NRA Apologizes For Calling Guns-In-Restaurants Crowd 'Weird'

ERIC LACH – JUNE 3, 2014, 6:35 PM EDT

The National Rifle Association has disavowed its recent criticism of pro-gun demonstrations in Texas.

In an interview on Tuesday with the organization's own news site, the head of the NRA's lobbying arm blamed a staff member's "personal opinion" for the content of an unsigned statement published Friday on the organization's website, and he apologized for "any confusion" the statement may have caused.

"It's a distraction," Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action, told NRA News. "There was some confusion, we apologize, again, for any confusion that that post caused."

The statement in question reproached gun activists in Texas for their attempts to take high-powered semiautomatic rifles into fast food restaurants. It said the activists had "crossed the line from enthusiasm to downright foolishness," and denounced their tactics as "weird" and even "scary."

In response, the activists flipped out. The group most notably involved in the fast food demonstrations, Open Carry Texas, issued a statement demanding that the NRA retract its "disgusting and disrespectful comments." That's basically what they got from Cox on Tuesday. Cox said the NRA shares the activists' goal of getting Texas' restrictions on the open carry of handguns changed.

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