The National Rifle Association finally broke its silence on Tuesday, offering to make “meaningful contributions” to ensure there is no repeat of the Newtown massacre.
The NRA has been heavily criticised for lying low since Friday’s shooting spree at Sandy Hook elementary school in Connecticut that left 20 children, seven adults and the gunman, Adam Lanza, dead.
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The normal pattern for the NRA is to say nothing in the immediate aftermath of such incidents and to emerge later, when memories begin to fade, to lobby hard against gun controls.
On Tuesday, the NRA stuck to a short statement saying it would not comment until the facts had been thoroughly investigated.
NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam, in a statement issued Tuesday, said the organisation “is made up of four million moms and dads, sons and daughters – and we were shocked, saddened and heartbroken by the news of the horrific and senseless murders in Newtown”.
Read more at The Guardian.
