'That's ridiculous and you know it!' Fox News host Chris Wallace blasts NRA chief Wayne LaPierre for his ad attacking security for Obama children

The head of the National Rifle Association came under fire from a Fox News anchor who criticized a recent ad that questioned the right of the President's children to have armed guards.



NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was grilled by Fox host Chris Wallace, who brought up the controversial ad that said that since President Obama's daughters are protected by Secret Service agents with guns, it is hypocritical of the President to stand against the implementation of using armed guards at all schools across the country.



'You really think that the President's children are the same kind of target as every school child in America? That's ridiculous and you know it, sir,' the typically-tame Wallace said during the interview Sunday morning.



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Under fire: NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was grilled about the controversial ad that the gun rights group aired about the right of the President's children to receive Secret Service protection

Formerly friendly environment: Fox News is known for its conservative coverage, which made the attack on LaPierre even more pointed

Wallace began the interrogation by asking LaPierre if he regretted making the ad, and he avoided a direct answer throughout the session.



LaPierre began to backtrack: 'The point of that ad was this- it wasn't picking on the President's kids-



Wallace interjected, saying: 'It mentions them-'



LaPierre said: 'The President's kids are safe and we're all thankful for it. The point of that ad-'



'They also face a threat that most children do not face,' Wallace countered.



In an unexpected turn, invoking the recent school shooting: 'Tell that to the people of Newtown!'

Calling him out: Chris Wallace said that LaPierre's line of thinking regarding the ad was 'ridiculous'

After being called ridiculous by the Fox News veteran, LaPierre tried to explain his position more rationally.



'I think there are parents all over the country and they think their children are entitled to the same amount of protection when they go to school and they want their kids to be safe,' LaPierre countered.



Wallace, a stalwart of the conservative news network, is not the first to publicly condemn the gun rights group for the ad.



Popular Republican Governor Chris Christie said that the move lessened the argument of the NRA.



'To talk about the president’s children, or any public officer’s children, who have—not by their own choice, but by requirement—to have protection, and to use that somehow to try to make a political point is reprehensible,' Christie said in a press conference two weeks ago, following the release of the commercial.



Another point of contention between the two Republicans was whether or not it was hypocritical for LaPierre to attempt to make the hiring of armed guards a class issue- saying that it was something that 'Washington elites' felt was their right but something that not everyone deserves- even though he himself has armed security personnel.



Attack ad: The NRA has launched a preemptive attack against President Obama's unveiling of his gun control plan Wednesday with a new ad that calls him an 'elitist hypocrite'

Members of the Secret Service surround the First Family as they walk to church in August of 2012. Secret Service protection for the immediate family members of U.S. presidents spans back to 1917

'We've had all kinds of threats coming to us,' LaPierre said during the interview.



'I don't deny anybody the right to security when they need it. What I am saying is, it's ridiculous... for all the elites and all the powerful and privileged, the titans of industry to send their kids to schools where there is armed security, to have access to semi-automatic technology.'

After pressing home the concerns about the ad, the interview moved on to discuss the proposed national gun registry which many Democrats support in an effort to enforce universal background checks.



LaPierre appeared on Fox News Sunday to oppose closing a federal loophole that allows Americans to buy guns in private transactions without a background check.

'I think that they'll do is they'll turn this universal check on the law-abiding into a universal registry on law-abiding people,' he said.

Conspiracy: Wayne LaPierre doesn't trust Obama to stop at background checks

LaPierre said he'd been in the fight 'for 20 years' and that while the NRA initially favored a comprehensive background check it was decided that as federal laws restricting access to mental health records could not be breached, the proposal seemed unworkable.



Also: 'The criminals are never going to comply with it; they could care less...It's a fraud to call it universal.'

Arguing against LaPierre was Mark Kelly, who's wife, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., survived being shot in the head in 2011 during an assassination attempt that left six dead.



Kelly said LaPierre should, 'listen to his membership,' noting that 74 per cent of NRA members thought a universal background check was 'very reasonable.'

Kelly also backed an assault weapons ban and a limit on high-capacity magazines.

LaPierre and Kelly met earlier this week when both gave testimony in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee examining U.S. gun laws.



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