In 2006 NRA presented Larry Craig, with Most “Distinguished” Annual Award. (that's a hot one!)
At a May 2006 banquet, the NRA lavished its highest honor on Senator Larry Craig of Idaho.
You can see Senator Craig receiving the award at the annual NRA banquet here.
“You allowed me the maneuvering room to accomplish what we have been able to accomplish,” said the “freedom fighter” with a “wide stance” in washroom stalls.
Craig received the “Harlon B. Carter” Award for being the point man for the NRA on Capitol Hill, but specifically for guiding through Congress a bill that gave the gun industry unprecedented immunity from lawsuits. In short, Craig made it easy for gun makers to reap profits without bearing responsibility.
We should note that at the 2007 National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis, Senator David “Hooker” Vitter held a special news conference with the NRA that they still make available on their website. Ain’t that cool?
It was conducted in a gun shop. Here is how the NRA captioned that media event, “Press Conference with U.S. Senator David Vitter (LA), U.S. Representative Bobby Jindal and NRA's Chris Cox NRA, Louisiana Congressional Leaders Embark on Statewide Tour To Tout Importance of Preserving Second Amendment Rights in State of Emergency - April 4, 2007.”
To the NRA, what happened during Katrina that was “unbelievable” wasn’t the horrible devastation, it was that law enforcement officials tried to control crime by regulating the firearms situation, which had run amuck.
Meanwhile, as far as we know, Larry Craig is still on the Board of the NRA.
He’s a true hero to the NRA membership, according to the executive director of their Institute for Legislative Action.
Who is the NRA going to give its next award to, Mark Foley?
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