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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…
NRA president suggests Jovan Belcher’s girlfriend should’ve been armed
NRA president Wayne LaPierre and reporter Ginny Simone railed against Bob Costas on Sunday, insisting the NBC sportscaster was wrong to advocate gun control after a murder-suicide incident. Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher allegedly shot and killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins before committing suicide on Saturday. Both LaPierre and…
NRA chief: The media are ‘a national disgrace’ for Trayvon shooting coverage
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), criticized the news media for its coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting Saturday. At the NRA’s annual meeting in St. Louis, LaPierre called the media “a national disgrace” for their coverage of the February 26 shooting in Sanford,…
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