“They want to make all of us less free.”LaPierre also restated his belief that more armed security would stop school shootings, echoing Trump, while calling on parents and local authorities to beef up security on campuses. Since the rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, media coverage has been dominated by the attack’s survivors, who responded with a push of furious activism unseen after previous mass shootings. Teenagers who hid in closets and ran for their lives quickly began calling for increased gun control, assailing the NRA and organizing around their message. “Many in legacy media love mass shootings,” Loesch said. Further reading:How a survivor of the Florida school shooting became the victim of an online conspiracyThe NRA once believed in gun control and had a leader who pushed for it

Source: Washington Post February 22, 2018 16:33 UTC