NRA Officials Concede Bar-Goers Who Are Drinking Shouldn’t Be Armed

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During television appearances on Sunday to push back against calls for gun control legislation in the wake of the deadly Orlando shooting, two officials for the National Rifle Association admitted that people at bars should not be carrying guns.

During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA’s lobbying arm, was asked about Trump’s recent suggestion that the shooting at the Orlando night club could have ended sooner if people in the club had been armed.

At first Cox said that “the policies of that night club — the gun free zone — did not prevent that terrorist of going in and mowing down innocent people.”

“What Donald Trump has said is what the American people know is common sense: If somebody had been there to stop this faster, fewer people would have died,” he said.

But when pressed on whether people who are drinking should be armed, Cox said, “No one thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms. That defies common sense. It also defies the law.”

And during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre made similar comments.

“I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking,” he said. “But I will tell you this. Everybody, every American starts to have — needs to start having a security plan. We need to be able to protect ourselves, because they’re coming. And they’re going to go for vulnerable spots, and this country needs to realize it.”

He later clarified his view in a tweet:

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  1. How can the NRA be so anti-2nd Amendment?!?

    Drinking leads to fights.

    Fights lead to the need to defend oneself.

    How is one supposed to stand their ground if they can’t exercise their 2nd Amendment Rights.

    –Or so the argument will go… I give this about a day before they start “clarifying” their position…

  2. So I guess what Wayne LaPierre is saying - Don’t forget your “Designated Concealed Carrier” the next time you go out partying.

  3. Every Fish & Game department in the country has proclaimed for years that “Guns and alcohol don’t mix”. But these assclowns need a few days and a little backtracking to get that message straight. They really do need a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing.

  4. Who cares if the “good guy” with a gun is drunk? He’s still a “good guy”, right?

  5. Avatar for dweb dweb says:

    Bad guy walks into a bar and starts shooting.

    Five people inside are armed and start shooting back, but none of them know whether any of the other four are good guys or accomplises of the shooter

    And all five have had at least a couple of drinks and when the shooting starts, are amped on adrenaline

    Am I safer in this situation because “good guys” are in the bar?

    And when the cops arrive, how do they know which of the six shooters inside are good or bad?

    The NRA as usual is full of s…t!

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