Mark Kelly: 'NRA Leadership Out Of Touch - 74% of NRA members agree with Gabby & I'
Mark Kelly: NRA Leadership Out Of Touch On Universal Background Checks
TOM KLUDT 7:12 AM EST, THURSDAY JANUARY 31, 2013
Mark Kelly, the retired astronaut and husband of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), said Thursday that Wayne LaPierre and other members of the National Rifle Association leadership are out of step with the mainstream on universal background checks.
Citing a survey conducted last summer by Republican pollster Frank Luntz, Kelly asserted during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the overwhelming majority of the NRA's rank-and-file favor universal background checks for gun purchases.
"I mean, when you look at the NRA, the membership itself, 74 percent of the NRA members agree with Gabby and I that there should be a universal background check before buying a gun," Kelly said. "Those 74 percent of the members of the NRA do not agree with Wayne LaPierre and the leadership. So, I mean, we've got those folks on our side on this part of the issue."
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