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Gun control advocate: It’s hard to understand what’s going on in LaPierre’s head
The director of the gun-control campaign Mayors Against Illegal Guns — himself the son of a gun dealer — told CBS hosts Rebecca Jarvis and Anthony Mason he was surprised by the tone National Rifle Association Executive Vice-President Wayne LaPierre took during his public statement Friday, the NRA’s first since…
O’Donnell calls NRA’s LaPierre a ‘lobbyist for mass-murderers’
Friday night on “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” host Lawrence O’Donnell excoriated NRA head Wayne LaPierre’s press conference from Friday morning. In an extended diatribe, O’Donnell called LaPierre a “lobbyist for mass-murderers,” and sarcastically marveled that of course the NRA’s response to the Sandy Hook massacre is the one…
Armed guards in schools? Reaction to NRA is swift and strong.
Armed guards in schools? Reaction to NRA is swift and strong. Gun-control advocates responded swiftly – and negatively – to the National Rifle Association’s unusual presentation Friday to the media calling for armed guards in the nation’s schools. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, cochair of the group Mayors Against Illegal…
VIDEO: NRA member cuts up card in ‘tribute’ to show ‘outrage’
A video published on CNN shows a a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association as he destroys the small rectangle of paper that associates him with the organization. “This is my NRA club card,” he says. “I want to show you my tribute and how outraged I am that…
NRA chief breaks post-Newtown silence to call for armed guards at schools
Wayne LaPierre’s statement – twice interrupted by protesters – dashes hopes of gun control advocates looking for debate The National Rifle Association, one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the US, has called for armed security guards to be posted in every school in the country and insisted that…
Protesters heckle Wayne LaPierre: ‘NRA has blood on its hands!’
National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre came out of hiding on Friday for the first time since a mass shooting of school children in Connecticut and found himself being interrupted multiple times by protesters who accused his organization of enabling murderers. LaPierre began his press conference in Washington by suggesting…
Bloomberg on NRA: ‘Connecticut is because of some of their actions’
On an episode of Nightline to air on Dec. 21, N.Y.C. Mayor Michael Bloomberg discussed the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., and gun control policy in the U.S. When asked what he would like to say to the NRA, Bloomberg said, “In fact, Connecticut is because…
Rep. Yarmuth: Wouldn’t regret losing my seat over gun control
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said Tuesday that he wouldn’t regretting losing his seat over tighter regulations on guns and invited the NRA to spend money to oppose his reelection. Yarmuth told The Washington Post that the power of the NRA was greatly overstated. He asked the gun lobby to “please…
After five days of silence, NRA offers ‘meaningful contributions’ to end gun violence
The National Rifle Association on Tuesday released a much-anticipated statement regarding the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. The gun lobby promised to “offer meaningful contributions” to ensure the mass shooting, which left 20 young children dead, would never happen again. The horrific incident has renewed debate over the…
Maddow shows why the NRA is just a ‘Republican interest group’
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused the National Rifle Association of being far more interested in electing Republicans than defending Second Amendment rights. Last week, the NRA endorsed Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and has now launched ads against President Barack Obama. “The NRA is not…
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