time created categories of prohibited purchasers. [ applause ] there were leaders in the nra who didn t have a significant problem with that law and thought the organization had strayed too far from its original intattempt of marksmenship. they gutted it s lobbying shop, fired about 16 individuals. this was field guard and they were interested in moving the nra out of washington to shift the focus of the nra away from politics completely. carter left the nra and accused the nra of betrayal.