Scroll down (a long way) to Remus' Notebook:
I am sad to say I believe the prediction is true. LaPierre will retire a rich man, and the NRA will cease to exist.The Trace - Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A. ... leaders have encouraged disastrous business ventures and questionable partnerships, and have marginalized those who object
Be aware The Trace is Bloomberg's anti-gun website, yet this expose is a "must read" for defenders of the second amendment. The NRA is in seriously deep financial trouble, this much is public knowledge. The NRA may founder and collapse, in fact, this is a likely outcome. If this essay is even mostly true, the NRA has been looted into insolvency.
Jeff Knox at Ammoland also details abuses at the NRA. An excerpt:
" ... Wayne’s [Wayne LaPierre] compensation rose rapidly from about $250,000 a year to almost $1,000,000.00. In the latest available IRS report from 2017, LaPierre’s total compensation was reported at $1.4 million, or about $117,000 per month, and a couple of years before that, he also got a distribution from his retirement fund of about $4 million, for a total compensation of more than $5 million that year.
It’s worth noting that he’s receiving this at a time when the NRA is over $30 million in the red, and the retirement fund is in negative numbers to the tune of almost $60 million. ... Wives, children, and other relatives of NRA executives and NRA contractors have routinely crisscrossed between the NRA and various vendors, drawing exorbitant salaries".
Fairfax has always smelled of elitism and the callous corruption that goes with it. Unless the NRA has a "come to Jesus" moment and acts on it, prepare for a shock. It may not survive. It may not deserve to survive.
(I am a Benefactor Member.)