Two days after the largest mass shooting in three years, one New York City tabloid is targeting the head of the NRA.
On Wednesday 14 people were shot to death in a spray of about 70 bullets in San Bernardino, California.
On Thursday, the New York Daily News took top Republican politicians to task for offering their “thoughts and prayers” but refusing to take any action on gun control. This is the cover of Thursday’s NY Daily News:
Friday’s cover of the NY Daily News goes even further.
NEW:Â NY Times Publishes Historic Front Page Editorial Demanding End To ‘Gun Epidemic In America’
In addition to calling Syed Farook – one of the suspects in the San Bernardino attack – a “terrorist,” the NY Daily News places that label on several other recent accused gun violence terrorists, and adds one more name to the list: the executive vice president and public face of the NRA, Wayne LaPierre.
“Syed Farook joins long list of murderous psychos enabled by NRA’s sick gun jihad against America in the name of profit,” the Daily News charges.
Some responses via Twitter:
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