American gun lobby chief blames 'family, school security and the FBI' for the Florida massacre in increasing bitter gun control debate after 17 died at high school

Amid a new national debate over gun rights, the leader of America's largest pro-Second Amendment group made an unscheduled speech Thursday at a giant convention of grassroots conservatives, arguing that the level of armed security applied to celebrities and banks should extend to schools. The National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre opened up the Conservative Political Action Conference Thursday blaming 'school security, the failure of family, the failure of America's mental health system, and even the unbelievable failure of the FBI, ' for last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 dead