As noted elsewhere here on the msnbc interwebs, the National Rifle Association has sort of but not really broken its silence in the wake of the horrible mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. An NRA statement released earlier today states that its membership is “shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown.” The pro-gun group also says it is “prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again,” and is promising to hold a “major” press conference on Friday.
But in his latest Rewrite, msnbc’s Lawrence O’Donnell noted a prominent theme in past statements by NRA head Wayne LaPierre, who O’Donnell called “blood-drenched,” after gun violence grabbed national headlines. To highlight it, he focused on a recent statement by LaPierre in the wake of a gun violence story going national when the NRA boss said, “There’s a lot of different ways this crime could have been committed.”
O’Donnell argued, however, when it comes to the Sandy Hook horror, there are not “a lot of different ways” that crime could have been committed. “There is only one way,” O’Donnell said. “The way that Wayne LaPierre wants to preserve: mass murder by firearm, an all-too-common American way of death.”








