WASHINGTON, February 4, 2013 — When he went on “Fox News Sunday,” Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association (NRA) executive vice president, expected to be in friendly territory. Instead he found himself up against conservative host Chris Wallace, who asked tougher questions and follow-up questions than did the Senators at last Thursday’s gun control hearings. LaPierre must be rubbing his head this morning and asking himself, whose bright idea this was. LaPierre was armed with all his usual talking points and even though he was following astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords who had testified the same day as LaPierre and a gun owner...
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