Codrea nails it as usual...

Excellent analysis from David Codrea at the Gun Rights Examiner...

NRA and LaPierre unite disarmament advocates as gun owners remain divided

The two most salient points to me are as follows.  One:

What he offered was troubling for some, me included, and not just because NRA’s “Safety Shield” program proposing that the feds pay for armed police officers in schools is essentially a massive expansion of what Bill Clinton wanted to do -- which in itself ought to expose how fraudulent those on the left now howling at LaPierre truly are. It’s also telling to see the usual suspects come out against the very principle of armed school resource officers. And to prove their point, they cite Columbine, failing to take into account that the killers withdrew when taking in return fire and went on to softer targets -- while those “professionals” entrusted to protect and serve took cover rather than pursuit, leaving the murderers free to go about their butchery unopposed.

 And Two:

And speaking of psychological ramifications, you’d think someone who knows all the arguments against establishing a national database of gun owners would know better than to suggest establishing a national database of the mentally ill, as if that doesn’t lend itself to abuse and due process violations. Besides, U.S. Code already prohibits anyone who “has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to any mental institution” from owning a gun, with the key word being "adjudicated," and a credible body of evidence suggests that the “mentally ill [are] no more likely to be violent than anyone else.” 

It seems to me that the NRA is totally disconnected from the issue and is more concerned with protecting their empire and influence than protecting their members.