NRA uses inaccurate report to make pro-gun point about mosque shootings
3 hours 23 min ago ››› CYDNEY HARGIS
National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch .. used an early news report -- that now appears to be erroneous -- to repeat a favorite NRA talking point, claiming that the mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand were stopped by a “good guy” with a gun. While the NRA and Loesch have previously said that people shouldn’t debate gun policy in the immediate aftermath of high-profihttps://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2019/03/15/nra-and-conservative-media-run-inaccurate-report-try-make-pro-gun-point-about-new-zealand-mosque/223155oting incidents, they set that rule aside .. to advance their .. agenda ...
An initial article reported that during the attack on the second mosque, “a well known Muslim local chased the shooters and fire two shots at them as they sped off.” It was later reported that a man charged the gunman inside the mosque, took his firearm, and chased him outside while carrying his weapon, but did not fire any shots of his own.
Though the initial report does not seem to have been corroborated elsewhere, right-wing outlets and media figures still rushed to claim a “good guy” stopped the shooting. Loesch tweeted that a “Good guy with a gun” is making "terrorists afraid of ever targeting innocents again” ...
Loesch herself tweeted last month that “wisdom says to wait” to comment “until more details are known” after a gunman shot and killed five people at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, IL. But evidently this call to wait for facts before “exploiting” a tragedy doesn’t apply if the NRA is the one doing the exploiting.
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