NRA leader took security retreat on yacht to Bahamas after deadly school shootings
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After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard a borrowed 108-foot yacht.
During a deposition, the head of the powerful gun-rights group acknowledged sailing in the Bahamas with his family as a security retreat in the summers following a 2012 school shooting in Connecticut and a 2018 massacre in Florida. I was basically under presidential threat without presidential security in terms of the number of threats I was getting, LaPierre said, according to a transcript of the deposition filed in court over the weekend. And this was the one place that I hope could feel safe, where I remember getting there going, Thank God I m safe, nobody can get me here.
NRA exec Wayne LaPierre sheltered on borrowed yacht after mass shootings
He acknowledged sailing in the Bahamas with his family as a âsecurity retreatâ in the summers following a 2012 school shooting in Connecticut and a 2018 massacre in Florida.
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After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard a borrowed 108-foot yacht. [ JOSE LUIS MAGANA | AP ]
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DALLAS â After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard a borrowed 108-foot yacht.
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DALLAS (CBSDFW/AP) – After school shootings that left dozens dead in recent years, National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre said the resulting outrage put him in such danger that he sought shelter aboard a borrowed 108-foot yacht.
During a deposition, the head of the gun-rights group’s acknowledged sailing in The Bahamas with his family as a “security retreat” in the summers following a 2012 school shootings in Connecticut and a 2018 massacre in Florida.
“I was basically under presidential threat without presidential security in terms of the number of threats I was getting,” LaPierre said, according to a transcript of the deposition filed in court over the weekend. “And this was the one place that I hope could feel safe, where I remember getting there going, ‘Thank God I’m safe, nobody can ge
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