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'They messed with the wrong family': Father of slain journalist goes after NRA and lawmakers who voted against stricter gun laws

  • Andy Parker, 62, said he wants to make sure daughter Alison and cameraman Adam Ward are not forgotten
  • Allison and Ward were gunned down by a former WDBJ reporter on live television as they filmed a segment Wednesday morning 
  • Parker said Mark Kelly, the husband of mass shooting survivor and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, has reached out to him 
  • The grieving father has also talked to Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and representatives of former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg 
  • Also hit out at Trump for claiming mass shootings are solely a mental health issue, pointing out his daughter's killer passed a background check

By Dailymail.com Reporters

Published: 21:58 EST, 30 August 2015 | Updated: 22:49 EST, 30 August 2015

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The heartbroken father of murdered TV reporter Alison Parker said his fight for gun control laws has only just begun as he hit out against the NRA and lawmakers who voted against stricter legislation, saying they 'messed with the wrong family'.  

Viewers of WDBJ, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, watched in horror on Wednesday morning as Alison, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were gunned down by a former reporter as they filmed a live segment.

Andy Parker, 62, said he has not been able to watch the news after his daughter's death but will fight to make sure that she and Ward are not forgotten after the next big story comes along.

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Andy Parker, the father of slain TV reporter Alison Parker, said his fight for gun control laws has only just begun as he hit out against the NRA and lawmakers who voted against stricter legislation
 
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Andy Parker, the father of slain TV reporter Alison Parker, said his fight for gun control laws has only just begun as he hit out against the NRA and lawmakers who voted against stricter legislation

Parker, pictured here being comforted by a family member at a service commemorating Alison and slain cameraman Adam Ward, said he will fight to make sure they are not forgotten by the media and nation 
 
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Parker, pictured here being comforted by a family member at a service commemorating Alison and slain cameraman Adam Ward, said he will fight to make sure they are not forgotten by the media and nation 

'We cannot let this drop,' he said on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday. 'Alison was one of you guys...she was part of the media. It could have been anyone out there doing this.' 

 

'What I would like for everyone to know and to keep in mind is...just don't be desensitized to this issue,' he said.

'And don't go, "Oh gee, this is another horrific incident, what's for dinner tonight honey?'

Parker said Mark Kelly, the husband of mass shooting survivor and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, has reached out to him, as has Democrat Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and representatives for former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.

He also praised a California law that allows families to request a temporary removal of guns from a relative they believe could be a danger to themselves or others - and criticized the NRA and his state's senator for fighting against a similar act in Virginia.

Alison, 24, and Ward, 27, were killed by a former WDBJ reporter live on television while taping a story near the small town of Moneta, Virginia on Wednesday morning
 
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Alison, 24, and Ward, 27, were killed by a former WDBJ reporter live on television while taping a story near the small town of Moneta, Virginia on Wednesday morning

'We cannot let this drop,' Parker said on Sunday. 'Alison was one of you guys...she was part of the media. It could have been anyone out there doing this' 
 
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'We cannot let this drop,' Parker said on Sunday. 'Alison was one of you guys...she was part of the media. It could have been anyone out there doing this' 

Parker (second from right) has said his grief is 'unbearable' and he has been unable to watch the news since his TV reporter daughter was gunned down during a live broadcast
 
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Parker (second from right) has said his grief is 'unbearable' and he has been unable to watch the news since his TV reporter daughter was gunned down during a live broadcast

 
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'Say what you want about California...people think they're over-regulated,' Parker said. 'But they passed a gun violence restraining order out there that probably would have prevented this.'

Parker, who wants to fight for more extensive background checks, also disagreed with Donald Trump's claim that the issue isn't about gun control, but rather mental health. 

The father said there's a 'linkage' between guns and mental health and that a protocol needed to be established, pointing out that Alison's killer, Vester Flanagan II, was able to pass a background check to purchase a gun.

Parker said he's going to be working for gun control with Alison's boyfriend, fellow WDBJ journalist Chris Hurst, for a long time. 

'I know that this is not a sprint. It's a marathon,' he said.  

 

 

 

Parker earlier said that he initially didn't want to do interviews about his daughter, but realized that he needed to speak about her in order to stop violence like this from happening again.

'Yesterday, I really didn't think I would be making the news round circuit and just had no intention of doing so,' he said on CNN. 

Parker also disagreed with Trump's claim that the issue isn't about gun control, but rather mental health - pointing out that his daughter's killer passed a background check
 
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Parker also disagreed with Trump's claim that the issue isn't about gun control, but rather mental health - pointing out that his daughter's killer passed a background check

Floral tributes left for Alison Parker and Adam Ward outside the TV station where they worked together
 
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Floral tributes left for Alison Parker and Adam Ward outside the TV station where they worked together

This poignant makeshift memorial was placed outside the doors to WDBJ's headquarters on Wednesday
 
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This poignant makeshift memorial was placed outside the doors to WDBJ's headquarters on Wednesday

'Then as I reflected during the day, I realized that Alison was a journalist and she would want me to do this,' he told CNN.

Parker has spoken angrily about the NRA in a number of his interviews, attacking their usual response to the mass shootings that have become commonplace in America. 

'I can hear it now - they're gonna say "oh gee, well if they were carrying this would never have happened."

'Well I got news for you, if Alison or Adam had been carrying an AK47 strapped around their waist it wouldn't have made any difference. They couldn't have seen it coming. So I don't want to hear that argument from the NRA.'

And Sunday wasn't the first time Parker criticized the lawmakers who he said were in the NRA's pockets and continued to avoid making 'sensible laws so that crazy people can't get guns'.

'It can't be that hard and yet politicians from the local level to the state level to the national level - they sidestep the issue, they kick the can down the road,' he said. 

'This can't happen anymore.'  

Parker said he's going to be working for gun control with Alison's boyfriend, fellow WDBJ journalist Chris Hurst (pictured), for a long time
 
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Parker said he's going to be working for gun control with Alison's boyfriend, fellow WDBJ journalist Chris Hurst (pictured), for a long time



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First he wants to ban guns. Then a day later, he is saying that he is going to buy a gun. Now he is going after the NRA. Why don't they leave this grief stricken father ALONE. He should stay out of the spot light and grieve. Then if he wants to become an activist later, then fine.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

First he wants to ban guns. Then a day later, he is saying that he is going to buy a gun. Now he is going after the NRA. Why don't they leave this grief stricken father ALONE. He should stay out of the spot light and grieve. Then if he wants to become an activist later, then fine.

Wow!

I have NO idea how I would react if it was MY son. Grief takes many forms.

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Yes it does. My point is that the media should leave him alone and let him grieve.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Yes it does. My point is that the media should leave him alone and let him grieve.

I thought HE was the one who decided to give interviews?

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That may be. But, someone should have the sense to temper that and give him some space.

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Yeah. The guy passed a background check--pretty much proving gun control is useless.

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He may have been perfectly fine when he got the gun. Sometimes, people snap. No one can predict the future - so unless you've got some genuine psychics out there lined up "Minority Report" style - things are going to happen sometimes.

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