Not a single gun was fired on 9/11/2001 in relation to the attacks. Not on the aircraft and not in NYC, DC, or Shanksville.

The law enforcement officers responding to the WTC didn’t need their weapons - they were there trying to rescue as many people as possible, along with the massive FDNY response.

343 firefighters died at the WTC. 71 law enforcement officers died, from multiple agencies including the NYPD and PAPD.

Many of those killed were among the elite of their respective departments - hazmat, rescue, ESU, etc. Their sidearms were no help that day.

Yet the NRA chose to memorialize a gun that was recovered from the WTC.

I know who I want to remember for their sacrifice - in running towards danger and uncertainty - not a piece of equipment.

What differentiates a gun like what Dana and the NRA memorializes and say a helmet of a FDNY who was killed? The helmet is personal to the firefighter. It has their badge number, their personal details (some include photos inside, etc.) The gun is a tool, while a helmet might have been the only thing that a grieving family might ever have gotten back of their loved one.

After all, 40% of the victims have not been positively identified through DNA or other means even as the coroner issued their death certificates.