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发帖数: 29846 | 1 NRA Membership Increasing 8,000 A Day After Sandy Hook Shooting
Posted: December 20, 2012
NRA membership rolls are rising rapidly at a record-setting pace, increasing
by 8,000 new NRA members per day since the Sandy Hook elementary school
shooting. According to Fox News, both the number of individual contributions
to the NRA and their average amount have risen significantly in the period
following the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Unlike many who are using the school shooting as a political club, the
National Rifle Association (NRA) has been staying quiet out of respect for
the Newtown victims. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, on Tuesday the
NRA released a statement:
“The National Rifle Association of America is made up of four million
moms and dads, sons and daughters — and we were shocked, saddened and
heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown.
Out of respect for the families, and as a matter of common decency, we have
given time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts before
commenting.”
In the past, NRA membership has grown after any major event involving guns.
Even President Obama’s winning the Presidency was a catalyst for joining
the NRA and a subsequent run on gun and ammo. But the level of new NRA
membership supposedly “dwarfs past trends” according to Fox News.
Breitbart believes the quickly increasing membership in the NRA is a more
accurate indicator of the national mood than any political polls that claim
that gun control and gun bans should be the future of America:
“Perhaps the aftermath of this incident is different because it’s one
in which the public has a growing knowledge that gun bans, gun-free school
zones, and restrictions on law-abiding citizens have only fueled crime by
providing the mentally ill and criminally-minded with helpless, soft targets
that they can strike at will?
“The message 8,000 new NRA members a day is sending is clear: Enough is
enough. Gun control is not the answer, law-abiding citizens owning and
carrying guns for their own defense is.”
Are you a newly minted NRA member? Do you believe the increase in NRA
membership is an accurate method for assessing what people think should be
done about gun control reform? |
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