Within moments of the awful news of a shooting at a theater in Louisiana breaking, anti-Second Amendment activists began calling for more gun control.
The shooting, which left two people and the shooter dead and several wounded, had barely broken when a chorus of voiced declared the gun, not the shooter, was responsible for the attack.
Many of the same people who insisted the murder of Kate Steinle in San Francisco was the act of a single individual, not indicative of illegal aliens and should not be used to “punish” sanctuary cities, are calling for the rights of all Americans to be curtailed because of the act of one evil person.
Here is a sampling of tweets calling for gun control in the immediate aftermath of tragic shooting.
Another movie theater shooting. What is the appropriate amount of time to wait before we start discussing gun control again. Oh, never?
— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) July 24, 2015
Gun control NOW
— Susan Orlean (@susanorlean) July 24, 2015
@BobbyJindal stick your prayers up your ass Jindal. You are the party of the NRA and refuse to vote for assault weapons ban!
— PAPERMOONER (@papermooner) July 24, 2015
If you don't like gun control, spare us your outrage when shootings occur. You decided what's important to you, & it's not people's lives.
— Katherine Lampe (@KeleGrrl) July 24, 2015
I sincerely believe this: the NRA is a terrorist organization. It should be outlawed by the government, its assets frozen and leaders jailed
— jitka (@jitka) July 24, 2015
We don't need prayers, you jackass! We need stricter laws. Idiot. https://t.co/jCjCdoGzZe
— LBFernandez (@FactsVsOpinion) July 24, 2015
No @bobbyjindal prayers will do nothing. We demand action – sane gun laws now to control greedy capitalist gun lobby, @NRA. #WeDeserveBetter
— RB Blair (@TuxcedoCat) July 24, 2015
The @NRA has released a statement about the shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana. #gunsense pic.twitter.com/2zIFBPlVl6
— Benny (@BRios82) July 24, 2015
We defeated the Nazis, and took all their guns away. We defeated the USSR,had treaties to disarm them, but 'oh no, gun control is too hard'
— KevinFox (@KevinGFox) July 24, 2015
The blood is on the hands of the Republican Party and the @NRA @RepBoustany @LafayettePD_LA
— Blue DuPage (@BlueDuPage) July 24, 2015
Thinking about home tonight as another gunman gets to take more lives and nothing changes about gun control. This has to end. Guns = Evil
— John Corey Whaley (@corey_whaley) July 24, 2015
Time to get serious about gun control. Enough is enough. I don't want to be afraid to go to the movies or the gocery https://t.co/WRw9cpOa8K
— Saundra Ragona (@Ssragona) July 24, 2015
So tired of Americans wanting to pray after a mass shooting. How about doing something that matters: passing gun control #Lafayette
— Sal Wellington (@CaNuckinFutz) July 24, 2015
Gov. Jindal when asked about gun control issue after shooting: This isn't the time.
— WWL-TV (@WWLTV) July 24, 2015
Go to hell, Bobby Jindal. This blood is on your hands, as well as that of every other pro-gun politician. Your "prayers" mean nothing.
— Greg Boyd (@Greg447) July 24, 2015