The President of the NRA has stated that he will not serve his second term in the turmoil of a gun rights group.

National Rifle Association president Oliver North said on Saturday that he would not serve a second term as chief of the gun rights group.

The resignation came amidst internal power struggles between the leaders who recently engulfed the group, culminating in public benefits on Friday when NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, the organization's true public face, , was published in which he accused North of forcing him to resign.

"Know that I was hoping to be with you today as the NRA President whose candidacy was approved. I am now informed that this will not happen, "said Saturday a board member who was reading a letter from North.

He added that the ANR should form a committee to review the group's finances, adding that this represented a "clear crisis" that "needs to be resolved" if the organization wants to remain a viable organization .

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In a letter dated Thursday to members of the ANR Board of Directors, LaPierre said North had asked him to resign on Wednesday. North told LaPierre that NRA's longtime advertising company, Ackerman McQueen, planned to send a letter to the board through North, which would be "bad for me" unless he resigned.

"Last night, I was forced to confront one of those decisive choices – qualified, in extortionist jargon – as an offer I could not refuse," reads in the letter obtained by the Wall Street Journal. "I refused it."

He added that Mr. North had stated "that the letter would not be sent – if I resigned abruptly", noting that "He stated that he could" negotiate "an" excellent retirement "for me".

A lawsuit filed by the NRA against Ackerman last month claims that the company overcharged the group and that North had a conflict of interest because Ackerman had paid it.

LaPierre accused North of having "contractual and financial ties of loyalty" with Ackerman, in addition to his criticisms that the NRA's messages had strayed too far from the initial firearms and recreational safety mission. outdoors.

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"As you know, the N.R.A. Over the last year, we have taken steps to strengthen our efforts to document and verify our suppliers' compliance with our purchasing practices and contracts, "wrote LaPierre in its Thursday letter to the board. "We have met extraordinary resistance from a supplier, Ackerman McQueen."

North's reign in this organization lasted less than a year and shows the NRA's internal support for LaPierre, which became the symbol of the US gun rights movement after being the public face of the group and its policies for decades.

"Wayne has the confidence of a strong majority of the board of directors," said Todd Rathner, a member of the Arizona board of directors, at the Associated Press.

"They trust him. They know he is the face of the NRA. And quite frankly, I think anyone who wants to remove him from his job will have to go through this chart first. "

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The organization's turmoil unfolded during its 148th annual conference in Indianapolis. President Trump is leading the convention on Friday and promises to protect gun rights in the 2020 elections and Democrats' efforts to disarm law-abiding Americans.

Louis Casiano of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.