Photos: NRA calls for Armed Police Officer in every School
December 21, 2012
A protester holds up a sign as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), speaks at a news conference at the Willard Hotel, December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice-president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), speaks at a news conference at the Willard Hotel, December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 in Washington. The nation's largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
A protestor, holding up a sign, is removed by a security guard during a speech by Wayne LaPierre (unseen), executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), during a news conference in Washington December 21, 2012. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), shows a violent video game during a news conference in Washington December 21, 2012. NRA, the powerful U.S. gun rights lobby, went on the offensive on Friday arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre with a moment of silence. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA), speaks during a news conference in Washington December 21, 2012. NRA, the powerful U.S. gun rights lobby, went on the offensive on Friday arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre with a moment of silence. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks on December 21, 2012, in Washington, DC, on the one-week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut. The United States' most powerful pro-gun lobbying group, the NRA, called Friday for armed police or security guards to be deployed to every school in the country. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images
A protester holds up a sign during a speech by Wayne LaPierre (L), Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), during a news conference in Washington December 21, 2012. NRA, the powerful U.S. gun rights lobby, went on the offensive on Friday arguing that schools should have armed guards, on a day that Americans remembered the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school massacre with a moment of silence. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
People protest the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) news conference in front of the Willard Hotel, near the White House December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
People protest the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) news conference in front of the Willard Hotel, near the White House December 21, 2012 in Washington, DC. The nation's largest gun lobby called Friday for Congress to require armed security guards in every school, saying it would help prevent such acts of mass violence from happening again. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)
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