McCollum: National Rifle Association Response 'Madness'
Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum called the NRA's idea of guards on playgrounds and in schools a "preverse vision for life in America."
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D-MN) issued the following statement in response to today’s press conference by Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) executive vice president: No legal organization in America is more responsible than the NRA for lobbying to ensure the proliferation of killer guns while denying law enforcement tools to stop killers. Wayne LaPierre’s call for guards and guns in every school building and playground is madness and a perverse vision for life in America. In Congress, we need to move forward comprehensive legislation that bans assault weapons, closes the gun show loop hole, prohibits high capacity magazines, and gives law enforcement the tools to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. At…
Markus
5:21 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013
"Markus (whose at least smart enough to know when he's over matched)." I guess I'm not that smart. The relevance to the discussion is that many advocating gun control attempt to marginalize those who would protect themselves with a firearm or suggest someone else like a teacher would. The story's obvious lesson is that being armed most likely saved this woman and her kids from bodily harm. An … more ›