NRA The Inside Story Author:Joe White, Joe White People who hate guns and hate the NRA won't buy this book. If they happen to read it they won't change their minds. People who love the NRA may not like some of the comments about the officers and employees at headquarters, or about the direction the NRA seems to be drifting. The book describes many of the legislative battles NR... more »A fought and explains the reasoning. It also describes and explains some hiring and firing and internal bickering. The struggle for power than went on for years. The reason some CEOs lost their jobs. Inter-Nicene warfare, some called it. Harlon Carter was Executive Vice President (Chief Executive Officer) of NRA for nine years, from 1977 to 1986. He was a larger-than-life figure in the annals of NRA. The author knew him for many years and served under him in the U. S. Border Patrol before Carter invited him, after his retirement, to work for him at NRA headquarters. He then worked there for three and a half years and later served three years as a member of the board of directors. He is uniquely qualified to write about this period in the history of NRA.« less