"We think it is poor form for a politician or a special interest group
to try to push a legislative agenda on the back of any tragedy."
-- NRA, after 2008 Northern Illinois shootings
"Now is not the time to debate politics or discuss policy."
-- NRA, after 2009 Binghampton massacre
"At this time, anything other than prayers for the victims and their families would be inappropriate."
-- NRA, after 2011 shooting spree that wounded Gabrielle Giffords
"There will be an appropriate time down the road to engage in political and policy discussions."
-- NRA, after 2012 Aurora massacre
"NRA will not have any comment."
-- NRA, after 2012 Newtown massacre
- From the "Say What" column, December 19, 2012 - GB Trudeau's Doonesbury
Update from the December 21 press conference:
“Nobody has addressed the most important pressing and immediate question we face: How do we protect our children right now, starting today, in a way that we know works? The only way to answer that question is to face the truth: Politicians passed laws for gun free school zones, they issued press releases bragging about them, they posted signs advertising them. And in doing so they tell every insane killer in America that schools are the safest place to inflict maximum mayhem with minimum risk. How have our nation’s priorities gotten so out of order?” - Wayne LaPierre, NRA CEO
LaPierre must own a few guns. How chilling an image is that?
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