“Instead of offering solutions to a problem they have helped create, they offered a paranoid, dystopian vision of a more dangerous and violent America where everyone is armed and no place is safe,” he said. “Enough. As a country, we must rise above special interest politics,” according to CNN.
Mark Kelly, the husband of Gabby Gifford, the former congresswoman shot during a rally in Arizona, posted his disgust on his Facebook page.
Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut and husband to former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who was seriously injured in a shooting in Tuscon last year, expressed disappointment in the NRA’s remarks in a post to his Facebook page.
“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,” Kelly said.
Even conservatives disagreed with the NRA’s statement.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said armed guards at schools weren’t conducive to a positive learning environment.
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