America's National Rifle Association (NRA) is still staying silent on the mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, USA in which 27 people died, including 20 children aged six and seven. Two days after the massacre, the USA's powerful pro-gun organisation has yet to make any kind of statement on the tragedy that has shaken America. The mass murder of 20 innocent children by a gunman seems to have stunned the NRA into silence. The "Huffington Post" writes about the NRA's disappearance from social media sites since the tragedy, saying: "The NRA has disappeared from both Twitter and Facebook since the events that occurred on Friday."

The NRA announced on Facebook the day before the killings that it had accumulated 1.7 million fans. The organization's Facebook page has now completely vanished. Clicking on the link in a Google search sends you to your own timeline. Many Americans are now questioning more than ever whether owning a gun should be a right. Stories of multiple shootings are a regular part of American news, to the extent that many no longer get a headline. In other countries, such tragedies prompt national soul searching. President Obama has promised to take "meaningful action" on gun control, although he has yet to expand on what that means. Americans now expect a battle on the future of gun ownership and the right to bear arms.