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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu Mar 3, 2016, 10:50 PM Mar 2016

NRA chief tells Hillary Clinton to 'bring it on' in gun control fight

Source: The Guardian

NRA chief tells Hillary Clinton to 'bring it on' in gun control fight

Wayne LaPierre tells conservative conference that Democratic frontrunner
‘hates us’ and that she is ‘coming after every bit of our freedom’ if elected


David Smith at National Harbor, Maryland
Thursday 3 March 2016 21.56 GMT

The head of the National Rifle Association (NRA) warned Hillary Clinton on Thursday that she faces a long and bitter fight over gun control should she win the White House, declaring: “Bring it on.”

Wayne LaPierre, chief executive of the powerful gun rights lobby group, launched a scathing attack on Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and the media, claiming that the NRA has helped protect millions of children by advocating armed guards at schools.

Clinton “has been clear about one thing – she hates the second amendment”, LaPierre told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) near Washington. “She hates us and is coming after every bit of our freedom.”

He added: “Mrs Clinton, if you want to come after the NRA, if you want a fight over the God-given rights of America’s 100 million gun owners, if you want to turn this election into a bare-knuckled brawl for the survival of our constitutional freedom, bring it on. We aren’t going anywhere – and we aren’t hard to find.”

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/03/nra-wayne-lapierre-hillary-clinton-cpac-gun-control
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NRA chief tells Hillary Clinton to 'bring it on' in gun control fight (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2016 OP
Once elected she will drop the issue hack89 Mar 2016 #1
Yeah, it's certainly no help in the General Election. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #2
Yep. She'll toss that lead weight into a stagnant tank pond. Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #3
Hillary talks tough but she's meeting with NRA lobbyists. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2016 #4
I'd like to know if Bloomberg is talking with her campaign discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2016 #5

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,283 posts)
2. Yeah, it's certainly no help in the General Election.
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 06:26 AM
Mar 2016

I'm sure a photo-op of Hillary holding a shotgun will fix her image. Like a scene from Downton Abbey.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
4. Hillary talks tough but she's meeting with NRA lobbyists.
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 03:42 PM
Mar 2016

I suspect LaPierre and Clinton are posturing for their respective audiences but the NRA is willing to buy her and she's willing to be bought.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,470 posts)
5. I'd like to know if Bloomberg is talking with her campaign
Fri Mar 4, 2016, 04:00 PM
Mar 2016

After all, it's good business to have more than one bargaining for the same goods.

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