26 Tweets That Perfectly Summarize How Fucked Up Our Gun Laws Really Are
By Kim Quindlen
1.
“Can I get 2 boxes of Sudafed?”
“Sorry, by law you can only buy one at a time.”
“Okay then just the one box of Sudafed and these 7 guns.”
— Bryan Donaldson (@TheNardvark) October 9, 2015
2.
Gun control is hard, so let’s focus on *realistic* goals like building giant walls, banning an entire faith and deporting 11 million people.
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) June 12, 2016
3.
The NRA’s message is clear: Guns should be available to everyone at all times to protect us from the guns available to everyone at all times
— (((dennis tennis))) (@pharmasean) June 14, 2016
4.
Trump wants club goers to carry guns for their safety. Because arming a bunch of drunk people in a club with firearms is a brilliant idea.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) June 14, 2016
5.
If there were a medical treatment that killed dozens of people for every one it saved, it would be banned immediately. But guns are exempt.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) June 14, 2016
6.
Just want to remind everyone who’s asking how guns keep getting in the hands of awful people that Walmart sells guns. Walmart.
— Ryan Broems (@ryanbroems) June 14, 2016
7.
Concerned NRA Official Rushes Out To Purchase Congressman Following Mass Shooting https://t.co/oGaeK3zPRE pic.twitter.com/8G88jwZOsl
— The Onion (@TheOnion) June 13, 2016
8.
“Most People are idiots, but damn it, they should all have unfettered access to guns.”
-Americans.
— Chocolate Moose (@moose_chocolate) June 13, 2016
9.
solution: what if we take your guns but let you walk around with your dick out?
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) June 14, 2016
10.
“Guns aren’t the problem.”
Let’s tell that to all of the victims of Columbine, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Newton, and Orlando.— Stephen Parker (@Stevoptweets) June 13, 2016
11.
I feel like buying guns cuz ur afraid of guns is like eating an edible, geting way 2 high, then eating another edible cuz u hav the munchies
— Charles (@Charlesdecrema) June 14, 2016
12.
No ones trying to take away your goddamn guns!They’re simply trying to make it more difficult for those that shouldn’t have em, to have em!
— devon sawa (@DevonESawa) June 13, 2016
13.
are gun rights more important than the right to live and love freely, without fear? The “land of the free” needs to free itself of guns
— Snow Whitehall (@CMWhitehall) June 13, 2016
14.
I will never understand why people would rather see two men holding guns then two men holding hands
— Charlie Payne (@__DragonLord) June 14, 2016
15.
This is more than than a mass shooting & beyond terrorism. It’s hate crime on a micro-genocidal scale, bc that’s what assault rifles enable.
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) June 12, 2016
16.
Guns killed more Americans in the past 50 years than every US war ever https://t.co/AbP7Cmj7Eu pic.twitter.com/h3D5EfXejq
— Vox (@voxdotcom) June 13, 2016
17.
MORE GUNS is not the answer. That’s like saying the answer to lung cancer is more cigarettes.
— Nice Eric (@ericsshadow) June 13, 2016
18.
If we screen guns the way we do refugees, there would be less than 3,000 in America.
— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) June 13, 2016
19.
Don’t worry, the shooter was Muslim. So you don’t need to examine our nation’s hatred of LGBT or access to guns. It’s all okay. Hush now.
— Catherynne Valente (@catvalente) June 13, 2016
20.
The vast majority of guns used in 16 recent mass shootings were bought legally https://t.co/oDg6DXDhw6 pic.twitter.com/7pjMj6gJHq
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 13, 2016
21.
Why can someone with a history of domestic violence legally buy guns? Can we agree that beating up women is a sign of mental illness?
— Chris Sacca (@sacca) June 13, 2016
22.
Guns kill people. People kill people. Assault weapons kill catastrophic amounts of people.
— Eli Graham (@eli_graham_) June 13, 2016
23.
let’s stop allowing guns in this country, just until we can figure out what’s going on
— Bez (@Bez) June 13, 2016
24.
The GOP blocked a bill that would have prevented those on the terrorist watchlist from buying guns. This sadly doesn’t surprise me.
— Robert Kazinsky (@RobertKazinsky) June 13, 2016
25.
Those with ties to terrorists can’t fly on a plane but can walk into a gun store and buy dozens of guns, hundreds of rounds of ammo. Why?
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) June 13, 2016
26.
i wish republicans were as interested in controlling guns as they are controlling my body
— lauren ashley bishop (@sbellelauren) June 13, 2016