NRA Announces Retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North As Its Next President

on May 4, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.
DALLAS, TX - MAY 04: Lt. Colonel Oliver North speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 4, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. The N... DALLAS, TX - MAY 04: Lt. Colonel Oliver North speaks at the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum during the NRA Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 4, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. The National Rifle Association's annual meeting and exhibit runs through Sunday. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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ATLANTA (AP) — The National Rifle Association has announced that retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North is poised to become the gun lobbying group’s next president.

North is a popular speaker before the group and brings star power at a time when gun-control advocates seek to seize on momentum against the gun lobby in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and one of the deadliest school shootings.

North is already drawing comparisons to former NRA president Charlton Heston, who famously uttered that his firearms could only be taken “from my cold, dead hands.”

North will be replacing Pete Brownell, who decided not to seek a second term.

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  1. Yes, because who better to run the NRA than an experienced international gun-runner?

  2. Avatar for edys edys says:

    Man, they are just yanking the forgotten garbage out of that GOP bottom drawer, aren’t they? You would think they have more than enough new garbage to play with, but no. Vintage filth is suddenly all the rage.

  3. "I’m a military guy. I’m not a political character." – Oliver North

  4. Ollie North. Lie to Congress, become a “conservative” hero. But shoot, that guy’s older than me. Is he doing the “job” between naps?

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