LaPierre is really damaging the NRA the more he talks

[Botany]

It is the media's fault. It is the video game's fault.
We need armed guards in every school. We have too many crazy people.
Guns are good. The NRA can help w/ the school's gun violence problems.

The man really is taking a dump into the punch bowl.

[JoePhilly]

1. yup. nt ...

[SharonAnn]

10. Interestingly, these mass shoters had some training with guns and gun safety.

It's how they learned how to use the guns, how much damage they can do, and how to be comfortable with using them.

So, gun safety education and training doesn't stop them from doing what they're going to do.

[wryter2000]

2. Absolutely agree

This is a disaster for them, imho. I can't imagine anyone but Louie Gomert supporting them openly after this.

[Botany]

5. I keep thinking he said something about too many crazy people ....

... and i kept thinking well why do you want to make it easier for them to get guns
and high capacity magazines that will let them kill and wound more people? And who
the hell is going to pay for all these additional school security guards?

And yes Louie Gohmert is a lost case.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

3. His deranged rant is providing political cover...

for any member of Congress who wants to vote in favor of gun control. Since LaPierre rules the NRA with an iron fist, there's nobody to stop him from doing this.

[regnaD kciN]

4. I don't think so...

Watch this turn into a debate on eeeeeeeeeeeevil video games and rap videos. Basically, he's giving conservatives the ammunition -- as it were -- to be able to brush off what happened last week, and blame it on the amorphous "entertainment industry" instead of anything to do with guns. Sorry if I'm pessimistic, but I think you'll see his talking points get amplified by the right-wing echo chamber until it drowns out all else. And the NRA wins again.

[Rex]

6. Well we know how well Rush blabbing on and on worked out.

So keep blabbing NRA idiot leaderman!

[Aerows]

7. Yep.

[arthritisR_US]

8. I was listening to him through the Stephanie

Miller show and that's the same impression I got!

[Baitball Blogger]

9. The picture they paint is going to be fodder for the comedy late night shows.

I hope Saturday Night Live can do a quickie skit with a classroom full of armed guards to reflect the kind of world that the NRA wants us to live in.

[kuba]

11. Great idea

That would be a great idea, but, considering how recent it is and how incredibly sensitive things are, they won't.


But a great idea.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. Hey kuba. I'm honored to be the fourth response you've made to DU

in six years! Glad to hear from you. Don't be a stranger, now.