NRA goes silent - takes down facebook page, stops tweets, no comments since shooting

[Liberal_in_LA]

NRA Silent Following School Shooting and Calls for Stricter Gun Laws

Groups and lawmakers in favor of stricter gun laws haven't wasted any time speaking out following the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., but the pro-gun National Rifle Association has been silent.

The NRA, which frequently communicates through social media, hasn't tweeted since before the shooting and its Facebook page has been taken down, a day after the group boasted of reaching 1.7 million "likes.".

On Thursday, a tweet went out from the NRA's official account saying: "@NRA "Did you hear? Our #facebook page reached 1.7 million "likes" today! Thanks for being a friend!"

The NRA couldn't be reached for comment regarding whether the deactivation of its facebook page was connected to Friday's mass shooting.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nra-silent-school-shooting/story?id=17993360#.UM5xtKy8rx4

(also, as of Friday evening, no mention of the shooting it its website, I haven't looked since then)

[malaise]

1. Fugg the effing cowards

May they be silenced permanently

[Cobalt Violet]

4. They think this will blow over.

I don't think it will so fast.

[Liberal_in_LA]

8. are you sure about that? 70 people shot at colorado theater. media

dropped that story about about a week or two.

[bluestateguy]

16. The media is just itching to talk about the stupid "fiscal cliff" again

A bullshit manufactured "crisis".

[onehandle]

9. Not this time. This is the tipping point. nt

[Chemisse]

18. I think it is the tipping point too.

This is different. This hits us all where it really hurts.

The victims were sweet, innocent children and courageous school workers. Nearly every person in this nation can relate to the grief inherent in losing a small child.

This is the first time I have cried following a mass shooting. I have been saddened, choked up at times, but this time I couldn't stop the tears coming, and coming again at random times over the past couple of days.

It seems to be a nation-wide, shared grief, and it has made (nearly all of) us ready to finally pursue change.

[Cobalt Violet]

21. This has been more tragic than 9/11 for me.

I don't think I'm alone.

[lbrtbell]

36. All tragedies are equal

Thousands of people were killed on 9/11. For many, it was a slow, horrible, terrifying death, with people jumping out windows in desperation.

Saying that 9/11 is somehow less of a tragedy is displaying a terrible lack of compassion for the thousands who perished, and their families.

[Cobalt Violet]

37. i knew someone like you would come along and tell me I'm wrong to feel how I feel.

These were the most innocent of the innocent among us. They hardly got to experience much of life at all. You can feel how you feel and i can feel how I can feel like I feel.

To hell with your snotty little lecture about how I lack compassion.


Go fucking argue with someone else I won't be bullied by the emotion police.

[GObamaGO]

26. I sure do hope this is the tipping point.

[malaise]

22. They don't have a clue - this slaughter of children is the last straw

New Rules are coming - the NRA is doing to drown in Grover's bathtub with him.

[bluestateguy]

2. They're not going to crawl into a hole and go away, trust me

They are huddling and strategizing right now.

[gateley]

6. +1 Frantically figuring out how to "overcome this problem".

[Chemisse]

20. Perhaps they'll go with, 'if only those kids had been armed . . ."

That should go over well.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. I hope they remain silent forever.

They have caused harm that can never be repaired.

[aandegoons]

5. They have their lackies out in force in the pro NRA forums doing their dirty work for them.

[SummerSnow]

7. punks

[99Forever]

10. The fucking cowards are trying to figure out..

.. how to do damage control and get the blood of babies off their hands.

I suggest they jump into a black hole.

[SoCalDem]

11. They'll be back. Death & Destruction don't go away easily

[hatrack]

12. Checked the website - it's like it stopped Thursday PM or Friday AM

The TV Schedule for "Cam and Company" (which I surmise is like Fox & Friends, but with lots of guns) is up for Thursday.

Wayne LaPierre's "thoughts" ("More Guns, Less Crime In Virginia&quot are what comes up first at the non-Flash page.

All I know is that they must be scrambling to come up with some "marketing message", or else they're going to ignore the whole thing entirely.

[etherealtruth]

13. That shows some amount of media savvy ....

They definitely want to keep their minions (the gun nuts) from posting asinine things (as they have on other sites, including DU) such as : never let a good tragedy go to waste, arm teachers ... we need more guns, more guns, more guns. This way the abject derangement cannot be traced directly back to them.

They are savvy enough to know that the mass slaughter of innocents was a tipping point for many ... I expect a release within the next day or two expressing condolences to those that have been impacted by the tragedy. They are a pack of rabid gun nuts, but they have understanding of public perception... they will be back to their gungasms

[Hoyt]

14. Earlier today, NRA website was promoting board member Ollie North's book.

They - and the millions of non-dues paying supporters - are really a plight on society.

[Bonhomme Richard]

15. The group that sells "manliness" is afraid of words. It's fitting. n/t

[SoonerPride]

17. cowards

they are simply cowards

[riderinthestorm]

19. Yes because the NRA lobbied HARD to ban the 30 round gun magazines used in the Sandy Hook shooting

(Bloomberg) Magazines that fed bullets into the primary firearm used to kill 26 children and adults at a Connecticut school would have been banned under state legislation that the National Rifle Association and gunmakers successfully fought.

The shooter at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Adam Lanza, 20, used a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle with magazines containing 30 rounds as his main weapon, said Connecticut State Police Lieutenant Paul Vance at a news conference today.

A proposal in March 2011 would have made it a felony to possess magazines with more than 10 bullets and required owners to surrender them to law enforcement or remove them from the state. Opponents sent more than 30,000 e-mails and letters to state lawmakers as part of a campaign organized by the NRA and other gun advocates, said Robert Crook, head of the Hartford- based Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, which opposed the legislation.

“The legislators got swamped by NRA emails,” said Betty Gallo, who lobbied on behalf of the legislation for Southport- based Connecticut Against Gun Violence. “They were scared of the NRA and the political backlash.” ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-16/ban-on-30-round-gun-magazines-in-connecticut-died-after-pressure.html




Shameful!! I hope they stay silent FOREVER!

[Lex]

23. Cowards.

[Terra Alta]

24. the least they could have done

would be to post their condolences to the families of the victims. Their silence really says a lot.

The blood of innocents is on their hands. I don't see how Wayne LaPierre can sleep at night. Fuck 'em all.

[Odin2005]

25. Cowards.

[lindysalsagal]

27. Just checked the site: Nada.

Cowards.

[spanone]

28. sunday eve, nothing on their website indicating they are aware of the massacre....chickenshits

where's the nuge? why isn't he tweeting some of his fucking wisdom?

[RomneyLies]

29. Just shows you how big of cowards the gun nuts are. n/t

[xfundy]

30. Let's constantly remind them of this cowardice.

Take screenshots, blow them up to fit posters that can be held in protests. Enough of this idiotic bullshit.

[Hayabusa]

31. Their FB page was getting absolutely bombarded

with anti-NRA comments. I even left a few of them myself. They were quickly outnumbering the support, kinda like here in the first few hours.

[rustydog]

32. It is their modus operandi...their proxy dickheads will speak up for them

Ted Nugent (Poacher) Oregon Republican calling for teachers to carry. Ghomert wishing the principal had an automatic weapon....
The NRA needs to be branded a domestic threat.

[morningfog]

33. "NRA proxy dickhead" should be a DU screen name.

Except by now it would be NRA proxy dickhead_425

[Speck Tater]

34. Cockroaches scurry for cover when the light comes on.

Have no fear. They'll be back when the lights dim again.

[kestrel91316]

35. Let's all remember to go say something on their FB page each and every time it resurfaces.

Eventually they'll get tired of us and go away.