(The Guardian) Mark Kelly, the husband of the former US Congress member Gabby Giffords who was shot in the head in the 2011 Tucson shooting, has called on the leadership of the National Rifle Association to step aside and allow a new generation of more moderate NRA chiefs to emerge.
Kelly has thrown down the gauntlet to Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's combative chief executive, on the opening day of the gun lobby's annual convention in Houston, Texas. Writing in the Houston Chronicle, he accuses LaPierre and the rest of the NRA's leadership of turning their back on the traditional values of the association in a simple drive for profit.