NRA Hoodie: National Rifle Association Selling Concealed Weapon Hooded Sweatshirt (PHOTO)

In the wake of the Trayvon Martin tragedy, the hooded sweatshirt, or "hoodie," has become a national symbol for people who stand in solidarity with the Martin family.

But the "Concealed Carry Hooded Sweatshirt," available for purchase from the National Rifle Association, probably does not carry the same message.

The Miami New Times on Tuesday reported that the NRA is selling a hoodie that has pockets specially designed to carry a concealed weapon.

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Trayvon Martin was shot and killed on February 26 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. Martin was unarmed and wearing a hooded sweatshirt at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman remains uncharged in the shooting in part because of a controversial Florida law that allows residents to use lethal force if they feel like their life is in danger.

The official NRA website says the "exclusive" Concealed Carry Hooded Sweatshirt is "[i]deal for carrying your favorite compact to mid-size pistol."

From the official NRA Store website:

We want concealed carry to fit around your lifestyle -- not the other way around. That's why we developed the NRAstore™ exclusive Concealed Carry Hooded Sweatshirt. It's the only garment of its kind we know of!

...

Inside the sweatshirt you'll find left and right concealment pockets. The included Velcro®-backed holster and double mag pouch can be repositioned inside the pockets for optimum draw. Ideal for carrying your favorite compact to mid-size pistol, the NRA Concealed Carry Hooded Sweatshirt gives you an extra tactical edge, because its unstructured, casual design appears incapable of concealing a heavy firearm -- but it does so with ease!

It's not clear when the hoodie became available, but a red seal labeled "new" alerts visitors to the store that the sweatshirt is a relatively recent arrival.

Some have criticized the sweatshirt as insensitive. The Star Ledger called the hoodie a "ridiculous product" that is "politically tone-deaf." One Twitter user said it was "scary."

As Nick Ramsey at MSNBC.com put it, "I have no words."

The NRA has not replied to a request for comment from The Huffington Post.

Geraldo Rivera last week found himself the focus of outrage after he said on Fox News that Martin's hoodie was as much to blame for the teen's death as George Zimmerman. Rivera on Monday apologized for his comments.

And Wednesday morning, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was escorted from the floor of the House of Representatives for wearing a hoodie.

According to the website, all of the profits from the NRA Store "go directly to support vital NRA programs."

LOOK: NRA Concealed Carry Hooded Sweatshirt:

(H/T Mediaite)

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• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney, for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, talks to the media after the release of 911 call at the Sanford City Hall on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  A memorial for the late Trayvon Martin sits at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Martin, 17, was shot to death after being confronted by Sanford neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, on February 26, 2012. Zimmerman, white, told Sanford Police that he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense. Family members are calling for Zimmerman's arrest. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Local historian and activist Francis Oliver adjusts a memorial she placed for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Valera Pinkard, of Orlando, Fla., holds a sign near a memorial for the late Trayvon Martin at the neighborhood where he was shot on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Sanford, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media with Martin's father Tracy Martin, left, on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Sybrina Fulton, mother, of the late Trayvon Martin, left, hugs Selma Mora Lamilla, after addressing the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Benjamin Crump, attorney for the family of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• Trayvon Martin Photos

  Tracy Martin, father, of the late Trayvon Martin, addresses the media on Friday, March 16, 2012 in Orlando, Fla. Credit: David Manning for The Huffington Post

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin rally in Union Square during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters marched through the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Supporters of Trayvon Martin block traffic as they march on W. 14th Street during a 'Million Hoodie March' in Manhattan on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Thousands of protesters turned out to demonstrate against the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain. The protesters took to the streets after holding a large rally in Union Square. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Tracy Martin (L), and Sybrina Fulton, parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, address supporters at a Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. Family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

• A Million Hoodies March Protests Death Of Trayvon Martin

  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 21: Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, speaks at the Million Hoodies March on March 21, 2012 in New York City. The family members joined hundreds of protesters calling for justice in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, who was was pursued and shot on February 26 in Sanford, Florida by 'neighborhood watch' member George Zimmerman, reportedly because the teenager's hoodie made him look suspicious. Under Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law, Zimmerman has not been charged with a crime in the shooting. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

• Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

  MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• Federal Government To Investigate Shooting Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin

