RSSNRA official rips weapons-ban bid
From: The Washington Times | April 20, 2009
A top National Rifle Association official said the Obama administration is using the increasingly violent drug cartels in Mexico as an excuse to push for reinstating the ban on assault weapons. “They’re trying to piggyback this whole phony issue on the back of the tragedy in Mexico,” said Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the gun-rights group, on CBS’ “Face the Nation” program Sunday. In a speech in Mexico last week, President Obama – who on the campaign trail called for reinstating the ban, which expired in 2004 – said that while the prohibition made sense, pushing for it now …
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