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Problem:Oliver 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. 
  
 “Oliver North is a legendary warrior for American freedom, a gifted communicator and skilled leader," LaPierre said in a statement. "In these times, I can think of no one better suited to serve as our President." 
  
 North is stepping down from his position as a commentator on Fox News effective immediately, the NRA said. He will take over the gun rights group “as soon as his business affairs [are] put in order,” it added. 
  
 In a letter to the NRA’s board of directors expressing his support of the pick, Brownell said that LaPierre recommended reaching out to North, referring to him as “a warrior amongst our board members.” 
  
 “Wayne and I feel that in these extraordinary times, a leader with his history as a communicator and resolute defender of the Second Amendment is precisely what the NRA needs,” Brownell wrote. 
  
 Brownell will not serve a second term as president of the group so that he can “devote his full time and energy to his family business,” he said. 
  
 NRA spokeswoman and conservative commentator Dana Loesch also expressed support on Monday for North, saying on Twitter that he is “the last person that anti-gun advocates would want as the new President of the NRA board.” 
  
 Thrilled about the Oliver North news. A total warrior for freedom, this is the last person that anti-gun advocates would want as the new President of the NRA board. — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2018 
  
 North is known for his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal, a two-part operation in which, despite sanctions, senior officials assisted in the secret sale of weapons to Iran in the 1980s and then funneled the funds to the Contras, a group of right-wing rebels in Nicaragua, in spite of a congressional ban on funding the war there. 
  
 A federal judge dismissed his convictions on three felony charges in connection with the scandal in 1991. 
  
 A decorated retired Marine lieutenant colonel, North has published several books and hosted a show on Fox called “War Stories.” ||||| In this May 4, 2018 photo, former U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North speaks before giving the Invocation at the National Rifle Association-Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Dallas. The... (Associated Press) 
  
 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. |||||
Solution:
The NRA's next president will be a familiar name: Oliver North. The group said Monday that the retired Marine who figured prominently in the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s will assume the post in the next few weeks, reports CNN. “This is the most exciting news for our members since Charlton Heston became president of our association,” said NRA executive vice president and CEO Wayne LaPierre in a statement. He called North a "warrior for American freedom," adding that "in these times, I can think of no one better suited to serve as our president.” Heston, of course, famously declared that his guns could only be taken "from my cold, dead hands," notes the AP. North is retiring from his role as a Fox News analyst, effective immediately. At the NRA, he will replace current President Pete Brownell, who is not seeking a second term. North, 74, is a member of the NRA board, and the Washington Post notes that he attended the group's prayer breakfast over the weekend during the annual convention. “I want my grandkids to say that Granddad was a person who taught me how to fight the good fight,” North said. “You see, that’s the most important lesson of all: We’re in a fight. We’re in a brutal battle to preserve the liberties that the good Lord presents us.” North first became a national figure while serving on the National Security Council under Ronald Reagan. He was convicted in 1989 of obstructing Congress and other charges for his role in the sale of weapons to Iran (despite sanctions) and the diversion of proceeds to support the right-wing Contra rebels in Nicaragua (despite a congressional ban on such aid), per the Hill. A judge eventually dismissed the convictions.