Wayne LaPierre, the president of the National Rifle Association, did not take questions after his press conference today, the first public response from the powerful gun lobby after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn. one week ago. But the public reaction during and immediately after his speech was loud, especially from celebrities, who couldn’t help but weigh in on Twitter about the National Rifle Association’s response.
Check out some thoughts below from everyone from Bette Midler: “NRA says we need armed guards at every school. Well, since NRA IS SHILLING FOR THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY, this makes good sense for them,” to Seth Meyers and more.
NRA: If we banned schools there would never be another school shooting.—
Seth Meyers (@sethmeyers21) December 21, 2012
NRA says we need armed guards at every school. Well, since NRA IS SHILLING FOR THE FIREARMS INDUSTRY, this makes good sense for them.—
Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) December 21, 2012
Will we have armed guards EVERYWHERE? Who can afford that? Will there be armed guards on every floor of every building in America? Huh?—
Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) December 21, 2012
I think the NRA press conference is what the Mayans had in mind when they said the world would come to an end today—
Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 21, 2012
NRA members, I encourage you to take a close look at your leadership. Who do they really represent? Hint: Not you.—
Christopher Gorham (@ChrisGorham) December 21, 2012
No thanks, NRA. I know the dads at my kids' school and I don't want them armed.—
Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) December 21, 2012
I now see what the Mayans predicted about today has come true. Except that the only world that's going to end is the NRA's.—
Michael Moore (@MMFlint) December 21, 2012
A mass shooting on a rural road during the NRA press conference. 4 dead, 3 injured. If only that road had been laid with mines.—
Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) December 21, 2012
This is your moment, America: The #NRA has 4 million members, your population is 311 million. Don't stand for this murderous crap any more.—
Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) December 21, 2012
The world is still here and "NRA" has replaced "Mayans" as the top trending topic. And yet, I still kinda feel the Mayans were more honest.—
josh groban (@joshgroban) December 21, 2012
There were two armed guards at Columbine so it's weird the NRA didn't bring those guys up on stage to talk about how well that went.—
Max Silvestri (@maxsilvestri) December 21, 2012
Useful reminder: The first person Adam Lanza murdered owned a bunch of guns.—
Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 21, 2012
I call bullshit.. RT @nytimes: The N.R.A.'s Wayne LaPierre at news conference: "The only thing (cont) tl.gd/keb36n—
Julie Gonzalo (@julie_gonzalo) December 21, 2012
So, the @NRA solution is to take all the state money allotted for education and build turrets at every school?—
marc maron (@marcmaron) December 21, 2012
The @NRA needs mental health care.—
Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) December 21, 2012
How about attaching a second gun to the gun you already have? And then a knife onto the second gun, with a gun on that knife? #iamsmart—
Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 21, 2012
The NRA and their philosophy hurts my heart.—
Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 21, 2012
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