  MIAMI, FL - MARCH 21: Protesters hold cans of ice tea and Skittles which is what the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is reported to have been carrying when he was killed by neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman on February 26 in Sanford, Florida, on March 21, 2012 in Miami, Florida. The Justice Department and the FBI opened an investigation into the death of the black teenager, and the local state attorney announced that he had asked a grand jury to investigate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A reporter waits to broadcast at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: People attend a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: A protester holds a sign with pictures of George Zimmerman at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Sanford resident Rodney Stokes carries his son Rodney Stokes Jr. on his shoulder at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Protesters demonstrate at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Rev. Al Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton (R) looks on at a rally with Tracy Martin (R), father of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

• Shooting Death Of Unarmed Teen Trayvon Martin Sparks National Outrage

  SANFORD, FL - MARCH 22: Rev. Al Sharpton departs as media are reflected in a vehicle window at a rally for slain teenager Trayvon Martin on March 22, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Sanford Police Department Chief Bill Lee announced today he will temporarily step down following the killing of the black unarmed teenager by a white and Hispanic neighborhood watch captain. Sharpton organized today's rally. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Comments

[cindyadams]

10:26 PM on 07/24/2012

awesome idea for an xmas gift :-)

[HammerHeadCombatSystems]

10:40 PM on 04/05/2012

Those hoodies have been around for a while before this whole debacle.

Trayvon Martin's death was completely preventable.

http://hammerheadcombatsystems.org/2012/03/24/the-discretionary-mindset/

[Gring]

01:53 PM on 04/03/2012

Only the dolts at the NRA/ALEC would profit off a dead child. Have you NO shame?

[Pete Gerasia]

04:41 PM on 07/13/2012

You're an idiot.

[Kenneth D Price]

09:14 PM on 04/02/2012

This story generated a number of comments from a good friend, including [to paraphrase] "I suspect a black vendor will be marketing weapons hoodies to black men across the country. Zimmerman's actions will likely lead worried blacks to go get those Concealed Weapons Permits to protect ourselves. I'll not be buying some overpriced NRA version of this shirt, but will look for my local African American dealer who offers a similar product."

Evil brings consequences that evildoers often live to regret. America needs to wake the heck up or implode in hatred and bigotry.

[chrisjen5397]

04:31 PM on 04/01/2012

This is not a new idea or product , I bought One in 2004 , I think they just changed it a little

[ernie14]

09:40 PM on 03/31/2012

The NRA gun safety program are the equivalent of the arsonist who offers advice on fire protection precautions. It's a fact that most of the money that goes to the NRA comes from those who are manufacturing or distributing guns, ammunition, and accessories. They aren't interested in safety, they're interested in profit. You goofs who keep talking about how the NRA is all about gun safety are either paid by the NRA or naive dupes of the NRA.

[JimInHouston]

11:16 AM on 04/01/2012

"The NRA gun safety program are the equivalent of the arsonist who offers advice on fire protection precautions"

Spoken as a true ignoramus. The NRA trains police as well as civilians and hunters, and among thinking people are recognized as primary sources of gun-handling responsibility.

"It's a fact that most of the money that goes to the NRA comes from those who are manufacturing or distributing guns, ammunition, and accessories. "

Why don't you look at their financial statements instead of displaying your ignorance.

[David Carson]

02:35 PM on 04/01/2012

the NRA gets at least 85% of its funds from membership dues/donations--and the membership consists of individuals not corporations

[giftsthatpurr]

03:39 PM on 04/01/2012

I KNOW!! It is amazing how people will pay to make corporations richer.

[hagenjr]

07:14 PM on 03/31/2012

I bet sales are through the roof. Wonder if HP is getting a cut for stearing so many shoppers to the NRA strore.

[schotts]

08:00 PM on 03/31/2012

Bet they wish they were. The guy that wrote this is probably kicking himself for exposing the opportunity to pick one of these up. I need to get one myself.

Kind of reminds me of the un-intended consequences of assault weapons ban - did nothing to stem crime but it sure did result in millions of new scary, black rifles being sold to law abiding citizens and now the AR-15 model rifle is the most popular rifle in the US.

[hagenjr]

01:30 AM on 04/01/2012

I was think time to order myself!

[auramac]

04:29 PM on 03/31/2012

Enough already with the guns and shootings.

