Since George Zimmerman’s killing of Trayvon Martin, America’s outrage over the gun lobby's deadly "Shoot First" laws forced the NRA into a two-month self-imposed silent exile. The shooting exposed the darkness and danger of their vision with unusual clarity. Their reaction was to remain unusually silent.
Despite the shift in momentum we helped to create over the last few months and despite the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, it seems the NRA is now back to their usual business of using fear and paranoia to justify their agenda of political extremism and selling as many guns to as many people as possible.
The NRA has now issued another ridiculous and misleading statement saying "Shoot First" laws are needed to protect the "innocent." We wonder whether Trayvon Martin’s parents would agree with that.
Brady will continue to expose the deadly consequences of the gun lobby’s agenda and will shine a spotlight on those elected officials who choose to protect gun industry profits over Americans’ lives. We will make sure that voters know which candidates are not public servants, but servants to the gun lobby and, as a result, are true accomplices in the unnecessary tragedies for which their policies are directly responsible. |
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