NRA expresses 'deepest sympathies' to families and victims of El Paso, Dayton shootings

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

The National Rifle Association (NRA) on Sunday expressed their "deepest sympathies" for the victims and their families of the two mass shootings that rocked America over the weekend.

“Our deepest sympathies are with the families and victims of these tragedies, as well as the entire communities of El Paso and Dayton,” Andrew Arulanandam, head of the organization's public affairs department, said in a statement. “On behalf of our millions of members, we salute the courage of the first responders and others offering their services during this time.”

“The NRA is committed to the safe and lawful use of firearms by those exercising their Second Amendment freedoms. We will not participate in the politicizing of these tragedies but, as always, we will work in good faith to pursue real solutions that protect us all from people who commit these horrific acts.”

Democrats have long criticized the NRA, the nation’s most powerful gun rights lobby, for opposing firearm restrictions. A universal background check bill, passed by the House, is currently stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/456130-nra-expresses-deepest-sympathies-to-families-and-victims-of-el-paso-dayton-shootings

[JoeOtterbein]

1. The NRA needs to...

...STFU!

[Thekaspervote]

8. +1000

[Crowman2009]

11. And collapse!

Hopefully the battle between the traitor and the asshole will be the end of this horrible organization.

[2naSalit]

27. Except that...

they are both traitors and assholes. Maybe they'll have a shootout in the near future where both of them are fatally wounded.

[Sherman A1]

17. +1000

[RainCaster]

2. I've got your sympathies, you Russian stooges

[cstanleytech]

3. In other words its their usual "thoughts and prayers".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Yeah, "t & p" got rightly trashed so now the escape phrase is "deepest sympathies".

Definitely not as deep as the sympathy they would extend to a neighbor guest who burned his hand say at a barbecue.

Maybe if the NRA prez carried a coffin in every mass shooting funeral we might believe it is other than a shallow trite hypocritical meaningless phrase expressed only and purely politically to prevent political damage.

[IggleDuer]

4. In the NRA's case, "Deepest Sympathies" are rather shallow.

N/T

[BHDem53]

5. Liars.

[econron]

6. WTF Wow Thats' Fantastic

I love the fact that they don't want to politicize this but yet they are the ones funneling Russian money to Moscow Mitch.

Hey Wayne do use a favor and as previously mentioned double STFU

BTW who else is saying don't politicize this........ that's right only the Republicans

[Midnight Writer]

7. Meanwhile, gun dealers are stocking up because these massacres spark sales jumps.

[walkingman]

9. Fuck the NRA!

[usaf-vet]

10. NRA STFU! If you have nothing to say except the rehashed thought and prayers, STFU.

[SergeStorms]

12. Oh, well....

that smooths things over quite nicely, right? Absolutely nothing more could possibly be done by the fine people at the NRA.

[Turbineguy]

13. They want us to buy guns

to protect ourselves from RWNJ terrorists.

That's all.

[keithbvadu2]

14. The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety. Now it has become an industry owned shill

The NRA used to be for sportsmen, hunters and gun safety.

Now it has become an industry owned shill for the sale of more guns and the enrichment of its leaders.

[keithbvadu2]

15. Joe The Plumber: 'Your Dead Kids Don't Trump My Constitutional Rights' To Have Guns

Joe The Plumber: ‘Your Dead Kids Don’t Trump My Constitutional Rights’ To Have Guns

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/joe-the-plumber-guns_n_5397981.html

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

18. The sentence

"We will not participate in the politicizing of these tragedies but, as always, we will work in good faith to pursue real solutions that protect us all from people who commit these horrific acts."

Three lies for the price of one.

[Maxheader]

19. Wasn't it the tobacco corps

that did serious mia culpa after it was revealed in company documents, that chemicals were being added to make cigarettes more addictive? And cause more deaths?

Now the nra wants to justify its own existence, even in light of their responsibility for thousands of deaths..

[Roy Rolling]

20. "Gun Rights Lobby"

That says it all.

Experts on how to safely load and carry a rifle just happen to be Constitutional Law experts, too. What luck!

[zanana1]

21. This is my response to the NRA.

BITE ME.

[lagomorph777]

22. THe NRA is in OUR crosshairs now.

[yellowcanine]

23. Is this Wayne talking or just a paid PR flunkie?

I suspect the latter. Wayne too cowardly to put his mug out there after a shooting.

[colorado_ufo]

24. Oh please . . .

spare me this nonsense.

[raccoon]

25. You know what you can do with your "deepest sympathies," NRA.

It's like IG Farben saying "deepest sympathies" to the Jews who were gassed.

[Afromania]

26. Fuck them.

Wanna do something, then start advocating for proper regulation licensing and usage of guns. Otherwise stfu with that noise. So tired of that "good faith, real solutions" pap that comes out of their mouths.

[lagomorph777]

28. Shallow bullshit.

[Progressive Jones]

29. At this point in my life I see the 2nd Amendment as merely ass wipe.

I know -- it's part of the Constitution, but I don't care.
I also know that there are good people who hunt and target shoot for enjoyment.
The ammosexual agenda is ruining it for them, as well, because push is going to come to shove,
and the gun owners are eventually going to lose. Boo Hoo.

[olddad65]

30. Fuck the NRA