The NRA Started Tweeting Again As Soon As We Asked Why They Stopped

The National Rifle Association went radio silent after the massacre that took the lives of 49 people and injured another 53 — but broke its silence Monday.

A quick look at the group’s Twitter account shows the NRA usually sends out anywhere from 7 to 16 tweets a day. On Friday, May 10, it tweeted 11 messages. The day before that, 8 tweets. And before that, 15 tweets, including a whole bunch slamming Katie Couric’s new doc for its eight-second faux pax.

But after the Orlando shooting, which marked the worst terrorist attack on American soil since the Sept. 11th attacks, there were no tweets from the group on Sunday or most of Monday.

We called the NRA to see why they hadn’t tweeted in so long. The nice lady over the phone promise to relay our request. And just a minute later, there it was… a brand new Tweet.

Gun laws don't deter terrorists. https://t.co/Y7fqC6IhK1 #2A

— NRA (@NRA) June 13, 2016

Also Read: Donald Trump Says More Guns at Orlando Nightclub Would Have Prevented Mass Shooting

The timing seemed… interesting. After 41 hours of nothing but cricket sounds, suddenly the group was a regular Chatty Kathy…

.@POTUS & @HillaryClinton have responded to a terrorist attack…by calling for more #guncontrol – @NRAILA Exec. Dir. Chris W. Cox

— NRA (@NRA) June 13, 2016

They are desperate to create the illusion that they’re doing SOMETHING to protect us– even though their policies won't keep us safe – C.C.

— NRA (@NRA) June 13, 2016

Their transparent head-fakes should scare every American because it will do nothing to prevent the a future attack. – C.C.

— NRA (@NRA) June 13, 2016

Coincidence?

Mass Shootings in America That Horrified All of Us (Photos)

Newtown, Conn. - On December 14, 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. They were between the ages of six and seven years old. He also killed six adult staff members.
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Washington D.C. — A former Navy reservist shot and killed 12 people on September 16, 2013, at a military facility. The gunman was killed.
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Tyrone, Mo. - On Feb. 27, 2015, Joseph Jesse Aldridge killed seven people — four of them relatives — in a door-to-door shooting spree before killing himself.
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Waco, Tex. - Nine people were killed and many more were injured after two biker gangs began firing at each other at a motorcycle club on May 17, 2015.
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Charleston, S.C. - Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people during a racially motivated shooting in a predominantly African-American church on June 17, 2015.
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Chattanooga, Tenn. - A gunman named Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez entered two military facilities on July 16, 2015, and killed four Marines and injured others, before he was killed.
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Umpqua, Ore. - On October 1, 2015, Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and injured seven to nine more at Umpqua Community College before two police officers shot him. Mercer then committed suicide.
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San Bernardino, Calif. - 14 people were killed and another 21 injured after Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire during a holiday party on December 2, 2015. The pair were later killed during a shootout with police.
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Orlando, Fla. - 50 people were killed and 53 wounded on June 11, 2016, at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Just before the shooting, suspected killer Omar Mateen called 911 and pledged his allegiance to the terror group ISIS. Mateen was also shot an killed by police on the scene.
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