On June 17, 2015, white supremacist Dylann Roof gunned down a congregation at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, leaving nine dead. Now federal prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against him, and the families of the victims accept this measure. Some, in fact, welcome it.

On Thursday night, an NRA board member manipulated the national tragedy at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church by turning the murders into an argument for his political gain, because this is America.