The leadership of the National Rifle Association has once again hit a new low.
Wayne LaPierre, NRA’s executive vice president and national spokesman, appeared on national television March 12 and accused the president of the United States of promoting violence: “I’ve come to believe that he needs a certain level of violence in this country. He’s willing to accept a certain level of killing to further his political agenda and his vice president too.”
This preposterous and sick accusation is one of the most egregious charges ever leveled by the NRA’s leadership. What is he going to do next, accuse school grief counselors of inciting more school shootings so they can have more business?
Thirteen children die each day from gun violence. To their grieving parents, LaPierre is saying it’s not the guns, it’s the president.
NRA members, I invite you to reject that nonsense, and instead join the president and the vast majority of Americans in support of common-sense gun safety laws.
