THE NRA SPEAKS

NRA's Wayne LaPierre is speaking—peddling a toxic message of fear to generate more gun sales. The fear is masquerading as righteous anger, of course. And of course he's pointing a finger of blame again and again. At the media and the government.  Of course.  He's made a point on violent video games (from the 90's), but it was a minor point in the stunningly outrageous message.  The NRA spokesman is advocating armed security at all schools: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." The message is "Be afraid; be very very afraid."   Apparently monsters are lurking everywhere, waiting to take us out at any moment.  So we should all run, don't walk, to get ourselves armed.  Heavily armed. 

I was hoping against hope there would be a reasonable, even compassionate, tone to this morning's message, even if there's no reason in the substance of it. Thus far, there is neither. Just business as usual, the business of promoting fear to generate the sale of more firearms. His answer is "armed police officers in every school in the nation." It's all too bizarre. Disturbing.   Arming teachers and principals?  My friend Mike messaged, Astounding.    

And La Pierre is showing no sympathy for the victims, not one iota of sympathy or compassion for the grieving families in Newtown, CT.

I made it through LaPierre; Now former Congressman Asa Hutchinson is going to present the NRA's "plan."

Mercy! What time is the world supposed to end today?