Two days after 12 students and a teacher were massacred at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999, then-NRA President Charlton Heston announced that his group would dramatically scale back its upcoming nearby convention to show “profound sympathy and respect” for the community.
This week, the NRA’s convention in Houston appears to be full steam ahead as the nation mourns the staggering loss of 19 more children and two teachers in another massacre, this time in Uvalde, Texas.