Columbus gun ban worse than Columbine to NRA

This from the Violence Policy Center, after the NRA canceled its national convention in Columbus, Ohio because the city passed an assault wepaons ban:

"Today's announcement confirms that to the National Rifle Association, the Columbus, Ohio, assault weapons ban is a far greater tragedy than the Columbine assault weapons massacre. For those who had any doubt, it is clear that for the NRA, guns are more important than children, and an assault weapons ban is a greater tragedy than an assault weapons massacre. In 1999, following the Columbine assault weapons massacre, which left 15 dead and 23 wounded, Denver, Colorado, leaders asked the NRA not to hold their annual meeting scheduled for Denver out of respect for the victims and the trauma that engulfed the city and state following the shooting. The NRA's response was to ignore these pleas. Now, when Columbus, Ohio, votes to ban the very guns used in the Columbine massacre, the NRA acts almost immediately to move its meeting."

Earlier post.