Posted on 07/19/2005 9:01:19 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Columbus, Ohio, Assault Weapons Ban Greater Tragedy to NRA Than Columbine Massacre, NRA's Wayne LaPierre Reveals
Washington, DC—Following today's announcement by National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre that in reaction to Columbus, Ohio's recent City Council vote to ban assault weapons the NRA would move its 2007 annual meeting, the Violence Policy Center released the following statement from Executive Director Josh Sugarmann:
"Today's announcement confirms that to the National Rifle Association, the Columbus, Ohio, assault weapons ban is a far greater tragedy than the Columbine assault weapons massacre. For those who had any doubt, it is clear that for the NRA, guns are more important than children, and an assault weapons ban is a greater tragedy than an assault weapons massacre. In 1999, following the Columbine assault weapons massacre, which left 15 dead and 23 wounded, Denver, Colorado, leaders asked the NRA not to hold their annual meeting scheduled for Denver out of respect for the victims and the trauma that engulfed the city and state following the shooting. The NRA's response was to ignore these pleas. Now, when Columbus, Ohio, votes to ban the very guns used in the Columbine massacre, the NRA acts almost immediately to move its meeting."
Psychiatric drugs caused Columbine
NRA ON COLUMBUS, OHIO: UNMITIGATED ARROGANCE
For Immediate Release:
07-18-2005
Columbus, Ohio – Michael Barnes, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, issued the following statement today on the announcement by National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre that the group will pull out of its commitment to meet in Columbus in 2007:
“Columbus police officers said they didn’t want to face military-style semiautomatic assault weapons on the streets, and the city’s elected leaders wisely listened to law enforcement and passed sensible restrictions on these weapons. What the NRA’s leader said to the people of Columbus this morning is ‘let us set public policy, or we won’t visit your city.’ That must never be the agreement in a civilized democracy.”
“We urge Mayor Coleman and the City Council to stand tough for public safety, and we urge the people of Columbus to support their elected officials in this matter. Columbus residents should be proud of their leaders. They are proving the city will stand with the police and won’t back down from bullies.”
Springer's from Cincinnati
What a freaking moron.
Not being allowed to convene in Columbus is not MY idea of a punishment!
Not being allowed to convene in Columbus is not MY idea of a punishment!
Not being allowed to convene in Columbus is not MY idea of a punishment!
Bringing his crumb snatchers on the program this morning.
IIRC, one of the perps had a 9mm pistol and a double barrel shotgun, the other a semi auto carbine and a pump shotgun. Perhaps the carbine might fall within somebody's expansive definition of an "assault weapon", but I doubt it.
That's all we need to know. A whining liberal gun grabber!
Try semi-auto on the selector switch, not three-post burst.
You've got it wrong: he's not just another whining liberal gun-grabber. He's one of the most extreme wacko deranged psychotic gun-hating lunatics on this planet.
Maybe it's me, but the headline makes it seem like LaPierre is saying the Columbus ban is worse than Columbine.
Psychiatric drugs caused Columbine
Yup. That and careless parents.
It's not just you.
That's not just you. That's typical VPC.
No, it's a very misleading headline
What are they afraid of, disabled girls who get raped in school and get no support?
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