National Rifle Association Chief Wayne LaPierre Slams 'shameful Politicization' Of Florida Tragedy

The head of America's National Rifle Association lashed out Thursday at critics of the powerful gun lobby, accusing them of exploiting last week's school shooting in Florida for political advantage.

National Harbor, United States, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Feb, 2018 ) :The head of America's National Rifle Association lashed out Thursday at critics of the powerful gun lobby, accusing them of exploiting last week's school shooting in Florida for political advantage.

"The shameful politicization of tragedy, it's a classic strategy right out of the playbook of a poisonous movement," NRA chief Wayne LaPierre told an annual conservative conference in his first public comments since the Parkland tragedy.

"For them it's not a safety issue, it's a political issue," he said, accusing outspoken gun control advocates within the Democratic Party of seeking to undermine the constitutional right to bear arms. "They hate the NRA. They hate the Second Amendment. They hate individual freedom," he said.