NRA, Gun Makers Promote Violent Games Too

Confession: we’re glad that our Christmas vacation started right before the NRA’s now-infamous December 21 press conference addressing the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. While thousands of passionate NRA supporters undoubtedly agreed with everything said that day, quite a few PR pros called it a “total disaster” and suggested that spokesman Wayne LaPierre probably should have stayed quiet.

The general idea conveyed at the event: guns and their makers aren’t to blame for gun violence. The real bad guys are “the media”, those ninnies who think elementary schools should be “gun-free zones” and, of course, the makers of “vicious, violent” video games.

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