after accusations against former CEO Wayne LaPierre.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nraontherecord.org\/bob-barr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr\">Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr<\/a> was elected on Monday to head the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr\">National Rifle Association<\/a> as the beleaguered\u00a0gun-rights group struggles to find footing after its top leaders were found liable in February for engaging in financial misconduct and corruption. <\/p>\n<p>Barr beat out Owen Mills, who has been critical of the NRA\u2019s leadership, Stephen Gutowski, founder of the <em>Reload<\/em>, reported.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr takes part in a debate titled \u201cDoes Security Trump Freedom?\u201d, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010, during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington. (AP Photo\/Cliff Owen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barr, who worked for the CIA and Department of Justice before becoming a congressman, received 37 votes, while Mills got 30. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Barr was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1994, representing Georgia\u2019s 7th Congressional District. <\/p>\n<p>It will be up to him to turn around the NRA\u2019s fortunes after a Manhattan jury found the organization and\u00a0former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2821597\/former-nra-ceo-wayne-lapierre-admits-company-funds-chartered-flights-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CEO Wayne LaPierre<\/a> engaged\u00a0in corrupt practices.\u00a0Jurors agreed LaPierre had \u201cviolated his statutory obligation to discharge the duties of his position in good faith\u201d and that his actions cost the organization $5.4 million.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NRA is little more than a shell of itself after hemorrhaging hundreds of millions in legal fees,\u201d Joshua Powell, a former top NRA official who settled with the state before the seven-week civil showdown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/02\/12\/briefing\/nra-wayne-la-pierre.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The NRA was the most powerful gun rights group in the nation for decades but lost hundreds of thousands of members following allegations of fraud and abuse. To deal with the mass exodus, the organization cut programs that were popular with its members, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-establishing-field-offices-to-investigate-threats-against-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Establishing Field Offices To Investigate Threats Against Lawmakers\">gun training<\/a>, which led to more people leaving.<\/p>\n<p>There was also a time when the NRA\u2019s blessing or opposition meant passage or defeat for gun legislation. The once-powerful lobbying group was both feared and revered in Washington and had been championing Second Amendment rights since 1871.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2003 and 2013, the organization scored 230 legislative victories, including passing six state laws that forbid municipalities from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stunning-number-gun-ownership-reaches-record-high-as-biden-admin-continues-to-push-gun-control\/\" title=\"Gun ownership hits all-time high as Biden administration pushes for gun control\">limiting gun rights<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Despite those wins, the NRA was unable to secure the expansion of concealed carry, as well as a change to laws restricting gun silencers when the GOP had full control of the House, Senate, and the White House in 2017 and 2018. <\/p>\n<p>As mass shootings piled up, public pressure on lawmakers to find a compromise grew, and the core members of the NRA started looking elsewhere for representation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER \">CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonprofit government ethics watchdog, the NRA raised only $213 million in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>While that may seem like a lot, it marked a 52% drop in overall revenue for the organization.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr won the election on Monday to lead the National Rifle Association. The organization, facing challenges after top leaders were implicated in financial misconduct, chose Barr over Owen Mills and Stephen Gutowski for the position<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":2248906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP100219121025.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2248905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP100219121025.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2248906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}