National News Alert

Head of NRA calls for armed officers in American schools

In his first extensive public remarks since the mass shooting at a Connecticut school last Friday, the head of National Rifle Association on Friday suggested that pressing for schools to be free of guns makes it easier for mass shootings to occur there.

"Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones, they issue press releases bragging about them ... in doing so they tell every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk," said National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre at a press conference in Washington, D.C.

In a press conference that was interrupted twice by vocal protesters, LaPierre also blamed "blood-soaked" movies and violent video games such as "Kindergarten Killers" for the Connecticut shooting.

"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he added.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/remarks-from-the-nra-press-conference-on-sandy-hook-school-shooting-delivered-on-dec-21-2012-transcript/2012/12/21/bd1841fe-4b88-11e2-a6a6-aabac85e8036_story.html