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Why America’s gun lobby leader Wayne LaPierre is under fire

The vice-president of the National Rifle Association is fighting to keep his job with a long-simmering controversy over the running of the organisation exacerbated by public anger over the latest school massacre in Texas

Political misfire: Wayne LaPierre, vice-president of the National Rifle Association

In brief:

Name and role: Wayne LaPierre, vice-president of the National Rifle Association

Age: 72

Appearance: bespectacled, ungainly, awkward, increasingly nervous-looking

Newsworthiness: LaPierre, once the embodiment of American gun rights, has come under major pressure in recent years over his finances and his running of the organisation

In depth:

In 2019, the world found out the truth about Wayne LaPierre’s prowess with guns, in the form of a six-year-old video of him and his wife ...