William A. Jacobson @ Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion:
Wayne LaPierre, head of the NRA, conducted a press conference today.
He did not back down on the issue of gun control. He ripped into the media, politicians, the culture and the failure to protect our children. LaPierre called for a police officer in every school, and pledged NRA resources and members for training and implementation.
The line of the press conference was “”The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
The press conference was interrupted twice by Code Pink
Needless to say, Twitter went crazy. Here are some of the more restrained tweets:
https://twitter.com/LDoren/statuses/282154769701797888
Is LaPierre really calling for guns in schools?
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 21, 2012
Oh good, the NRA is now being accused by @CodePink of killing children
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) December 21, 2012
Protester holds up sign: "NRA Killing Our Kids." Guess there's not great security at this press conference. #Newtown.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/rsmccain/statuses/282155447123865601
Code Pinkers are safer at NRA press conferences than our kids are in their schools.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/TheFix/statuses/282156082590277633
One thing is clear from my Twitter feed. Reporters really do not like the NRA:
TOM
THERE IS NO FEAR MONGER IN THE NRA,
YOU DID NOT READ THE SMARTEST SPEECH GIVEN BY MR LAPIERRE,
COOL CALM AND POSITIVE AND MOST INTELLIGENT THAN ANY OTHER SPEECHS
MADE BY ANYONE ON THE TRAGEDY, SINCE THE TRAGEDY,
HE GAVE SOME CLUES TO THE CLUELESS ON YOUR SIDE OF THE FENCE,