LIU STATEMENT ON THE NRA'S BIZARRE MISFIRE
NEW YORK, NY – City Comptroller John C. Liu today stated the following about the NRA's press conference call for putting armed guards in schools as a way to protect children against gun violence:
"The NRA's press conference was a bizarre misfire. The NRA's grotesque proposal insults the memory of the innocent victims who were gunned down in Newtown, Connecticut. The gun lobby's argument that our children would only be protected if schools had armed guards is a twisted vision of a future in which no one is safe. If we want our children to be safe at home or at school today, we need tougher controls over guns today.
"As my office stated on Tuesday, the NYC Pension Funds are reviewing their holdings in gun manufacturers and are considering all options, including divestment, to ensure that public pension dollars do not support weapons that can destroy a community in the blink of an eye."