The NRA subsidiary responsible for the group’s post-Newtown massacre school safety initiative ended up funding the marksmanship training of the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this week. mediamatters.org/blog/2018/02/1… (1/10)
Following the shooting, the Associated Press reported that the NRA Foundation gave a $10,827 grant to an air rifle program that gunman Nikolas Cruz participated in: chicagotribune.com/news/nationwor… (2/10)
After participating in the program, Cruz was a “very good shot,” according to one of his teammates. (3/10) 
NRA Foundation says it has “awarded nearly $335 million in grant funding in support of the shooting sports” since 1990. It’s also where your money goes when you donate to a program called “National School Shield,” the gun group’s purported solution to school shootings. (4/10)
National School Shield launched four months after Newtown claiming to be “independent” from the NRA. It was an obvious PR move by the NRA to deflect from widespread criticism the group was facing following the Newtown shooting. (5/10)
The program pushes more guns in school, including arming teachers. When it was launched, I criticized the fact that some of the authors of the report underlying the program’s recommendations had a financial conflicts of interest: mm4a.org/1SEHftX (6/10)
Skeptics of the claim the program was fully independent of the NRA were correct. National School Shield’s domain was registered by the NRA five days after Newtown: (7/10)
Presently, the National School Shield website solicits donations for the NRA Foundation with the tagline “If We Truly Cherish Our Kids, We Must Give Them The Greatest Level Of Protection Possible” (8/10)
A disclaimer provided on the website says “NRA will receive 100% of the gross revenue generated by this solicitation.” (9/10)
So the the NRA subsidiary that was supposed to prevent another Newtown actually ended up funding the marksmanship training of a man who used an assault weapon to murder 17 students and faculty at a high school. (10/10)
