The NRA deflected blame from guns to culture and gun-free zones after Newtown

Evidence

With an enraged public and President Obama vowing gun reform, the usual silent strategy by the NRA no longer worked. After a week without making a statement, the NRA took to the airwaves. Wayne LaPierre called a press conference but disallowed any questions (Lichtblau & Rich, 2012). In a defiant statement, he exempted the gun industry from any role in school shootings, instead blaming Hollywood, video games, a violent pop culture, and gun-free school zones. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1250

Categorization

• XREF: Classic displacement of responsibility and diffusion of blame — the moral disengagement mechanism core themes.
• ADDENDUM: Relates to the gun-reform policy frame in the Newtown discussion; the displacement-of-blame move mirrors how sacrifice and moral-panic topics deflect responsibility in my other essays.