US rifle’s body defends using names of President’s two daughter’s in web ad
The head of the powerful National Rifle Association on Thursday defended his group's mention of President Barack Obama's daughters in a web ad criticizing the administration's recent moves on gun control. ‘Our point is not about the president's kids. It's about everybody else's kids,’ said NRA President David Keene, speaking to CBS television. ‘We think that one of the most important things we can do is provide security to the children of America and we don't think that's an inappropriate message.
The ad, released by the NRA on Tuesday, has been roundly criticized for breaking a cardinal rule in Washington -- that the children of a sitting US president are off-limits for criticism or as a political talking point. The NRA released the ad one day before Obama signed 23 executive actions, in a bid to check a rash of gun violence including the killings of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month and other recent mass shootings. The NRA spot asked why Obama is ‘skeptical about putting armed security in schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?’
Malia, 14 and Sasha, 11 - receive the protection of armed Secret Service officers wherever they go, including school.
The ad, released by the NRA on Tuesday, has been roundly criticized for breaking a cardinal rule in Washington -- that the children of a sitting US president are off-limits for criticism or as a political talking point. The NRA released the ad one day before Obama signed 23 executive actions, in a bid to check a rash of gun violence including the killings of 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month and other recent mass shootings. The NRA spot asked why Obama is ‘skeptical about putting armed security in schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?’
Malia, 14 and Sasha, 11 - receive the protection of armed Secret Service officers wherever they go, including school.