Palin: Leaders exploiting tragedy of shootings
May 3, 2013, 9:59 PM
HOUSTON (AP) – Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says recent mass shootings have prompted leaders in Washington, D.C., to exploit tragedy in order to limit the freedoms of law-abiding people.
Palin spoke at the National Rifle Association’s convention Friday afternoon in Houston.
She said while she and others were saddened and angered by December’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut, the emotions that have resulted from it won’t make anybody safer and won’t “protect the good guys’ rights.”
The former governor of Alaska asked those at the convention to “keep the faith” and “stand up and fight for our freedoms.”
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