Speaking at CPAC, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre appears to be trying to get protesters killed, by painting them as violent and as possible covers for terrorism.
There’s a subtle message to law enforcement: Hey, you should be treating protesters as violent criminals and possible terrorists. Wink wink. LaPierre also insisted the protesters are being paid—so apparently they’re militants who are willing to engage in criminal violence but nonetheless require a salary to show up to protest.
Here’s a guy who wants as many people as possible to carry guns, yet is afraid of peaceful protesters. Or … is it that he’s a guy who wants to use peaceful protesters to scare his gun-carrying followers into believing that their guns are the only thing between them and a terrorist disguised as a pussy-hat-wearing woman with a sign?