One Board Member’s Last-Ditch Effort to Save the NRA Ammoland Inc. Posted on The original of this article first appeared at thereload.com. The importance of this article is a must-read for NRA members if they have any hope of course correcting the leadership failures of the current NRA board. One Board Member’s Last-Ditch Effort to Save the NRA, istock USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Phillip Journey has spent his entire adult life advocating for gun rights. He has been a judge, a legislator, and an activist. He’s served as the president of the Kansas State Rifle Association. Now he’s a member of the NRA board, and he’s taking on one of the gun-rights movement’s highest-profile leaders: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre.