Seven people were killed on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the year’s 194th mass shooting, according to the nonprofit group Gun Violence Archive.
The wave of violence has led to new calls for gun control measures.
But on Sunday ― Mother’s Day ― the National Rifle Association posted a meme suggesting that mothers arm their young daughters.
“MAMA DIDN’T RAISE A VICTIM” read the text over an image of a woman and a young girl with firearms.
The NRA’s message and its tasteless timing came under heavy fire on Twitter:
Wtf is wrong with you?!?
— Martina Navratilova (@Martina) May 9, 2021
Happy Mother's Day to all of the grieving moms.
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) May 10, 2021
On top of millions of other jobs moms have, far to many have to take care of families destroyed by gun violence.
Today, my wife started Mothers Day at the cemetery, visiting our daughter who was murdered in the Parkland shooting. https://t.co/2275IRARkr
This is really, really gross. To willingly and smilingly introduce your child to the notion of violent homicide by cutening up a machine that is designed to inflict as much damage as possible to the human body. This is abuse. https://t.co/jm2AJtMrU9
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) May 10, 2021
End the filibuster- defeat the NRA
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) May 9, 2021
The @NRA is a terrorist organization. https://t.co/oiMlRmXIl5
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) May 10, 2021
There was another mass shooting in America today, this time in #ColoradoSprings.
— Sean Mills 🐱 (@seanmills1020) May 9, 2021
But hey, let’s use children as props. https://t.co/o21dKGg6CE
Can Congress declare the NRA as a terrorist organization and get them defunded?
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) May 9, 2021
So, the NRA is saying that if something happens to women, it's their own fault for not being armed.
— Doctor Dan (@bravetinsoldier) May 10, 2021
Fuck this criminal, terrorist organization. #FuckTheNRA https://t.co/EnRlDyNgue
Is it my imagination, or are we having a couple of mass shootings every day now in the US? If the NRA was based in another country, we'd be at war with it.
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 9, 2021
The NRA thought that this was an appropriate thing to tweet out on Mother’s Day.
— 🇺🇸🇺🇸Biden Loving PATRIOT 🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@serena_patriot) May 9, 2021
7 people killed at a birthday party in Colorado Springs. https://t.co/dOBUJgV1Nd
Six people were shot and killed by a gunman at a birthday party in Colorado Springs this morning - on Mother’s Day.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) May 9, 2021
At least 94 more people in America will be shot and killed - and over 230 will be wounded by gunfire - before the day is over. https://t.co/vo4UGw35eB
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