Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) on Friday dismissed comments made by National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, who called on Congress to allocate funding to provide armed policie officers in all of the country’s schools.
“I do not believe those remarks represent anywhere near a significant portion of America,” Hoyer said during a press briefing with House Democratic leaders. “I don’t believe, frankly, that they represent necessarily the majority of views of responsible members of the National Rifle Association who want guns to hunt, want guns to protect their home and their house, and our children. But the recommendation of an arms escaltion in America is not, I think, a solution that the american people believe makes common sense.”
