The National Rifle Association convention celebrates its second day, arguing that the response to school massacres “is not to limit the rights” of those who “want to “defend themselves”
The annual convention of the National Rifle Association (NRA, for its acronym in English), the premier gun organization in the United States, celebrated its second day this Saturday amid a debate that divides American society as Texas continues to has a very fresh wound. The exhibit opened three days later and less than 500 kilometers from the Uvalde massacre, in which an 18-year-old fired at close range at Robb primary school, killing nineteen children between the ages of 9 and 11, as well as two teachers.
As hundreds of people gathered outside the George R. Brown Convention Center Friday to protest the gun lobby — the largest rally since 1999, when the organization held its convention in Denver a month after the Columbine massacre — they called its defenders “murderers.” , inside the building the position was different. Those present complained about the Uvalde massacre, even observed a minute’s silence for the victims, but defended the weapons.
“Twenty-one beautiful lives were mercilessly and indiscriminately destroyed by a criminal monster,” said Wayne LaPierre, executive director of RNA, pointing out that “limiting the basic human rights of law-abiding Americans to defend themselves is not the answer. It never was,” he stated.
Jam Hatchete, a Vietnam veteran, told the BBC that “there are weapons to hunt and weapons to kill. There’s no reason for an 18-year-old to have an AR rifle whose purpose is to kill.
For all these reasons, Republican leader Donald Trump promised on inauguration day to arm the teachers and protect the schools when he returns to present himself at the White House. “The existence of evil in our world is no reason to disarm law-abiding citizens,” he stressed.
Source: La Verdad
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