10 Things The NRA Blamed For The Sandy Hook Massacre
Not guns. At a press conference Friday morning, the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre offered some other villains.
1. The Media
“Rather than face their own moral failings, the media demonize gun owners.”
2. Video Games
“And here’s another dirty little truth that the media try their best to conceal. There exists in this country, sadly, a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells and stows violence against its own people. Through vicious, violent video games with names like ‘Bullet Storm,’ ‘Grand Theft Auto,’ ‘Mortal Combat,’ and ‘Splatterhouse.’”
3. President Obama
“Ladies and gentlemen, there’s no national one size fits all solution to protecting our children. But do know that this president zeroed out school emergency planning grants in last year’s budget and scrapped Secure Our Schools policing grants in next year’s budget.”
4. Gun-Free School Zones
“The only way to answer that question is to face the truth. Politicians pass laws for gun free school zones, they issue press releases bragging about them. They post 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.”
5. Hurricanes
“Now, due to a declined willingness to prosecute dangerous criminals, violent crime is increasing again for the first time in 19 years. Add another hurricane, terrorist attack, or some other natural of manmade disaster, and you’ve got a recipe for a national nightmare of violence and victimization.”
6. Sports Stadiums
“If we truly cherish our kids, more than our money, more than our celebrities, more than our sports stadiums, we must give them the greatest level of protection possible.”
7. Celebrities
“If we truly cherish our kids, more than our money, more than our celebrities, more than our sports stadiums, we must give them the greatest level of protection possible.”
8. Foreign Aid
“With all the foreign aid the United States does, with all the money in the federal budget, can’t we afford to put a police officer in every single school?”
9. Movies
“I mean we have blood-soaked films out there, like ‘American Psycho,’ ‘Natural Born Killers.’ They’re aired like propaganda loops on Splatterdays and every single day.”
10. Music Videos
“1,000 music videos, and you all know this, portray life as a joke and they play murder — portray murder as a way of life. And then they all have the nerve to call it entertainment. But is that what it really is? Isn’t fantasizing about killing people as a way to get your kicks really the filthiest form of pornography?”
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nanonanonano 5 months agoNo amount of security guards will stop 100 bullets per second. The NRA will continue to have children’s blood on their hands… Not video games and movies.
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michaelc99 5 months agoThe morons and criminals are not going to give up thier weapons. blaming law abiding honest people and resrticting them. Will not solve the crisis it stands to only change it….. I Have friends in Perth every aspect of gun crime and violence has increased since thier guns were taken because oh wow the criminals didnt give thies up now honest cizens are unarmed and defensless you sir should wake up…..
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williamfitzhughl 5 months agoSounds like no one can rationlize this. Potential threats are endless, the actual threats are unpredictable, but adding more guns is just spiking the odds towards a bloodbath. The media just smells of fear, anxiety, and the pressure to pass bills at everyone’s expense.
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- billd10 added Don't Stop Me Now to the mix about 5 months ago
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michaelc99 5 months agoI have friends in pearth rhat share national statitistical info your rates were always low but they are on the rise sice your control measures in every category…..
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introvert 5 months agoThere is a solution and it starts with basic human interaction. If people continue to treat each other like crap, then the violence will continue forever. Evolution and calling 911 are just too slow. The decision to be cordial and respectful to one’s surroundings is the fastest and most effective decision that can be made. However, until that happens, it would be best to take plenty of self-defense courses.
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buddersmoosh 5 months agoAll this douchebag wants is more money in his pockets! Douchebag!!!
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Jassy217 5 months agoI’m surprised at how many uninformed people feel the need to comment on this issue. And at how many people can imagine anything can be “taken out of context” when direct quotes were used in this article. Bottom line: guns are scary machines that can kill you and they make people uncomfortable. Respect that.
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phophuklai 5 months agoForeign aid is 1% of the federal budget. Our kids aren’t dying because we provide food to starving children in Africa. This guy is just deranged.
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FlickMontana 5 months agoI’m a self-defense advocate, but the corporate lobby representing big businesses should STFU already. Fuckers. Conflict of interest.
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benjaminc5 5 months agoThey aren’t wrong about everything. Just Number 2 and 9. Although media doesn’t cause anyone to do anything. It does provide homicidal maniacs with some ideas. They have really good points about gun free school zones, Obama cutting funding for defense of schools, and foreign aid. It’s like when Clinton gutted the army and CIA. When defense is weakened, killers are emboldened.
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SkelIy 5 months agoIt bugs me when people say video games make you violent. It is the biggest load I ever heard. I’m a massive gamer. I love all genres from platformers, to racing, to FPS’s and more. I love games like God of War which are filled with gratuitous violence and gore and yet I wouldn’t dream of inflicting pain on someone. If games do make you violent then I wouldn’t spend my summer teaching art to troubled and special needs children, help people I randomly meet and I certainly wouldn’t be a pacifist. Hell I walk into a wall and I say sorry to it. Saying that my playing a shooter is training me to shoot a gun and kill people is like saying playing Rock Band is actually teaching me the instruments or Mario is teaching me to be a plumber. It just does’t work that way. And if people are concerned about young kids playing mature games that’s the parent’s fault. Not the game companies or the guy in the game shop. The games are clearly labeled with their age rating, and the people working in the store can’t sell games to minors because it’s an offence. Parent’s need to be aware of what their kids are playing and no one else.
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jessicab61 5 months agoDisturbing on so many levels that they used this time for, what seemed to me, a marketing strategy Buy more guns is what I got from it.
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jenniferp36 5 months agoWell, apart from President Obama, we have all of those things in Canada and we manage not to have gun violence every damn day of the year. Seems to me like the only real difference is the easy access to high-capacity guns.
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YeaReally 5 months agoJust remember if you outlaw guns, only the outlaws will have them… Does anybody think this kid wouldn’t have killed anyone if he couldn’t find a gun? I don’t think he would’ve stopped his plan just because he didn’t have a gun. He would’ve found another way whether it be an explosive or whatver. OKC bombing killed way more people and children were involved there as well.
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