The National Rifle Association board of directors re-elected Wayne LaPierre as its CEO on Monday, extending the longstanding leader's term for another year at the group's annual meeting in Houston.
Wayne LaPierre will speak at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Friday.
LaPierre defeated West in a 54-1 vote to become the organization's CEO and executive vice president.
At the organization's annual meeting last weekend, a group of NRA members passed a resolution signaling their support for LaPierre's leadership.
LaPierre has been the leader of the organization since 1991. The group's opposition to tighter gun laws has drawn controversy. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, according to LaPierre. The controversy over the NRA is not limited to political opponents. Three years ago, the National Rifle Association was accused of overspending on personal expenses like clothes, travel and housing, and the group accused a key ad agency of billing issues and other improprieties in a series of lawsuits. Oliver North, the former board president of the National Rifle Association, stepped down in February after LaPierre claimed that he threatened to leak damaging allegations. North said he was trying to reform the organization's financial practices.
In March, a New York state court judge tossed out James' push to dissolved the tax-exempt group after he sued the NRA over allegations of financial misdeeds by LaPierre and other senior leaders. The judge dismissed the case after James argued that it was an attempt to avoid her office's lawsuit.
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