Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Via Talking Points Memo, Mark Kelly: The Time For NRA’s ‘Extreme Rhetoric Is Over’:
Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, said in a
statement Friday the National Rifle Association "chose narrow partisan
concerns over the safety of our families and communities" during a press
conference earlier in the day:
Gabby and I are extremely disappointed by the NRA's defiant and
delayed response to the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy
Hook Elementary School. The NRA could have chosen to be a voice for the
vast majority of its own members who want common sense, reasonable
safeguards on deadly firearms, but instead it chose to defend extreme
pro-gun positions that aren't even popular among the law abiding gun
owners it represents. Today, the NRA chose narrow partisan concerns over
the safety of our families and communities. The time for this kind of
extreme rhetoric is over. We must have a real conversation about
preventing gun violence, because when it comes to protecting our
children, families, and neighbors, we can't wait any longer.