Alpo, are you a member?
I think he is a good dude, no matter what baggage he brings. I have watched him a couple of times on Fox News, and he is brilliant, well-spoken and knowledgeable, and very much pro 2A. The left will have a hay day with this however...
It strikes me as a "preaching to the choir/fundraising" choice vs a "connect with the undecided/good PR" choice.
I know she just got elected to the board, but Julie Golob would be a much tougher target to attack and has an excellent resume. She's also tougher to paint as "NRA is old white guys who luvs the MURDER111!!!" slander campaign that's currently running against the NRA and gun owners in general. A woman who engages in shooting sports, writes children's books for gun safety, etc vs a guy who has all the baggage of Iran Contra and that end run around the law, a felony conviction that he later got overturned on technicality, lost his handgun license as an "improper person" for lying to congress...