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WASHINGTONIn an emotionally charged press conference addressing gun control legislation, NRA vice president Wayne LaPierre delivered a tearful speech Wednesday honoring the thousands of Americans who have tragically fallen victim to background checks. Because of our nations senseless gun control laws, this poor man with a known history of domestic violence was unable to procure an assault-style weapon, despite his desperate wishes to own and operate such a weapon, said the visibly distraught lobbyist while gesturing towards a framed portrait of a middle-aged man, one of dozens of photos of victims displayed around the conference room. Its unthinkable that in a country like America, a person is legally prohibited from purchasing AR-15s or AK-47 assault rifles just because he or she is revealed to have a criminal record or even a pattern of mental illness. And yet, every day, another 20 citizens will be denied assault weapons due to background checks indicating that they were arrested for making violent threats to a coworker. And for what? For what, I ask you? LaPierre added that until we live in a world without background checks, prospective gun owners can work to prevent tragedy by purchasing weapons at gun shows.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/emotional-wayne-lapierre-honors-victims-of-backgro,31836/
I wish I didn't have to put this in here for those of you who are satirically challenged, but this is from The Onion.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)villager
(26,001 posts)They can't be bothered shedding tears for dead kids on the schoolroom floor -- but instead for those poor souls who may be deprived of outsized fetish items via gun safety laws....
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Onion.