The National Rifle Association has responded to HBO host Bryant Gumbel's recent remarks in Rolling Stone where he called the grass-roots organization dedicated to protecting second amendment rights "pigs" and "a curse upon the American landscape."

Cam Edwards, host of NRA News, spoke with The Blaze while he was in Las Vegas for the annual Shot Show. 

"I have a sneaking suspicion Bryant Gumbel hasn’t spent much time around NRA members. I could introduce him to mothers and fathers, veterans and active duty members of the military, law enforcement officers, doctors, and paramedics I know who are proud members of the NRA," Edwards told TheBlaze. "The NRA members I know value human life enough to want to protect themselves and their families from those who would do them harm. They’re not pigs. They’re good people."