"Gun" "Control"

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Please note that this is a post about technology, not politics.

The tech industry cheerleads the displacement and reconfiguration of huge institutions like the music industry and telecoms. The arms industry shares many of the attributes of those industries, and is poised for fundamental change that is much like the changes they have experienced. If the product of the arms industry were not arms, the inevitable upheaval would be anticipated and prophesied with glee by the usual pundits (this website included).

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National Rifle Association Hides Facebook Page To Avoid Hosting Flame Wars

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To prevent uncivil debates from breaking out on its Facebook Page wall in the wake of the tragic shooting in Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association has unpublished its Facebook Page, presumably temporarily. Update: I'm waiting for official confirmation from NRA that it hid its Page. However, Facebook didn't take it down it tells me, indicating the NRA did so voluntarily.

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Epic Insensitivity: @NRA And @Celebboutique Cause Uproar Over Aurora Tweets

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Earlier today online fashion store Celeb Boutique tweeted the above in what just may be the most disturbing incident of insensitivity following last night's tragic shooting in Aurora, Colo. But they weren't the only ones. The National Rifle Association, apparently unaware of the news, posted this colossally ignorant tweet this morning, "Good morning, shooters. Happy Friday! Weekend plans?"

These utterly tone deaf messages underscore the problem of hiring social media gurus who don't maintain their basic civic obligations to follow the news.

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