Wayne LaPierre Batters David Gregory: 'Why Doesn't NBC News' Report That Chicago Ranks 'Dead Last' in Federal Gun Law Enforcement?

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National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre on Sunday ripped the national media for not reporting that Chicago, suffering from an epidemic of gun violence, ranks "dead last" in enforcement of federal gun laws.

"Let me hold up a mirror right now to the whole national news media and the White House," LaPierre said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Citing new 2012 data from Syracuse University, LaPierre said that out of 90 jurisdictions, Chicago ranks last.

"Why doesn't NBC News start with 'shocking news on Chicago, of all the jurisdictions in the country, Chicago is dead last in the enforcement of federal gun laws'?" he demanded. "Why don't the national press corps, when they're sitting down there with Jay Carney and the president and the vice president, why don't they say, 'Why is Chicago dead last in enforcement of the gun laws against gangs with guns, felons with guns, drugs dealers with guns?'"

NBC host David Gregory didn't respond to LaPierre's charge, instead asking only whether he and the NRA "support those as felonies."

"Absolutely and we want them taken off the street," LaPierre said. "If you're the president and the vice president and the attorney general and your job is to enforce these laws against the -- I'm talking about drug dealers, gangs and felons that are walking around with guns in the street -- and you don't do it, you bear some responsibility."