Via Free Beacon:
The National Rifle Association (NRA) responded to the White House’s televised meeting with top congressmen and senators on Wednesday by saying it did not support the new gun control measures that were proposed.
“While today’s meeting made for great TV, the gun-control proposals discussed would make for bad policy that would not keep our children safe,” Jennifer Baker, a spokesperson for the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, told the Washington Free Beacon. “Instead of punishing law-abiding gun owners for the acts of a deranged lunatic, our leaders should pass meaningful reforms that would actually prevent future tragedies.”
The NRA said the focus should instead be on making schools safer and keeping guns out of the hands of the dangerously mentally ill.
“They can start by fixing the broken mental health system, strengthening background checks to ensure the records of people who are prohibited from possessing firearms are in the NICS system, securing our schools and preventing the dangerously mentally ill from accessing firearms,” Baker said. “Whether you love or hate firearms, we all want to send our children to safe schools and to live in safe communities.