NRA vs. Giffords' husband at Senate gun control hearing - CBS News:
"Law-abiding gun owners will not accept blame for the acts of violent or deranged criminals, nor do we believe the government should dictate what we can lawfully own and use to protect our families," LaPierre will say. "We need to be honest about what works and what does not work. Proposals that would only serve to burden the law-abiding have failed in the past and will fail in the future." Lawrence O'Donnell, an attorney and MSNBC Contributor, responded on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, regarding LaPierre's statement here saying, "...a law-abiding gun owner's son killed 26 people with her law-abiding gun...the law-abiding gun owner did not secure her "legal" weapons from her son who she knew had mental health issues. The argument this idiot LaPierre makes here is nonsense just like anything coming out of his mouth. Weapons used in the theatre of normal combat or military action should not be on our streets...