Saturday, December 22, 2012

Newtown parents reject NRA plan

A top NRA official has pointed the blame at Hollywood and video games for gun violence in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conne.As a mom, the NRA's comments offend me. As a leader in Michigan's capitol, they anger me. It's time we put the politics aside and agree that while guns themselves may not be the cause of what took place last week inLaPierre's comments were the first from the NRA since a 20-year-old man opened fire on two first-grade classes at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last Friday, killing 20 children and six adults. LaPierre ticked off a long list ofAt a press conference in Washington, NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre advocated Friday that those steps should include placing armed guards at every school in the country. “Do it now to make sure that blanket safety is in place when our kidsNew York mayor Michael Bloomberg has long been an outspoken critic of the National Rifle Association. But in an interview with ABC's "Nightline," his rhetoric reached new heights when he suggested that the organization
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