{"id":948,"date":"2016-07-10T02:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T02:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/07\/10\/ah-yes-except-nra-did-issue-statemen\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:48","slug":"ah-yes-except-nra-did-issue-statemen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=948","title":{"rendered":"Ah Yes Except The NRA Did Issue A Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9241,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mic.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.mic.com&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9242,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/mic.com\\\/articles\\\/148204\\\/nra-responds-to-dallas-police-sniper-shootings-but-completely-ignores-philando-castile#.HNu0KvT3c&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.mic.com\\\/articles\\\/148204\\\/nra-responds-to-dallas-police-sniper-shootings-but-completely-ignores-philando-castile&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9243,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nraila.org\\\/articles\\\/20160708\\\/the-reports-from-minnesota-are-troubling-and-must-be-thoroughly-investigated&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9244,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.spj.org\\\/ethicscode.asp&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9245,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/emily-cahn-a9786a12?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=bGNe&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A43937683%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1468116081506%2Ctas%3Aemily%20cahn&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nI picked up a story this morning from <a href=\"https:\/\/mic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a website called .Mic<\/a>. It is a website devoted to, among other things, bashing the NRA and gun owners. I guess this plays well with their intended audience of &#8220;educated Millennials&#8221;. In a story written Friday by Emily Cahn for their &#8220;Policy.Mic&#8221; section headlined, &#8220;NRA Responds To Dallas Police Sniper Shootings, But Completely Ignores Philando Castile&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/148204\/nra-responds-to-dallas-police-sniper-shootings-but-completely-ignores-philando-castile#.HNu0KvT3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she noted the NRA release regarding the Dallas murders<\/a>. Ms. Cahn then wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>But missing from the NRA&#8217;s response was any reaction to the death of Philando Castile, a black man who was killed by police officers during a traffic stop in Minnesota, after he informed them he legally had a gun in his car.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of response to Castile&#8217;s death is perplexing, given that the NRA staunchly defends Americans&#8217; right to lawfully own and carry firearms. <\/p>\n<p>The group has even helped defeat gun control legislation in the wake of the Orlando shootings that would prevent suspected terrorists on the FBI&#8217;s &#8220;no-fly&#8221; list from purchasing guns.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would be troubled if the NRA ignored the shooting of Mr. Castile in Minneapolis. However, they didn&#8217;t. While not mentioning Mr. Castile by name, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nraila.org\/articles\/20160708\/the-reports-from-minnesota-are-troubling-and-must-be-thoroughly-investigated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they issued the following statement on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>As the nation\u2019s largest and oldest civil rights organization, the NRA proudly supports the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms for defense of themselves and others regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation. <\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>The reports from Minnesota are troubling and must be thoroughly investigated. In the meantime, it is important for the NRA not to comment while the investigation is ongoing.<\/i><br \/>\n<i><br \/><\/i><br \/>\n<i>Rest assured, the NRA will have more to say once all the facts are known.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given that the NRA statement and the Cahn article were both published on Friday, I don&#8217;t know which came first. Even assuming the Cahn article was published before the NRA released their statement, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spj.org\/ethicscode.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">journalistic ethics<\/a> demand that a correction or clarification be released acknowledging the NRA statement on the Castile shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/emily-cahn-a9786a12?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=bGNe&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A43937683%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1468116081506%2Ctas%3Aemily%20cahn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ms. Cahn<\/a> is a graduate of George Washington University and has worked for papers including the Houston Chronicle, the Washington Post, The Hill, and CQ Roll Call. She is currently .Mic&#8217;s Senior Political Reporter. Given that background one would have hoped she learned something about journalistic ethics along the way. Sadly, it appears she hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I picked up a story this morning from a website called .Mic. 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