WASHINGTON — National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre on Thursday renewed his call for armed guards in every school and said President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address showed the president cares only about his “gun control agenda” and not about the safety of children.
“In an hourlong speech, nowhere were the words ‘school safety’ to be found,” LaPierre told an audience at the National Wild Turkey Federation in Nashville, Tenn. “Less than two months after saying we had to look at our schools, the president made not one mention, in his entire speech, of the need to improve security for our schoolchildren.”
LaPierre’s accusation conveniently ignored the contents of Obama’s speech. As he began his mention of gun control, the president told Congress, “What I’ve said tonight matters little if we don’t come together to protect our most precious resource -– our children.”
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