by Wayne LaPierre of the NRA spoke with Ginny Simone and Cam Edwards of NRA News about the vote to find Attorney General Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress. Among the topics he touched upon were the claim that this was all the NRA’s doing, the Fortune Magazine article by Katherine Eban, and the mainstream media’s response to Operation Fast and Furious.
A lot of people criticize the NRA, but LaPierre is a slick operator and I appreciate his work. He was the one who really nailed the Clinton Administration about their failure to enforce existing laws while demanding new restrictions. I have always credited the national exposure he got doing that with changing the attitudes of a lot of Americans toward gun laws.