WASHINGTON: A member of the US Congress has been criticized for posting a picture of his family smiling and holding guns in front of a Christmas tree. school shooting shook the country.
Thomas Massey, a representative of the staunch Republican state of Kentucky, posted a photo of himself and six members of his family, each smiling and holding a gun, on Saturday with the words “Merry Christmas! PS Santa, please bring gunpowder.”
Days after a teen shot and killed four fellow high school students in Oxford, Michigan, parents of school shooting victims and fellow lawmakers intensified the post, accusing Macy of insensitivity.
“Disgraceful,” wrote John Yarmuth, a Democratic congressman from Kentucky, such messages from pro-gun Republicans “openly rubbing the murder of children in our faces like they scored a touchdown.”
Congressman Adam Kizinger, a Republican from Illinois, tweeted that he supported American gun rights, but “this is not supporting the right to keep and bear arms, this is a gun fetish.”
Fred Gutenberg, whose daughter was killed in the deadliest school shooting in Parkland, Florida, United States in 2018, hit back at Macy’s post with one of his own.
“@RepThomasMassie, since we’re sharing family photos, here are mine,” he wrote. “One is the last picture I ever took of Jaime, the other is where he is buried.”
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was also killed in Parkland, was being interviewed on CNN about gun control as Macy’s post trended.
“That’s a big part of the problem,” he said after the post was shown. “It’s also something that should teach us who we should choose and who should not.”
Macy’s drew support from other corners, with right-wing commentator Candace Owens tweeting to her nearly three million followers: “Can someone explain to me how they acted that the Michigan school shooting was (Massey’s) fault because they did one of her own.” shared the picture and his family has legal arms?”
Fifteen-year-old Ethan Crumbley has been charged with murder and terror charges over the Michigan shooting, while his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are involuntarily charged with providing him with a gun and failing to heed several warning signs before the tragedy. Has been charged with murder.
The Michigan attack, which brought a renewed scrutiny on gun control and school safety, was the deadliest school shooting so far this year in more than 130, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that statistics on mass shootings and lobbies for gun control. keeps.
Thomas Massey, a representative of the staunch Republican state of Kentucky, posted a photo of himself and six members of his family, each smiling and holding a gun, on Saturday with the words “Merry Christmas! PS Santa, please bring gunpowder.”
Days after a teen shot and killed four fellow high school students in Oxford, Michigan, parents of school shooting victims and fellow lawmakers intensified the post, accusing Macy of insensitivity.
“Disgraceful,” wrote John Yarmuth, a Democratic congressman from Kentucky, such messages from pro-gun Republicans “openly rubbing the murder of children in our faces like they scored a touchdown.”
Congressman Adam Kizinger, a Republican from Illinois, tweeted that he supported American gun rights, but “this is not supporting the right to keep and bear arms, this is a gun fetish.”
Fred Gutenberg, whose daughter was killed in the deadliest school shooting in Parkland, Florida, United States in 2018, hit back at Macy’s post with one of his own.
“@RepThomasMassie, since we’re sharing family photos, here are mine,” he wrote. “One is the last picture I ever took of Jaime, the other is where he is buried.”
Manuel Oliver, whose son Joaquin was also killed in Parkland, was being interviewed on CNN about gun control as Macy’s post trended.
“That’s a big part of the problem,” he said after the post was shown. “It’s also something that should teach us who we should choose and who should not.”
Macy’s drew support from other corners, with right-wing commentator Candace Owens tweeting to her nearly three million followers: “Can someone explain to me how they acted that the Michigan school shooting was (Massey’s) fault because they did one of her own.” shared the picture and his family has legal arms?”
Fifteen-year-old Ethan Crumbley has been charged with murder and terror charges over the Michigan shooting, while his parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are involuntarily charged with providing him with a gun and failing to heed several warning signs before the tragedy. Has been charged with murder.
The Michigan attack, which brought a renewed scrutiny on gun control and school safety, was the deadliest school shooting so far this year in more than 130, according to Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that statistics on mass shootings and lobbies for gun control. keeps.
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