NRA Spokesman Wayne LaPierre’s Insane Paranoia Is More Mainstream Than You Think

During NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre’s Friday-morning press conference, the organization’s first since 27 people died a week ago at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Conn., my Twitter feed — filled with liberal writers and pundits — was lighting up in fascination and disgust. “Every journalist on Twitter thinks Lapierre is completely insane,” Reuters’ Felix Salmon wrote. The consensus was that LaPierre’s remarks were unhinged and alienating; the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein marveled at “how much damage LaPierre is doing to the NRA without even allowing questions.” Even the few conservatives I follow agreed: “I’m not sure this presser was good in style a week after Newtown,” wrote RedState’s Erick Erickson. More »