NRA director Dick Fairburn says personal pride among colleagues stalled a September vote on shrinking the 76-member board. President Bill Bachenberg submitted a bylaw change to elect 15 directors each year instead of 25, cutting the body to 46 after three years.

A reorganization panel voted to delay the decision and send the proposal back for study, postponing action at least one year. Fairburn, seated in 2025 for a leftover year and in 2026 for a full term, favors a smaller board after a New York court recommended it when it ousted former executive Wayne LaPierre and ordered 4.4 million dollars repaid. He calls current members high-integrity Second Amendment supporters whose many successful personalities often collide.