James Holmes, the 24-year-old gunman who opened fire in a packed movie theater in Aurora, Colorado Friday morning, killing 12 people and injuring 59 others, had four weapons in his possession: an AR-15 assault rifle, a Remington 12 gauge shotgun, a 40-caliber Glock handgun, and a fourth handgun, which was later found in his car.
Within hours of the incident, discussions on gun control began circulating the Internet.
New York City Mayor Bloomberg confronted the presidential candidates for failing to address the issue. The US Conference of Mayors sent out a statement "repeating its call for reasonable changes in our gun laws and regulations that could help to prevent senseless tragedies."
In his remarks at Fort Myers, Florida today, President Obama called for a moment of silence, but made no mention of gun control policy.
Meanwhile, on the Twitterverse, the subject surged to life. For example, there was this conversation between authors Salman Rushdie and Philip Gourevitch:
In a New Yorker article, Adam Gopnik recalled a heartwrenching image from Virginia Tech: "cell phones still ringing in the pockets of the dead children as their parents tried to call them." And on the other hand, this:
And this from author B.J. Mendelson:
Amid the frenzy, a tweeter self-described as "The official journal of the NRA" with the handle @NRA_Rifleman was slammed for tweeting this early this morning:
"Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?"
The tweet was later deleted, but this website captured a screenshot first.
That site has updates, including a statement by the NRA. And the account, it says, has since been deleted entirely.
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