Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, said during a Friday press conference that the pro-gun lobby has remained “respectively silent” since last week’s massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. “out of respect for the families” of the victims.
“Out of respect for the families and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment,” LaPierre said. “While some have tried to exploit tragedy for political gain, we have remained respectively silent.”
