Wayne LaPierre Blames Socialism During School Shooting Speech
February 23, 2018
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as posted by the channelWayne LaPierre blames everything and everyone for the Parkland shooting. Everything but guns. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, break down his comments. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
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"Wayne LaPierre, head of the National Rifle Association, just spoke for the first time since 17 people died during a high school shooting last week — and he used the opportunity to blame gun control advocates for pushing, well, gun control after the shooting.
“What they want are more restrictions on the law-abiding,” LaPierre told a friendly audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday. “Think about that — their solution is to make you, all of you, less free.”
LaPierre spoke the week after a gunman opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
“If they seize power ... our American freedoms could be lost and our country will be changed forever,” LaPierre continued. “Socialism is a movement that loves a smear.” In less bombastic terms, he blames left-leaning citizens for pushing for gun reform.
He went on to say the Second Amendment staunchly defends every American’s right to bear arms, and that his organization would be happy to work with schools to make them safer.
LaPierre’s words echoed his message just days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, in 2012. He asserted then that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” That, he argued, might have helped stop the shooter from killing 20 young children and six adults.”*
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