The NRA Flubs the Facts About Sandy Hook

[DonViejo]

Dec 22, 2012 12:00 AM EST

The gun lobby’s front man couldn’t even get the number of children murdered at Sandy Hook right. But what are facts when your whole premise is a lie, writes Michael Daly.

The National Rifle Association’s leading figure apparently paid so little attention to the particulars of the Sandy Hook School massacre that he misstated the number of murdered children when the organization finally broke its silence on Friday.

In irony gone ghoulish, Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s executive vice president and chief executive officer, actually inflated the body count of youngsters. He made the startling and revealing error while suggesting that things might have been different if Adam Lanza had encountered an armed security guard at the school.

“Will you at least admit it’s possible that 26 little kids, that 26 innocent lives might have been spared that day?” LaPierre asked.

The official NRA prepared statement said only “26 innocent lives,” which was correct when the six murdered adults were tallied with the correct count of 20 murdered children. The “26 kids” was added by LaPierre, but his lack of attention to detail is understandable when you consider that his organization is essentially a sham. Facts cannot mean much when the whole proposition is a lie.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/22/the-nra-flubs-the-facts-about-sandy-hook.html

[putitinD]

1. in Republican land, facts are optional

[DonViejo]

2. And subject to change without notice nt

[Atman]

3. And actually, 27 were killed.

His mother was still human, though some might argue that point.

[michigandem58]

4. 26 were killed at the school

And the number was in reference to how many may have been saved by armed security there.

[99Forever]

5. Yes, let's nitpic, shall we?

If only this gun lunatic's first victim had had a weapon to stop him before he killed anyone.


Derp derp derp.

[Bjorn Against]

6. I suspect 27 would be dead if there had been an armed guard

Of course I can't prove my hypothetical any more than the NRA can prove their hypothetical about an armed guard saving the day, but I do know the shooter would be the one who had the situation planned out so the shooter would have probably killed the guard first and then taken everyone else out.

The NRA likes to pretend having more guns will stop gun violence but there is no evidence to back that up, guns are used for murder far more often than they are used for self defense.

[whistler162]

7. Counting the shooter 28 where killed.

[whistler162]

8. Kinda like listening to who ever subbed for Martin Bashir

yesterday quote FDR and then attribute it to one of his fireside chats and not to the first inaugural address where he made the "We have nothing to fear...." statement.

Too many times the talking heads don't research facts.

The total is
20 children
6 teachers/support staff
1 parent
1 shooter

for a total of 28

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. You are saying the coroner lied

When he stated he removed .223 ammo from the victims?

Enjoy your stay.

Deep...(hey will, it's contagious)

[former-republican]

12. I'm pretty sure it was the saiga they found in the trunk

It's hard to tell in that film but it doesn't look like an AR

[beevul]

13. It was a shotgun found in the trunk.

If you look close, you can see shotgun shells being ejected from it when the police secure it.

[former-republican]

14. From what I remember hearing it was a saiga shotgun

[spanone]

11. lapierre is a madman. out of his fucking mind.