AP
- February 1 was the first day of Wayne LaPierre's retirement after 30 years at the helm of the NRA.
- Gun control and gun safety advocates said they were not sorry to see him go.
- "Disastrous and extreme," one advocate said of LaPierre's long tenure.
Thursday was longtime NRA leader Wayne LaPierre's first day of retirement after 30 years leading the gun-rights group.
He spent the day in the front row of his three-week-long civil corruption trial in New York, where officials allege he violated not-for-profit laws by spending millions of donor dollars on personal expenses and lucrative contracts for cronies. LaPierre has denied the allegations.