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Stop Exploiting Tragedy [NRA and VTech]
NRA ^ | 4-26-2007 | Wayne LaPierre

Posted on 04/26/2007 8:53:13 AM PDT by bedolido

It's been more than a week now since a mass murderer struck on the campus of Virginia Tech, and as the NRA joins the debate on policies and laws, there are a few things I want to point out.

It wasn't 24 hours after the horrific shootings that the politicians started flapping their lips. Congressman Jim Moran suggested that somehow the tragedy was the fault of Republicans and President Bush. Barack Obama compared the evil events in Blacksburg to outsourcing jobs overseas. Senator Dianne Feinstein called for a new dialogue on gun control. Mayor Bloomberg spoke of the events in Blacksburg as he pushed to stop the Tiahrt Amendment from being renewed. And that's just the politicians.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: banglist; exploiting; nra; stop; tragedy; vatech; vtech

1 posted on 04/26/2007 8:53:15 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
Link to full story:

www.nranews.com/blogarticle.aspx?blogPostId=206

2 posted on 04/26/2007 9:07:50 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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