[X] None of the above.
The Sandy Hook shooting was a PR nightmare for the NRA and its supporting companies who make survival / assualt weapons. So LaPierre and his top people, along with PR/marketing reps from gun makers who rely on NRA to handle these nightmares, go into emergency meetings, and brainstorm damage control strategies. Once carefully crafted and considered, maybe a week later to let it settle a bit, you go out with the message, and make sure everyone is on the same page, and in a tight box (say this; and only this). Create some confusion, then get the **** out. Go dark, and let it die a natural death, which it will, when public and news org interest diminishes, as it quickly does.
Saying anything now, would stir the debate, and add life to the PR nightmare. So work behind the scenes, shoring up Congressional opposition to legislation. Money to key committee chairs, and the faithful who the NRA already owns on Capitol Hill. Get freindly news organizations publishing more stories about how control measures are counter-productive, etc.
It's how it's done, in the association management game.