A verse about gun laws should be added to "Blowin' in the Wind"- "How many times?"....

[MoreOptions]

03:38 PM on 03/31/2012

NRA = Neurotic Radicals for Anarchy

[schotts]

05:29 PM on 03/31/2012

Sounds like a new organization. I have no interest. I'll stick with the original NRA (no, not the national restaurant association).

[wolflover3825]

08:20 PM on 03/31/2012

Sounds like a left wing organization for liberals.

[JimInHouston]

11:17 AM on 04/01/2012

"Occupy Everything We Envy", perhaps?

[MIKEHAR88]

03:04 PM on 03/31/2012

just to be funny,,,,what about standing your ground against an unarmed zombie?? lol

[dowhatsrite]

12:53 PM on 03/31/2012

sounds to me like all you libs are saying if you own a gun your a nut. when did sweatshirts get renamed to hoodies, i guess in the liberial mind, pants should be renamed gangbanger pants and then the could blame all the greedy merchants for clothing them

[Epilef2000]

03:55 PM on 04/15/2012

a hoodie is referring to the head covering, while a sweatshirt doesn't necessarily have to have a head covering. Get it?

[ernie14]

10:08 AM on 03/31/2012

It amuses me to read the posters who babble on about all the good the NRA does and the rights and freedoms it protects. How naive. It protects the right of greedy merchants to sell any and all the lethal weapons they feel like marketing and ensures the freedom of overgrown children to be able to purchase those weapons.

[barry444]

02:14 PM on 03/31/2012

Plain and simply, no it doesn't.

[giftsthatpurr]

08:49 PM on 04/02/2012

Of course it does. They lobby for the increased manufacturing and selling of guns by big corps!

[schotts]

05:31 PM on 03/31/2012

Nice rant. Keep up the spin, your doing great.

But at some point, have a point vs. just baseless opinions.

[barry444]

01:57 PM on 03/30/2012

Wait, hasn't this product been on the market for years? The author is making it seem like the NRA came up with this idea because of the Trayvon incident.

[Colorado Hunter]

02:19 PM on 03/30/2012

Yes the NRA has had this product for a while now

[wolflover3825]

07:40 PM on 03/30/2012

He made a couple posts in the comment section, claiming that he tried to contact the NRA twice to find out more information, but they have not responded to him. However, I have the very distinct feeling that he is less than truthful about it.

[From my cold dead hands]

10:35 AM on 03/31/2012

An anti-gun person? Being "less than truthful"? Now why would you think a thing like that?....sarc/

[MoscowMoo]

12:44 PM on 03/30/2012

Seeee, if only Trayvon had been smart and instead of wearing just an innocent kid-type sweatshirt and been carrying Skittles in his pocket he'd have been wearing this loaded for bear sweatshirt and had been packing heat in his pocket, all would be well. He'd have "stood his ground" as the law encourages armed thugs to do, he'd have put one between Zimmerman's eyes, and the white supremists and right-wing extremists would all be hailing him as a hero for standing his ground. Right? Right?

[From my cold dead hands]

10:38 AM on 03/31/2012

He would have been carrying a gun illegally. You cannot get a cc license in Florida unless you are at least 21.

[kaveman3]

01:39 PM on 03/31/2012

"he'd have been wearing this loaded for bear sweatshirt and had been packing heat in his pocket,"

That would be illegal.

[Carla van der Meer]

12:40 PM on 03/30/2012

I shudder to think what "vital" NRA programs might be. "Guns For Tots"? These guys have done nothing for the world, except promoting a culture of violence.

[barry444]

01:53 PM on 03/30/2012

Generally law enforcement training programs, hunter education, safety classes, etc...

You can shudder to think, or you can look it up and find out it's not what the Huffington Post might have you believe. It's not promoting a culture of violence. It's not some sinister cabal.

[ernie14]

09:59 AM on 03/31/2012

The NRA is about ensuring that greedy merchants can sell any and all lethal weapons they want and overgrown children can buy those weapons. It's laughable and naive to think the organization has goals beyond that,

[Colorado Hunter]

02:21 PM on 03/30/2012

Really? they protect the 2nd Amendment that is all they do and this product has been in the cataloge for a while

[Carla van der Meer]

02:53 PM on 03/30/2012

I can tell by your name which side you're on. The NRA contributes nothing positive to society. Just more guns.