Wayne LaPierre – Techcitement*

NRA, You Made Yourself Into A Practice Range

Benjamin Wilbur — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:07:26 +0000

The NRA has shamelessly released an iOS app almost a month after the Newtown massacre and in opposition to Wayne LaPierre’s very own words. Drowning in irony thicker than maple syrup, the aforementioned CEO personifies the idiom “do as I say, not as I do” by creating a gun-oriented video game. My problem isn’t with the blatant hypocrisy […]

NRA, Are You The New Jack Thompson?

Benjamin Wilbur — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:42:13 +0000

The National Rifle Association lay silent shortly after the horrific Newtown shooting in which twenty children and six adults were indiscriminately killed with a military-style Bushmaster rifle. It’s a tragedy that has seized America in grief. Using this moment of silence to assess their options, the NRA tactfully asserts their 141 years of wisdom to shovel the […]

After Sandy Hook School Shooting, NRA Is MIA On Facebook

Rick Diehl — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:54:19 +0000

In these days following the brutal massacre of six adults and 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut, the National Rifle Association, America’s original gun lobby, has been unusually quiet. The lobby’s highly professional website sits without updates, its Twitter feed remains untouched, and the Facebook account reduced to a single image of the NRA logo and […]