Opposing views: Was Wayne LaPierre's speech a success or failure?

[Lakhota]

You decide...

NRA Leader Wayne LaPierre's Much-Criticized Sandy Hook Speech Was Actually Quite Effective

Wayne LaPierre Speech Was A Total Public Relations Disaster, Say PR Experts

I would say he was quite successful in placating his target audience. After all, LaPierre is a lobbyist above all else, and firearms manufacturers are his biggest donors, which are part of the Military-Industrial Complex that Ike warned us about.

 

[BallsBrunswick]

Huge success for the NRA and gun owners as the issue is such a obfuscated clusterfuck now that nothing will happen.

 

[skipper]

This is a quote that summed it up for me. “It was worse than if the NRA had not spoken at all.”