Since 1991 LaPierre has been the face of the National Rifle Association, and has watched the increase in guns, and gun violence, injuries, and death, grow across America. Experts call it an “epidemic.” On Friday, he resigned as CEO and executive vice President after more than three decades at the helm of the gun lobby, just days before he goes on trial for corruption in a civil case brought in 2020 by New York Attorney General Letitia James. “LaPierre and three other current and former NRA leaders are facing a lawsuit that alleges they violated nonprofit laws and misused NRA funds to finance t…