NRA EVP and CEO Wayne LaPierre was forced to issue a clarification after he said on “Face the Nation” Sunday morning that, “I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking.”
.@NRA Wayne LaPierre breaks with Donald Trump: “I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking.” @FaceTheNation
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) June 19, 2016
DICKERSON: Donald Trump has suggesting concealed-carry in nightclub, where people are drinking? Is that a good idea?
LAPIERRE: I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking.
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 for vulnerable spots, and this country needs to realize it.
Here’s what he meant to say:
Wayne LaPierre: I want to clarify my comment: if you're going to carry, don't drink. OK to carry in restaurants that serve alcohol.
— NRA (@NRA) June 19, 2016
The clarification is in line with what Chris Cox, Executive Director of NRA-ILA, said on “This Week” Sunday morning:
NRA's Chris Cox: Carrying firearms in a nightclub "defies common sense." #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/nopfJkGkGy
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 19, 2016
Cox went on to praise Donald Trump for saying that people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando should have been armed to return fire during the terrorist attack:
What @realDonaldTrump said is not controversial. It's common sense. pic.twitter.com/Ic4SVUKVC9
— NRA (@NRA) June 19, 2016
Also of note, Cox called the idea that there’s a disagreement between the NRA and Trump regarding guns and the terror watch list a “media created diversion”:
NRA's Chris Cox: "There is not a difference" between Trump, NRA positions on terror watch list access to guns. https://t.co/XkCUi2jPlm
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 19, 2016
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