http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/386550-oliver-north-set-to-become-nra-presidentOliver North, the controversial retired Marine and former Reagan White House aide implicated in the Iran-Contra scandal, is on track to be the next president of the National Rifle Association (NRA).
The organization on Monday announced that North will replace Pete Brownell in the role ?within a few weeks.?
The head of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre, called the appointment ?the most exciting news for our members since Charlton Heston became President of our Association.?
Heston served as the group?s president from 1998 to 2003, famously shouting, ?From my cold, dead hands? as he held a rifle aloft during the NRA convention in 2000.
