Former NRA Prez Duped Into Addressing Empty Chairs Representing Gun Violence Victims

[babylonsister]

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Former NRA Prez Duped Into Addressing Empty Chairs Representing Gun Violence Victims


The parents of a child killed in a school shooting orchestrated an elaborate hoax earlier this month, inviting a former president of the National Rifle Association and a gun rights activist to give commencement addresses to the graduating class of James Madison Academy in Las Vegas.

But there is no such school. David Keene, the former NRA head, and John Lott, a pro-gun writer, delivered their speeches to thousands of empty chairs. Those seats represented ‘The Lost Class,’ – the 3,044 teens who should have graduated from high school this year but were instead killed by gun violence (watch video above at link).

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“We lost Joaquin three months before his graduation,” Manuel Oliver, who’s son died in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida told Buzzfeed News. “We know exactly the feeling of being there and receiving the diploma without your kid being there. Because we understand that, we know there are a lot of people going through that same experience right now,” he added.

Oliver pulled off the stunt with the help of advertising agency Leo Burnett and production company Hungry Man.

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[Blue Owl]

1. Somewhere Clint Eastwood is scowling

[Deuxcents]

2. This is stunningly brilliant

With love n pain, this was fantastic and needed to be done. There was an earlier post n then I saw this on Rachel’s show with Mr Oliver who lost his son at Parkland. Ty for this..

[babylonsister]

3. I agree, this was superb. Got the point across eloquently. nt