Law enforcement officials respond to a shooting at an Orlando club. (Photo: Twitter)
Chris Cox, the executive director for the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action, told a national television audience Donald Trump was wrong to suggest the shooting in Orlando could have been prevented, at least in part, if patrons to the nightclub Pulse had been allowed to carry weapons – that drinking alcohol and concealed carrying just don’t mix.
“No ont thinks that people should go into a nightclub drinking and carrying firearms,” said Cox, during an interview on “This Week” with ABC. “That defies common sense. It also defies the law.”
His remarks came as Trump spoke to a Texas crowd about the massacre in Orlando committed by Omar Mateen, a Muslim who appeared to have been radicalized by Islamic beliefs and who killed and injured 49 and 53, respectively, in a hail of gunfire. Trump said at his rally that if patrons of the club “had guns strapped … right to their waist or right to their ankle,” it would hav been “a beautiful sight” to watch them shoot “the son of a bitch,” the New York Post reported.
But carrying concealed weapons while drinking alcohol is neither lawful nor something that even NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre wants changed.
“I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking,” he initially said, during an appearance on “Face the Nation” on CBS. He then followed up with a Twitter post that read: “I want to clarify my comment: If you’re going to carry, don’t drink. OK to carry in restaurants that serve alcohol.”
The NRA’s sidestep of Trump’s comments on the Orlando shooter was simply that – the powerful gun lobby endorsed the billionaire for president in May, and still does.
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