[…] including more than $US500,000 ($745,000) on eight trips to the Bahamas over a three-year span. […] Mr LaPierre has defended himself, saying in previous testimony that cruising the Bahamas on a yacht was a “security retreat” because he was facing threats after mass shootings.

Wow. Having your life threatened is horrible, but can you use such a thing to justify this? Surely there are more appropriate options?