Members of the Parks and Recreation cast and crew have taken to social media to express their disgust at the National Rifle Association using an image of Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope saying "thank you" on social media.

After spokeswoman Dana Loesch had been speaking about gun ownership following the Parkland school shooting in Florida the NRA tweeted: "‘@DLoesch thank you for being the voice of over 5 Million #NRA members", accompanied by a looped image of Leslie Knope.