Just a week after the tragic Newtown school shooting which killed 20
kids and 6 school teachers, the US's most powerful gun-rights lobby
“NRA” called Friday for armed security guards in schools.
The US’s largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.”
In a press briefing NRA Executive Vice President & CEO, Wayne LaPierre said “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
The pro-gun organization also announced it is developing a National School Shield Emergency Response Program. It will be headed up by Former DEA Director and Arkansas Congressman Asa Hutchinson.
Wayne LaPierre also said, "the monsters and the predators of the world" have exploited the fact that schools are gun-free zones. Other important institutions—from banks to airports to sports stadiums—are protected with armed security, he said, but this country has left students defenseless.
In the aftermath of the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, much of the national conversation has focused on gun-control measures. But on Friday, Mr. LaPierre said that time should not be wasted on legislation that won't work.
Mr. LaPierre said that the media rewards monsters who would shoot school children by giving them the attention that they crave, and he suggested that some other deranged individual already is planning the next attack.
"The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters, people that are so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can ever possibly comprehend them," Mr. LaPierre said.
The shootings have led to calls for a variety of new gun laws, including the reinstatement of an assault-weapons ban similar to one that was in effect from 1994 to 2004. The White House also has urged Congress to pass a ban on high-capacity magazines and to require background checks for all gun purchases.
The NRA has 4 million members while 118 million people voted in the last election. The group is often cited as a lobbying force in Washington.
The US’s largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.”
In a press briefing NRA Executive Vice President & CEO, Wayne LaPierre said “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
The pro-gun organization also announced it is developing a National School Shield Emergency Response Program. It will be headed up by Former DEA Director and Arkansas Congressman Asa Hutchinson.
Wayne LaPierre also said, "the monsters and the predators of the world" have exploited the fact that schools are gun-free zones. Other important institutions—from banks to airports to sports stadiums—are protected with armed security, he said, but this country has left students defenseless.
In the aftermath of the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School, much of the national conversation has focused on gun-control measures. But on Friday, Mr. LaPierre said that time should not be wasted on legislation that won't work.
Mr. LaPierre said that the media rewards monsters who would shoot school children by giving them the attention that they crave, and he suggested that some other deranged individual already is planning the next attack.
"The truth is that our society is populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters, people that are so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can ever possibly comprehend them," Mr. LaPierre said.
The shootings have led to calls for a variety of new gun laws, including the reinstatement of an assault-weapons ban similar to one that was in effect from 1994 to 2004. The White House also has urged Congress to pass a ban on high-capacity magazines and to require background checks for all gun purchases.
The NRA has 4 million members while 118 million people voted in the last election. The group is often cited as a lobbying force in Washington.
