NAFUSA member and former board member Richard A. Stacy had his comments regarding the Colorado shootings published by The Denver Post on August 2, 2012. In an comment entitled Has violent entertainment contributed to Colorado massacres?, Stacy writes of the potential nexus between mass murder and violent entertainment.

Stacy served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming from 1981-1994. He also served as a U.S. Administrative Law Judge in San Jose, California. He is currently retired and lives in Denver, not far from the tragic events at the Aurora Theatre.