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Archae

(46,328 posts) Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:34 AM Nov 2017

Takes not even one day, and the NRA is literally cashing in on the Texas shooting.

NRATV correspondent uses Texas church massacre to advertise for security firm where he works

Just hours after news broke of a mass shooting in a Sutherland Springs, TX, church that left 26 people dead and at least 20 more wounded, Chuck Holton, a correspondent for NRATV -- the National Rifle Association’s media arm -- tweeted that “If your church doesn’t have a security team, get one” with a link to LionHeart International Services Group:

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/11/06/nratv-correspondent-uses-texas-church-massacre-advertise-security-firm-where-he-works/218461

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Takes not even one day, and the NRA is literally cashing in on the Texas shooting. (Original Post) Archae Nov 2017 OP

Is it too early to profit from another mass murder? randr Nov 2017 #1

it's too soon to politicize it! wait at least until we're done commercializing it! unblock Nov 2017 #2

That has to be one of the most crass and tasteless money grabs Ive ever seen. Grammy23 Nov 2017 #3

It's a genuine Protection Racket. Lindsay Nov 2017 #4

I'd wish that these guys wanting to go out in a blaze of glory.... Historic NY Nov 2017 #5

randr

(12,412 posts)

1. Is it too early to profit from another mass murder?

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:36 AM

Nov 2017

unblock

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2. it's too soon to politicize it! wait at least until we're done commercializing it!

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:36 AM

Nov 2017

Grammy23

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3. That has to be one of the most crass and tasteless money grabs Ive ever seen.

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Mon Nov 6, 2017, 11:41 AM

Nov 2017

So things have now deteriorated to the point where there is no place “safe” without armed guards, eh? Not even a house of worship. It sickens me to think how willing people are to make that the new normal.