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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 08:50 PM Dec 2012

All 31 Pro-Gun Rights Senators Decline to Appear on “Meet the Press”, NRA's Facebook page disappears

All 31 Pro-Gun Rights Senators Decline to Appear on “Meet the Press” in Newtown School Shooting Aftermath

Dec 16, 2012 by JANET SHAN
NEWTOWN SCHOOL SHOOTING: No-one should be surprised, but should be disgusted, at the fact that all 31 pro-gun rights senatorS in the U.S. senate declined to appear on “Meet the Press” on Sunday in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre by Adam Lanza that left 26 dead, including 20 children. Here’s the tweet from Betsy Fischer Martin:
Betsy Fischer Martin

@BetsyMTP
BTW, we reached out to ALL 31 pro-gun rights Sens in the new Congress to invite them to share their views on @meetthepress - NO takers.

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NRA's Facebook page disappears after Connecticut school shooting raises anger
The National Rifle Association touted having 1.7 million 'likes' on the social media site the day before Friday's massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then, the pro-gun group apparently deactivated its page and stopped tweeting.

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BY ERIK ORTIZ / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2012, 11:37 AM


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/nra-facebook-page-disappears-school-shooting-article-1.1221450#ixzz2FGXpERSd

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All 31 Pro-Gun Rights Senators Decline to Appear on “Meet the Press”, NRA's Facebook page disappears (Original Post) ErikJ Dec 2012 OP
Chickenshits. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2012 #1
Cowards was my 1st thought. Cobalt Violet Dec 2012 #4
the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected graham4anything Dec 2012 #2
Waiting for it to die down get the red out Dec 2012 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)
1. Chickenshits.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 08:52 PM
Dec 2012

They don't have the guts to stand up and take the heat, do they? It figures. I've always suspected the whole gun-nut culture is basically fear-driven, and it seems that their fear is moral as well as physical. I can't stand these fucking people.

 

graham4anything

(11,464 posts)
2. the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 08:55 PM
Dec 2012

(picture Lily Tomlin as the phone operator from Laugh-In skit)
(a one ringy dingy)


it's like the curtain was opened on the Wizard and has been exposed
one can't close the curtain again

the clock is ticking
the days are numbered

the NRA has met up with the new social media and it's gone viral as they say

get the red out

(13,466 posts)
3. Waiting for it to die down
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 08:55 PM
Dec 2012

Then hoping to just tell everyone to move along and get back to their lives. So sad.

This is what passes for "leadership". I want to throw up.

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