Powerful gun lobby group the NRA has accused US President Barack Obama of being a hypocrite, saying his daughters Malia and Sasha are protected by armed guards but Mr Obama won't put armed guards in all US schools. Source: AFP
GUN lobby group the National Rifle Association have dragged US President Barack Obama's daughters into the debate over armed guards at schools.
In a new ad, the NRA lashed out at Mr Obama, calling him an "elitist hypocrite" for providing armed Secret Service protection to his daughters but baulking at having armed guards in all schools.
In a 35-second video released on its website, the National Rifle Association slammed what it called "protection for their kids, and gun-free zones for ours," amid a heated, nationwide gun control debate in the wake of the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
"Are the president's kids more important than yours?" the NRA's narrator asks in a deep voice.
"Then why is he sceptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? Mr Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes, but he's just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security."
In a December interview, Mr Obama said he was "sceptical" about an NRA proposal of placing armed security guards at schools around the country.
Customers line up at the gun counter at Duke's Sport Shop in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
"I am sceptical that the only answer is putting more guns in schools," Mr Obama told NBC television's Meet the Press.
"And I think the vast majority of the American people are sceptical that that somehow is going to solve our problem."
Most Americans - 55 per cent - back the NRA's proposal for armed guards in schools, according to a US ABC News/Washington Post poll out this week.
And 52 per cent of respondents said the shooting in Newtown had made them more supportive of gun control.
Adam Lanza gunned down twenty children aged just six and seven, along with six teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14. Lanza, who shot and killed his mother before his rampage at the school, also took his own life in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
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