A top National Rifle Association official argued that tougher gun control laws would not have prevented Sunday’s deadly mass shooting in Orlando, and that the Obama administration’s “political correctness” allowed the shooter to be successful.

“They are desperate to create the illusion that they’re doing something to protect us because their policies can’t and won’t keep us safe,” Chris Cox, the executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, wrote in a USA Today op-ed published early Tuesday. He specifically cited President Obama and Hillary Clinton’s renewed calls for gun control laws.