NRATV: “Offensive” That Father Of Gun Violence Victim Wrote Opinion Piece Criticizing The NRA

NRATV Guest: Father Is Besmirching His Daughter’s Memory By Criticizing The NRA

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NRATV host Grant Stinchfield slammed a Newsweek column written by the father of a gun violence victim that was critical of the National Rifle Association, claiming that it was “offensive” and “propaganda.”

The author of the February 26 Newsweek opinion piece, Andy Parker, lost his 24-year-old daughter Alison in August 2015 when a “disgruntled former colleague” gunned her down on camera during a live news report in Moneta, VA.

Parker has since become an advocate for gun violence prevention, authoring several columns criticizing NRA-backed politicians and calling for state-level gun regulations. His opinion piece for Newsweek took on the NRA, President Trump, and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, warning readers that they aren’t “just content to wage war against the phantom threat to the Second Amendment ... they’re threatening our First Amendment rights.”

In an interview with Breitbart.com’s AWR Hawkins, Stinchfield referred to the column as “propaganda” and “offensive” while claiming that “Andy Parker and his media cohorts in crime” are afraid of the NRA.

Hawkins, a frequent guest on the program, said he was “disappointed” by the opinion piece, claiming Parker’s piece “besmirch[es] even the memory of his daughter.” Hawkins went on to suggest that Parker “try to do something to memorialize your daughter in a better and more senseful way.” From the February 27 edition of NRATV’s Stinchfield: 

GRANT STINCHFIELD (HOST): Look at this Newsweek column by Andy Parker, talking about the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre’s CPAC speech. Parker’s column is offensive and it reads, “And now, the NRA is in a position of power, acting in concert with minister of propaganda Bannon as a steady hand on the shoulder of a volatile, pliable leader. I see a day in the near future where this troika unleashes their knuckle-dragging militia at a town hall meeting to intimidate and provoke. It’s only a matter of time,” he writes, “and we can only hope it doesn’t lead to tragedy.” Parker fails to mention it’s left-wing paid protesters that destroyed property and beat up anyone who supports the president. It’s the left-wing, George Soros paid anarchists that America needs to worry about. Nothing makes me more angry than to read propaganda like what we saw in Newsweek, besmirching the good name and law-abiding reputations the members of the NRA have. The members of the NRA: the most responsible citizens in the United States, and we have the stats to back that up. So when Wayne LaPierre issues a call to action, it’s about letting our voices be heard. It’s about unifying a base. What frightens the likes of Andy Parker and his media cohorts in crime is that the NRA has proven its power by electing a president. It had nothing to do with our firearms and everything to do with our resolve and passion to return America to greatness. Someone who is familiar with the mainstream media bias is senior columnist for Breitbart AWR Hawkins, a great friend of the program. AWR, great to see you again.

AWR HAWKINS: Great to be with you. Thanks.

STINCHFIELD: I would imagine you cannot be surprised by Andy Parker’s Newsweek column?

HAWKINS: No, I’m kinda disappointed. I mean, I’m disappointed -- I think he continues to harm, in my opinion, not harm but besmirch even the memory of his daughter. We all share in agony of what happened to her. She was killed by a man who passed a background check to acquire his gun. A man who went through all of the steps the left says you have to go through to keep ourselves safe. Who proved again the impotency of gun control. And it just seems like out of respect for her, you would pull out of this argument and just continue to -- try to do something to memorialize your daughter in a better and more senseful way.

This is not the first time the NRA has attacked Parker since he lost his daughter. NRATV host Colion Noir warned Parker against becoming “so emotional” in response to the shooting that he would channel his “grief-inspired advocacy” into gun safety efforts.

Parker’s warning about the NRA’s view of the First Amendment was apt. NRATV routinely claims that dissent against Trump and other First Amendment-protected activities such as reporting on the president are antithetical to the U.S. Constitution.