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President Obama's inauguration address triggered an indignant response from the National Rifle Association chief Tuesday.


The President warned against “absolutism” in his speech, but NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre is absolutely sure that semi-automatic guns shouldn’t be banned, he said.


Obama wants to limit certain semi-automatics and high-capacity ammunition magazines.


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“We believe in our right to defend ourselves and our families with semi-automatic firearms,” LaPierre said in a speech at a hunting awards show in Reno.


In his remarks Monday, Obama said: “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle.” LaPierre interpreted the line as a dig at people determined to keep their guns, including firearms passed down as family heirlooms.


“Obama wants to turn the idea of absolutism into a dirty word,” he said. “I’ve got news for the President. Absolutes do exist.”


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The President didn’t discuss his gun control push Monday, but he did allude to the Connecticut school massacre that changed the debate.


“Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit . . . to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe,” he said.


LaPierre fired back Tuesday. “Barack Obama is saying the only principled way to make children safe is to make lawful citizens less safe and violent criminals more safe,” he said.