A wave of statements and tweets by politicians sending “thoughts and prayers” after the San Bernardino shooting was quickly followed by an angry backlash over the state of America’s gun laws.
This has been on the cover far too often. https://t.co/kpSUXcAiOA pic.twitter.com/BrHzTr5zsU
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 3, 2015Presidential candidates were among the first to express sorrow at the loss of at least 14 lives in Wednesday’s gun rampage.
Got $7,450 from NRA during the 2014 election cycle to address gun violence by "praying for peace" https://t.co/RsVMK3u2ju
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) December 3, 2015
Alastair Jamieson