Where's the @NRA today? Oh that's right, Wash Naval Yard is a heavily secure place so doesn't fit their agenda. #silenceofthecowards
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 16, 2013
The blood isn’t even dry in the Washington Navy Yard, but that doesn’t stop some folks from politicizing it. Piers Morgan dedicated his entire show to it tonight, which isn’t much of a surprise. We don’t know the details, or which guns were used. We do, however, know that one of them might have been an AR-15, and that’s enough for him.
Dianne Feinstein is also calling for new gun laws, because that worked out so well for her earlier in the year. Surely the way to stop lunatics from acts like this is to punish those of us who aren’t violent sociopaths.
Aaron Alexis had a history, including two incidents in which he resorted to gunfire after his anger got the better of him. Was the fact that he was able to legally purchase a firearm the NRA’s fault? No. It was the fault of law enforcement and a court system that won’t do their jobs, just like it was with Jared Loughner.
The question shouldn’t be “why is the NRA silent?” It should be, “why is the NRA expected to make a statement about something that has nothing to do with them or their members?”