Wayne LaPierre, Der Fuehrer of NRA Land
Wayne LaPierre is the face of the National Rifle Association and today yesterday he showed that face to America. Instead of suggesting a real solution to the problem of gun inspired massacres such as the one at Sandy Hill Elementary, he instead decided to operate as if he were a government unto his own.
A so-called press conference, one where no questions were allowed from the gathered press, was in reality a long commercial as to why more, not less guns were needed to prevent mass shootings. Instead of proposing long term goals and objectives aimed at limiting if not banning assault weapons, extended magazines, and etc., he declared his appointment of a self-funded “task force” headed by former Arkansas congressman Asa Hutchins.
The purpose of this task force would be to evaluate, model, and otherwise present to schools their recommendations for reducing violence. The capstone of this proposal would be introducing armed police in each and every school in the nation at a cost of at least $5.4 billion a year, based on an average salary of $55,000.
According to the New York Daily News: “For all that advocates of sensible gun-safety measures have said in the past seven days, nothing did more to discredit the merchants of weapons of death than their own chief advocate’s callous rant.” LaPierre “just shot himself in the foot.”
The fact is this pompous ass thinks the NRA is his own country, and he is the dictator, much along the lines of a blustering Adolph Hitler without the brains. He has his own constituency, and they follow him like sheep, much like the German people during the Third Reich. His manner was dismissive, condescending and vaguely threatening. There was no attempt at conciliation, and certainly no effort to work toward effective gun control measures.
Those waiting for the NRA to give some ground on gun legislation today got just the opposite from a defiant Wayne LaPierre: “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” said the group’s top lobbyist, calling on Congress to require armed security guards in all the nation’s schools. The NRA was rolling out an initiative to help make the proposal happen. The group’s reactivated Facebook account warns that “President Obama supports gun control measures, including reinstating an assault weapons ban,” reports AP
LaPierre predicted sensational headlines about his recommendations. “But since when did ‘gun’ automatically become a bad word?” LaPierre also blamed the media for allowing a culture of violence to permeate the nation, singling out video games such as “Kindergarten Killers.” At one point, a woman began shouting, “The NRA has blood on its hands” and “Ban assault weapons now” and got escorted from the building.
I agree with the protesters, and believe that the NRA does indeed have blood on its hands, and that includes its Right Wing membership.
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Sieg Heil! Or, put another way “Hail Victory.” I’ll warrant the vast majority of folk didn’t know that.
Well… I do what I can…
Some Pinko 😉 posted this on FaceBook:
The NRA hired Lanza to do it. They checked their Black Friday profits, found them disappointing and hired Lanza to provide some “buyer stimulus.” Wayne Lapierre was quoted as saying, “Daddy needs a new pair of shoes.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/nyregion/gun-shop-owners-report-spike-in-sales-as-enthusiasts-fear-possible-new-laws.html
And if you thought buying somebody an Acura for Christmas was insane, think about celebrating the birth of the Christian Savior by buying your 13 year-old a Tek-9.
In point of fact David I wouldn’t put something like this past the NRA. Monstrous organization.
Yeah. And it seems they just get worse. I thought the gun rally on the heels of Columbine was the epitome of tackiness. I find myself actually missing Heston.