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Wayne LaPierre, head of the NRA, conducted a press conference today. He did not back down on the issue of gun control. He ripped into the media, politicians, the culture and the failure to protect our children. LaPierre called for a police officer in every school, and pledged NRA resources and members for training and implementation. The line of the press conference was ""The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." The press conference was interrupted twice by Code Pink Needless to say, Twitter went crazy. Here are some of the more restrained tweets:

NRA goes after Gun Free Zones right out of the gate.

— Lee Doren (@LDoren) December 21, 2012

Is LaPierre really calling for guns in schools?

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 21, 2012

Oh good, the NRA is now being accused by @codepink of killing children

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) December 21, 2012

Protester holds up sign: "NRA Killing Our Kids." Guess there's not great security at this press conference. #Newtown.

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) December 21, 2012

How did Erik Loomis manage to sneak into that NRA press conference?

— Robert Stacy McCain (@rsmccain) December 21, 2012

Code Pinkers are safer at NRA press conferences than our kids are in their schools.

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 21, 2012

LaPierre goes hard against video game makers.

— The Fix (@TheFix) December 21, 2012