NY Daily News Blames NRA For Orlando Shooting

Christine Rousselle

Jun 13, 2016 10:25 AM June 13, 2016 10:25 AM

True to form, the New York Daily News isn't holding back in their June 13 edition, and is blaming the NRA for the terrorist attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando.

A look at tomorrow's front page...

50 dead in Orlando club massacre,
THANKS, @NRA:https://t.co/9Du2YEdzEo pic.twitter.com/hVJvzC351j
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 13, 2016

The attack was carried out by Omar Mateen, who pledged allegiance to ISIS before storming the nightclub. His guns were purchased legally.

Naturally, people were quick to call out the NYDN for their absurd accusation, noting that someone who was intent on mass murder likely wouldn't have been deterred by gun laws.

Yes, a guy who murders 50 people in the name of his god would totally be deterred by his means being made illegal. https://t.co/y7ljXXAUWD
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) June 13, 2016

Apparently the @NYDailyNews doesn't understand the difference between Islamic terrorism and a mass shooting https://t.co/jvKAoEf5ac
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyJamesG) June 13, 2016

I'm shocked that this paper is going out of business. Shocked. https://t.co/iRYHEPSQMj
— (((neontaster))) (@neontaster) June 13, 2016

.@NYDailyNews your ignorant thesis, debunked.https://t.co/i1ijcB058Z #PulseShooting
— Bob Owens (@bob_owens) June 13, 2016

Things that are missing from this front page:
1 - his religion
2 - his political affiliation

Yet the NRA is https://t.co/4VqVADNCdx
— The Real Bepo (D) (@TheRealBepo) June 13, 2016

And then there's this:

@NYDailyNews 80,000 ppl at NRA mtg last month. Open & concealed carry permitted. No one shot. @NRA isn't the problem. Radical Islam is.
— (((Colonel))) (@laurakfillault) June 13, 2016

When someone rapes a woman, we put the blame squarely on the rapist. When someone stabs or strangles someone, the blame is placed on the murderer. Yet for some reason, when a man who confesses allegiance to ISIS goes on a rampage and murders 50 people at a nightclub, it's not the shooter's fault--it's the NRA's.

Insane.