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Fri, Dec 21 2012 09:47:43

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How we watched #NRA speech on #Newtown

Many San Francisco Bay Area residents flocked to social media Friday after the association's leader answered last week's lethal Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings by advocating armed guards in schools and blaming political and cultural forces.

  1. This was the first thing I saw when I woke up and I just couldn't stop laughing. #NRA #FoolMeTwice
    richmonahan
    ·
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 09:17:05
  2. NRA's Wayne LaPierre Calls for Armed Security in Every School
    pbsnewshour
    ·
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 09:20:24
  3. 10 top quotes from NRA's Wayne LaPierre
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  4. sarahlaneSF
    sarahlane@sarahlaneSF
    #NRA not taking questions but invite press to a press conf. How convenient for them.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:03:27
  5. sarahlaneSF
    sarahlane@sarahlaneSF
    OMG - is he actually advocating to arm the schools? #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:06:15
  6. phandle_hoo
    Thom Phan@phandle_hoo
    #NRA Proposal to put armed guards in schools is ridiculous.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:07:26
  7. KrishelleMH
    Krishelle Hursh@KrishelleMH
    Welp... #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:07:34
  8. shellsluvoar
    Michelle@shellsluvoar
    Wow. #NRAPresser
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:08:03
  9. 'NRA killing our kids!': Video of protesters disrupting NRA's LaPierre speech
    russiatoday
    ·
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 09:16:55
  10. JustineWaldman
    Justine Waldman@JustineWaldman
    Protestor stops #NRA press conference
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:08:24
  11. pammarino
    Pam Marino@pammarino
    Now it's the media's fault! #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:08:46
  12. KarlaAMitchell
    Karla Mitchell@KarlaAMitchell
    We didn't need armed guards at school when I was growing up and I went to high school in the so called inner city. #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:08:58
  13. Terrysagirl
    Terry@Terrysagirl
    Wayne LaPierre, all countries have monsters and they have schools. They don't all have our gun problem. #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:09:13
  14. Yakiblog
    Michael Yaki@Yakiblog
    #NRA - blame everyone but themselves. Blame feds. Blame local district attorneys. Blame the apocalypse! Guns! More guns! Bigger guns!
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:10:38
  15. NazaninAfshar
    Nazanin Afshar@NazaninAfshar
    Oh yeah...now he is blaming movies and video games...#NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:10:49
  16. fauzi_hamadeh
    Fauzi Hamadeh@fauzi_hamadeh
    Seems like the message of the #NRA press conference is that only the #NRA can save us.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:12:06
  17. pammarino
    Pam Marino@pammarino
    And not taking questions #NRA? Cowards. Teachers at Sandy Hook were courageous, but not you.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:12:33
  18. Protest #NRA press conference.
    Keenan Cobb
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    Fri, Dec 21 2012 09:23:14
  19. freedom_writer
    Shanelle Matthews@freedom_writer
    Another CodePink protester "Ban assault rifle weapons NOW!" #NRA
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:13:58
  20. gwestr
    Greg Wester@gwestr
    I am so sorry I turned on broadcast television this morning. #lapierre
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:14:14
  21. jonfortt
    Jon Fortt@jonfortt
    I am gobsmacked by the nerve of the #NRA to hold a press conference like this. Wow. We'll see how it plays.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:16:11
  22. kgoradio
    KGO Radio@kgoradio
    "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." #LaPierre during #NRA press conference.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:16:24
  23. sarahlaneSF
    sarahlane@sarahlaneSF
    Ok so, this is what the #NRA meant by "meaningful contributions" to make sure Sandy Hook doesn't happen again.
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:17:07
  24. DanelleElaine
    Danelle Morton@DanelleElaine
    A whole week to think and this is the best the #NRA can do?
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:17:09
  25. djmaynard
    Dori J. Maynard@djmaynard
    "The only thing that stops a bad guy w/a gun is a good guy w/a gun," LaPierre #nra Not sure how that advances the conversation
    Fri, Dec 21 2012 08:17:27

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