NRA Head Wayne LaPierre Slams “Politically Correct” Feds For Taking Pulse Killer Off Watch List [VIDEO]

And the NRA bears no responsibility for putting that assault weapon in his hands. CBS News reports:

Appearing on “Face the Nation” Sunday, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre blamed a “politically correct” federal government for the fact that the Orlando nightclub massacre gunman was taken off an FBI watch list.

He also said Americans need to be able to protect themselves because terrorists are “trying to kill us.”

“We face a terrorist challenge where they’re on the verge of overwhelming us,” LaPierre said. “What happened this week is the president, the whole gun ban movement, said, ‘Don’t look at the terrorists, look over here.’”

He argued that the Obama administration does not want to “face the embarrassment” of its handling of terrorism, and “they want to cover their butts and not talk about it.”

“It’s all being politicized with the politically correct White House nose and fingers in areas they don’t belong,” he said.

LaPierre broke with presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on the issue of concealed carry in clubs like Pulse, where the shooting occurred last weekend. Unlike Trump, LaPierre said he does not believe people should carry guns in drinking establishments.

“I don’t think you should have firearms where people are drinking,” he said. “But I’ll tell you this: everybody, every American needs to start having a security plan, we need to be able to protect ourselves, because they’re coming.”