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Update (9/1/15): Colion Noir points out that this video was uploaded to his personal YouTube channel, not to the NRA News site. This post has been updated to reflect that.

The National Rifle Association has recruited a diverse group of young people to work as "commentators" for its NRA News service. The job includes reporting on developments in the world of firearms and, it seems, serving as part of the organization's public relations response when a mass shooting incident occurs. Colion Noir, a commentator for NRA News according to his YouTube channel, posted a response to the Virginia TV shooting encouraging the slain journalists' parents not to let their emotions carry them towards gun control advocacy after their children were murdered with a gun.

"To the parents of Alison Parker and Adam Ward," Noir began, "I have no right to tell any parent how to grieve for the loss of their child," before proceeding to do just that. "Grief-inspired advocacy can be extremely effective and powerful," he offered, "And I say run full speed to find a way to end violence like this." It is apparently a foregone conclusion that new regulations limiting some individuals' access to guns could never be such a way.

"Sometimes in a fight we can become so emotional," he continued, "Everyone and thing starts looking like the enemy, even if they're there to help us," with the apparent belief that the parents were just lashing out at random. At other points, he referred to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as members of "the gun control Wu-Tang Clan," and opined that "turning this murder into a gun control dog-and-pony show minutes after the shooting because you can't make sense of what just happened is ridiculous."

"I'm deeply sorry for your loss," he added.

[H/T Raw Story

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