NRA's Tweets Slam Obama, Debunk Positions

The National Rifle Association tweeted throughout President Barack Obama's town hall meeting on guns Thursday, using the posts to slam the president's position and debunk his contentions on several issues.

The association declined to participate in the meeting at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

The NRA's first tweet came as Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu asked Obama how the executive actions he announced on Tuesday would have stopped the recent spate of mass shootings across the country:

If the goal is to save lives, then prosecute criminals, Mr. President! #2A #GunsinAmerica

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

A short time later, the NRA tweeted this:

There were only 6,002 gun crime convictions in 2015 – a 1/3 drop from just 10 years ago #GunsinAmerica

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

As Obama addressed a question from the Rev. Michael Pfleger in Chicago, who is active in the anti-gun movement in the president's hometown, this tweet came:

Do criminals in #Chicago get their guns on the internet or at gun shows? Nope. https://t.co/R51B3i7VG9 #2A #GunsinAmerica

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

The association then posted this tweet to debunk the president's contention that his administration prosecuted gun crimes:

#Fact: President Obama’s rhetoric does not match his record. His administration does not prosecute gun crimes #2A #GunsInAmerica

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

As President Obama contended that the NRA held a "stranglehold" over Congress in the gun debate, this post came:

P.S. We have fought for 20 years to put records of those adjudicated mentally incompetent into NICS #GunsinAmerica

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

And, shortly after the town hall ended, the NRA sent this post:

The truth about #GunsinAmerica #2A pic.twitter.com/Js2EQeScmx

— NRA (@NRA) January 8, 2016

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