GOP congressman’s gun-toting family Christmas photo sparks outrage days after school shooting

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Officials on both sides of the aisle, Michigan residents and parents of gun violence victims condemned the image from Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

by Rep. Thomas Massie on Saturday, along with the caption: “Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo.”Both Democratic and Republican elected officials, Michigan residents still reeling from the school shooting last week that left four dead, and parents of gun violence victims all took to Twitter to criticize Massie’s Christmas photo. Meanwhile, some conservative politicians, pundits and media personalities jumped to his defense.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others gathered at a Dec. 3 vigil in Oxford, Mich. held for those killed in injured in a Nov. 30 shooting. such an “irresponsible” public display of gun ownership “incites and inspires” other people to do “evil, terrible things.” Guttenberg considers the photo of Massie’s gun-toting family particularly egregious as the nation debates the role of parents in preventing gun violence. Days before the shooting, Crumbley’s mother boasted on social media about going with her son to a gun range to test out “his new Xmas present,” authorities said.

Some of those who came to Massie’s defense claimed the photo bore no relevance to the Michigan shooting.

 

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Instead of this, lets stop kids from accessing adult content, stop the kidnapping of children, have a better understanding of us Human Beings. Some of yall still party, while kids are dying left and right from drugs. America what shyt show.

I don't understand the madness? America amerikkka was built on GUNS! now all of a sudden let's change? After all these years FOH! you social losers play the blame game, point out anything 'snitches' but still hide shyt.

Well that’s America for you. What is wrong with these people?

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Read the ROOM GOP! Fuck your feelings didn't work last time & it's not going to this time. You know what the other half of the country wants & you know this ain't it. Thx to Biden they're primed to flip. Quit alienating them! Damn! Do you want to win? Send out a memo! JC!

Booooo... 😰😨

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What a way to express one’s inferiority complex.

Congrats they’re entitled to group discount for therapy

Statistically speaking, there is more chance of the child in the middle turning the gun on the rest of the family members or classmates because someone did not invite her to a party, rather than the congressman using actually using the weapon to protect his family timewilltell

Guess “peace on earth and goodwill…”is no more as this pic depicts the complete opposite. Guess society will need AI to guide and lead as human intelligence is failing.

Joyeux Noel pour les Americans,, c'est quand même très malin le Pere Noël,il sait très bien quel cadeau pour tell endroit,faut il..peut être un De drogue psychiatrique avec?

Ready for war, but with whom?

This is disgusting considering what happened in Oxford HS MI

I wonder how many christian Americans view this gesture as a proper representation of the 'Spirit of Christmas'

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And the GOP won't do anything but defend him. They've lost all sense of morality...among other things...

That firearm Massie is holding appears to be an M60. The civilian version of that weapon costs about $40,000. Fox News spent last week in fits of hysteria because VP Harris bought a $375 piece of cookware.

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