Video Of NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre & Wife Shooting Elephants Draws Heavy Criticism
A nonprofit group released a video Wednesday of National Rifle Association (N.R.A.) Chief Wayne LaPierre shooting an African bush elephant several times. The footage was from a 2013 taping for an N.R.A.-sponsored event, but the footage was never aired. In the uncomfortable display, LaPierre shoots the elephant, but does not kill it. He then shoots it twice more at close range, still not killing the massive bush elephant. Later, the safari host finishes the kill. LaPierre’s wife, Susan, shoots another elephant in the face while her guide instructs her to shoot it again in the legs, so it isn’t ...