Stong posted on Facebook that in lieu of gifts for his 20th birthday, he wanted people to donate to the National Foundation for Gun Rights, a group whose purpose is legal defense for gun owners. "A tough-as-nails, no-compromise, pro-Second Amendment legal entity that is not afraid to fight," the group declares on its website. Cobb-Lemire wrote on Facebook following the shooting, "Wow. One of the Boulder victims, 20 year old Denny Stong, celebrated a birthday this month and asked friends to donate to the National Foundation for Gun Rights whose website says it works 'to expand pro-gun precedents and defend gun owners.' Now if that isn't ironic, I don't know what is ..."