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Gun lobbyists plan media push after Newtown massacre
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One week after a school shooting that shocked Americans – with many of the 27 victims buried and time allowed for prayers and investigation – the National Rifle Association will dive in to the fierce national debate about gun control.
The largest U.S. gun rights lobby plans a well-coordinated public entrance to the conversation on how to prevent such tragedies, starting with a rare news conference on Friday at a hotel across the street from the White House.
NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre and President David Keene will then appear on separate Sunday television talk shows for their first interviews since gunman Adam Lanza killed his mother, 20 young children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, last Friday.
Inside and outside the NRA, an organization with powerful ties to politicians in Washington, expectations are the group will offer condolences and condemn the killings but offer little in the way of compromise over gun laws.
The group kept largely quiet in the first days after the Connecticut shooting, citing “common decency” and the need to allow time for mourning, prayer and a full investigation of the facts. It broke its silence on Tuesday to say it wanted to contribute meaningfully to prevent another massacre and announced its plans for the news conference on Friday.
“They will talk about how terrible the violence is, about helping the victims, about violence in society,” said Robert Spitzer, a professor at the State University of New York at Cortland and author of “The Politics of Gun Control.”
Spitzer said he did not expect the NRA media blitz to lay out specific plans because so many within the organization consider the right to own guns absolute.
http://news.yahoo.com/nra-prepares-media…nance.html
2012-12-20 15:08:41
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