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Given the lack of much new emanating from today's long-awaited National Rifle Association news conference reacting to last Friday's Connecticut massacre, Twitter's 140 character limit seems like the perfect vehicle for reviewing it.

NRA: "Sure, some children died, but the president is still a scary black man, so we expect gun sales to remain high. And, um, freedom."

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 21, 2012

So far on NRA's blame list: video games, media, gun free school zones, hurricanes soup.ps/VWfjVo

— Anthony De Rosa (@AntDeRosa) December 21, 2012

.@nra: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." 5 reasons this logic doesn't hold up ow.ly/gi4hk

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) December 21, 2012

UPDATE: Has anyone explained to the NRA that absolutely nobody in Mortal Kombat has a gun?

— Disalmanac (@Disalmanac) December 21, 2012

#NRA bungled its response to Newtown. Pulled Facebook pg, says nothing until Wed, holds presser on 1 wk anniversary, blames everyone else.

— Darin Broton (@DBroton) December 21, 2012

When NRA chief starts to criticize the media for concealing the truth, live stream cuts to the bank of video cameras all pointed at him.

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 21, 2012

Truth! >> "The only thing that stops a bad guy with the gun is a good guy with a gun." #NRA

— Eye on Politics (@EyeOnPolitics) December 21, 2012

The #NRA is ready, willing, and uniquely qualified to help

— NRA (@NRA) December 21, 2012

We criticize LaPierre, but you try going to brunch on a Sunday in Brooklyn without emerging a child prison advocate. #nra

— Erin Gloria Ryan (@morninggloria) December 21, 2012

So wait, its more dangerous for guns to be used in violent video games than to be used violently in real life? #nra #guncontrol

— Derecka Purnell (@progressagent) December 21, 2012

The media is part of the problem they glorify the shooter & never focus on the victims. You cannot ban evil sorry #NRA & #Guncontrol. #Tlot

— Jason4Liberty (@Jason4Liberty) December 21, 2012

Useful reminder: The first person Adam Lanza murdered owned a bunch of guns.

— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) December 21, 2012

Twitter updates on Rob Parker and NRA giving me great programming idea: All sports debates should be settled with guns.

— Jim Souhan (@SouhanStrib) December 21, 2012

Dear #NRA- A good guy had a gun in Cold Spring, MN. A bad guy killed him. That was the problem.

— Darin Broton (@DBroton) December 21, 2012

@dbrauer @derushaj @tomelko @emoeby We had actual armed police stationed at my HS in GA. We still had guns at school. It did nothing.

— NBS (@NatesBS) December 21, 2012

Here is the NRA transcript of today's event.