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A National Rifle Association board member blamed Wednesday's church shootings in Charleston, South Carolina, on the gun control position of state Sen. Clementa Pinckney, who served as the church's reverend and was one of nine people killed in the attack.
Charles L. Cotton replied to a comment in a"Church shooting Charleston SC" post on the texaschlforum.com website which noted Pinckney served as reverend at Emanuel AME Church also as a state legislator.
"And he voted against concealed-carry," Cotton wrote. "Eight of his church members who might be alive if he had expressly allowed members to carry handguns in church are dead. Innocent people died because of his position on a political issue."
Cotton is listed as a 13-year board member for the NRA and administrator for the texaschlforum.com website, a discussion group about firearms.
Pinckney voted against a 2011 bill that would have allowed gun owners to take firearms into public places, including churches and day care centers, according to Politico.
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