NBC Politics 12.21.2012
National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre blamed Hollywood, video games music, the courts and more on Friday for creating a culture of violence in the United States.
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," he said at a Washington press event, adding, "With all the money in the federal budget can't we afford to put a police officer in every single school?"
LaPierre made his lengthy statement to the press one week after the shooting that killed 20 children and six adults at a school in Newtown, Conn. Protesters twice interrupted LaPierre, who will appear this Sunday exclusively on NBC's "Meet the Press," holding signs reading "NRA KILLING OUR KIDS," and screaming that the gun rights group has "blood on its hands."
He said that elected officials had no authority to deny Americans the right and the ability to protect themselves and their families from harm.And he noted that there are millions of active and retired police officers, military veterans, and private security guards – "an extraordinary corps of patriotic, trained, qualified citizens" – who should devise a protection plan for every school.
"I call on Congress today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation," he said.
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