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It is reported that NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre made over $900,000 a year, circa 2007. <ref> Richard Feldman, [http://books.google.com/books?id=pFOSdZmSjnUC&pg=PA272&lpg=PA272&dq=Wayne+LaPierre+political+contributions&source=bl&ots=wTUiKPxvON&sig=wcywtA5IU8cGIcihAYtPH3LkW_o&hl=en&ei=oLvSTf7rLafWiALjpJHeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Wayne%20LaPierre%20political%20contributions&f=false Ricochet:Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist (excerpt)],available at "Google Books," accessed July 9, 2011.</ref>
==Activities in the November, 2012 Elections Nationally==
The National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund, the Super PAC associated with the NRA, spent a total of $11,787,523 in the 2012 election cycle.<ref>Center for Responsive Politics staff "[www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00053553 National Rifle Association Summary"] OpenSecrets.org, accessed December 17, 2012</ref> A minuscule 0.81 percent of that money went towards elections where the NRA's preferred candidate won.<ref>Harriet Rowan, http://prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11855/winners-and-losers-big-secret-bucks-spending-war Winners and Losers in the "Big Secret Bucks" Spending War"] ''P.R. Watch'', November 16, 2012</ref>
==Activities in the 2011/2012 Wisconsin Recall Elections==
