Two days after the death of Philando Castile, the National Rifle Association addressed the shooting on Friday, following some prodding fromย TheWrap overย the group’s stance onย the killing by police of the reportedly legally-armed Minnesotan.
The gun-rights organization’sย statement came via its Twitter account, little more than an hour after weย left an unreturnedย voicemail for an NRA spokesman.
“As the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, the NRA proudly supports the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms for defense of themselves and others regardless of race, religion or sexual orientation,” the statement reads. “The reports from Minnesota are troubling and must be thoroughly investigated.”