NRA completely oblivious to shooting -- check out this tweet from 9:20am

[nashville_brook]

Story that goes with:

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/tech/social-media/nra-tweet-shooting/index.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well, they won the debate

And are acting like it.

[nashville_brook]

4. they bought the debate with bribes for Cons and Conservadems alike

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Yup, but none will touch it now

Even if we should.

[calimary]

18. DISGUSTING.

LOVE the timing!

For that alone I'd be all in favor of taking their guns away.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. You get a partial non argument

Byt that tweet shows it. I have no clue how many more tragedies will take before we have a turn of heart as a nation...but more will come.

[SkyDaddy7]

40. The Tweet was done on purpose!

I disagree with the OP thinking the NRA was "oblivious" in making the Tweet...They did it on purpose to get under folks skin because they have NOTHING to worry about. They own most of congress.

I am a gun owner but I am fully aware this kind of thing cannot be allowed to continue happening. The only problem I see is exactly how one goes about stopping someone like this guy who is determined to kill as many folks as possible.

Making all guns illegal & then the literal war that comes with collecting the guns is a pipe dream that will not happen in our lifetimes. So, what other option do we have that would actually prevent this from taking place?

[nadinbrzezinski]

42. The NRA was not oblivious

as to making guns illegal, you are right it ain't gonna happen.

but when you have people who cannot even agree to the closing of the Gun Show loophole, it will take many more of these shootings, they are coming. And sadly, they are the new normal.

And yes, we own guns too.

[IggleDoer]

2. Why yes. I was going to the movies.

Until you bastards ruined my plans.

[nashville_brook]

3. well said.

[Hugabear]

5. I think I summed up my attitude pretty well

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002981687

This just reinforces that.

[nashville_brook]

8. thanks for the link, don't know how I missed that today.

btw, it's not just the availability of firearms...these sociopaths have successfully cowed the CDC, ATF and FBI from collecting and sharing information that could at the very least help victims and prevent massacres such as this.

the NRA is a parasite and we need to delouse.

[RedStateLiberal]

7. That twitter account is gone.

It shows up in Google searches as the official journal of the NRA but the twitter account appears to be deleted. They are scrubbing.

[nashville_brook]

10. shit -- I forgot to link to the link to the story

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/20/tech/social-media/nra-tweet-shooting/index.html

Will edit the OP too. This mentions the scrubbing.

[charlie]

13. It's still there

But, the tweet is gone.

https://twitter.com/nra_rifleman

[RedStateLiberal]

15. Not for me.

I clicked you link and get: "Sorry, that page doesn't exist."

[charlie]

17. Gone for me now

I pulled it up just minutes ago, after you mentioned it was gone. Odd. I dunno, maybe I caught a server that the deletions hadn't propagated to yet. Or something.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. They already had a press conference to explain that.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/20/tech/social-media/nra-tweet-shooting/index.html?iref=allsearch


"A single individual, unaware of events in Colorado, tweeted a comment that is being completely taken out of context," NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam said in a comment issued to CNN.

[nashville_brook]

12. they're distancing.

[Hissyspit]

14. What context has it been taken out of?

Any other day, it's offensive. There have been six mass shootings this year, I think. Still pretty close to the Norway shootings. Today, if tweeter was aware, it's horrific. Today, if tweeter was unaware, it's idiotic.

Bad in any context.

[PavePusher]

28. "Any other day, it's offensive." How so?

The context is in the form of "Are you going hunting/target shooting/training class/other lawful, peaceful firearms activity". I don't see how any of that would be offensive.

[Diclotican]

41. Hissyspit

Hissyspit

One year tomorrow Hissypit.. A whole year have turned around, and Norway have to mourn again what happened. But at least, the one who did the murdering are in a prison cell - waiting for his day in court to be sentenced..(It will be in August I believe). The prosecutor asked for life (21 year +) so I guess no less than 21 year is on the table here

What happened in the US is horrible - and I hope this time they "might" decide what to do about all this weapons - even though I doubt it... It will go on to the next time - and then next time again and again and again and again...

Diclotican

[Robb]

32. "A single individual." Like normally they all get together to write tweets.

What idiots.

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. What a lovely bunch.

And their priorities! Something to strive for.

[louis-t]

16. "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?"

Reply: "Spending the next few hours cleaning up blood in a movie theater.... and you?"

[Zyzafyx]

21. Skewering

Numbnutty Racist Assholes online.

[gopiscrap]

20. Like I said in a previous post:

FUCK THE NRA and I invite everyone else to post that also!!!

[mckara]

22. Oblivious or in Denial?

[Ruby the Liberal]

24. Looks like @NRA_Rifleman went to work for @CelebBoutique

after the NRA did an Oopsie! Delete! Delete! Delete! on the "official journal of the National Rifle Association, providing the latest in shooting news and firearms reviews"




Noting, the latter at least had the stones to apologize...

http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2012/07/celeb-boutique-tweet/

[RedStateLiberal]

29. Unbelievable!

You'd think they'd take the time to click to see WHY it's trending. Boneheads!

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. Rather than apologize, they wiped the account.

Stay classy, NRA.

[Turbineguy]

25. Apparently the guy didn't know

maybe he was thinking it would be just an ordinary day of shooting people instead of a special one.

[bluedigger]

26. I have only one response.

[apocalypsehow]

27. That's our favorite repository of right-wing scum at work!

Simply disgusting.

[LiberalArkie]

30. The NRA is just the lobby organization for the gun manufacturers.

We should be hitting on the Glocks and Smith & Wesson's etc, to take charge and clean up the mess as good corporate citizens.

They are the ones who escape the glare.

[secondvariety]

31. That's it.

That's all they are. The only reason the 2nd Amendment matters to them is MONEY.

[4th law of robotics]

38. No, it isn't

And if people would stop pushing foolish anti-gun legislature (we need to assault weapon ban to stop guns from having a "shoulder thing that goes up&quot the NRA would lose its influence.

[xtraxritical]

44. "...well regulated militia?" Bite me.

[mwooldri]

33. If you're going to tweet, have a clue about what is going on in the world.

For all the non-US media sources I was looking at today, two stories were in the headlines: rising violence in the Syrian Civil War, and the Movie Theatre massacre in Aurora (a lot of non US was saying a suburb of Denver). Start off with the BBC (I have World Service Radio on overnight), Al Jazeera, NHK, RT, France24... do I need to go on?

How hard is it to figure out something big has happened in the world that day?

[spanone]

34. peaked at their website...nada

[Chorophyll]

35. I simply do not understand the gun worshipper mentality.

And I wish they'd keep their blood money out of our politics.

[young_at_heart]

36. This person is completely lacking in empathy or humanity

There are no words to make sense of this. What type of people belong to the NRA? How on earth did they get to be so powerful?

[4th law of robotics]

37. Or they just hadn't heard of it at 9:30 this morning

I hadn't.

[Ruby the Liberal]

46. Cash, paranoia, and cash.

[ironman25]

39. Where is Wayne?

Where is the words of wisdom from the Koolaid drinking nut jobs of the NRA. They spin bulls--t propaganda tales to make the faithful feel there are great problems for gunatics. Now another real problem happens and Wayne Lapiere has nothing to say. I am almost 60 years old and have never needed a gun for protection. The NRA crowd lives on the premise of what might happen and ignore what "is" happening around them. It does explain though why they are all Republicans because they are hypocrites!

[bowens43]

43. The NRA is a terrorist orginization

and all of it's members should be on homeland security watch lists. Every purchase they make should be tracked and analyzed.

[marmar]

45. I hate the NRA with the heat of 1,000 Suns

[Odin2005]

47. That's obscene.