NRA thanks its Facebook fans for 1.7 million "likes" (NRA/Twitter)
Following the horrific shooting in Connecticut on Friday, the National Rifle Association has disappeared from Facebook.
As of Monday morning, the organization's Facebook presence has vanished. Their Twitter feed was last updated on the morning of December 14, prior to the shooting. Additionally, the organization's official site at NRA.org leads with a blog post from late November.
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On the day before the shooting, the NRA thanked its supporters for helping the organization to reach 1.7 million "likes" on Facebook. In the shooting's aftermath, the NRA's Facbook page? became a destination for people to vent their frustrations with the gun lobby.
The Daily Dot reports that the NRA was inundated with negative comments on Friday, forcing the organization to "hide" their page. One person wrote, "More blood on NRA today." Another wrote, "20 people are dead and most are children. When will you start to say it's not the guns but the man?"
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TechCruch argues that the NRA hiding its Facebook page may be the sensible response. The heated debate from pro and anti-gun Americans "could have reflected poorly on the NRA, or forced it to prematurely make a statement about the shooting," TechCruch wrote. People currently attempting to access the NRA's Facebook page are redirected to their own Facebook page.
Thus far, the NRA has not released a statement regarding the Sandy Hook School shooting. After Rep. Gabby Giffords was shot in Arizona, the NRA did release a statement: "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this senseless tragedy, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and their families during this difficult time." The NRA released a similar statement following the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families and the community. NRA will not have any further comment until all the facts are known," said Andrew Arulanandam, the organization's director of public affairs.
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Yahoo! News reached out to the NRA for comment. Our messages were not immediately returned.
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