So, will the NRA now suggest that firemen be armed with M16s? read.bi/V1ujSN [Two shot in "trap" in New York this morning]
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Henry Blodget (@hblodget) December 24, 2012Yesterday, a New York man who served 17 years in prison for killing his grandmother reportedly set a house and car on fire and then shot at emergency personnel who showed up, killing two firefighters.
Gun control advocates immediately took to Twitter to express their outrage.
They weren’t outraged at the monster who carried out the shootings. No, they were outraged at the NRA.
Gunman murders firefighters at #Webster, NY. Will #NRA gun-lovers want armed firefighters now? huff.to/Y7h57t via @HuffPost—
Hugh Jaeger (@HughJaeger) December 25, 2012
I'm guessing I'll hear a call from the NRA for armed protection at all fires.
Condolences to Webster, NY.—
Paul Rosemeyer (@paulrosemeyer) December 25, 2012
Hey @NRA explain this shooting in Webster, NY to me. Should fire fighters carry guns too? ja.golj.us/WCgviL—
Jason Gooljar (@wfpman) December 24, 2012
#Webster @NRA I can't think of one time your"everybody needs gun" attitude has saved anyone I know.now add firefighters to blood on ur hands—
(@iporem) December 24, 2012
@W_Lapierre_NRA Hey Idiot…feel like going to Webster NY and selling your lunacy to firefighter's families???—
Michael Farrell (@MFTWlTTERBOY) December 25, 2012
usatoday.com/story/news/nat… What's next, @NRA? Arm firefighters, just in case they meet a bad guy?—
Kurt Krampmeier (@prankowski666) December 25, 2012
NRA spokesman Wayne LaPierre: "The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a firefighter with a gun" #sarcasm ow.ly/gluTh—
(@Sarcastacus) December 25, 2012
I wonder if now they will say that Firemen should arm themselves with handguns after the latest shooting in Webster #nra #rip—
Chris Babic (@mclovin9953) December 25, 2012
My heart goes out to all the victims and their families in Webster, NY. I wonder what the stupid NRA is going to say now…—
Eric Carver (@djericcarver) December 25, 2012
I can imagine what the NRA's response is going to be. I'm sure they will now want each fire station to have an arm… huff.to/Y9MupH—
joe michael villa (@mikeejoe) December 25, 2012
Thank you, NRA.
"FIREFIGHTERS SHOT DEAD AT HOUSE FIRE." huff.to/WKO4mz—
Terrence (@IrishinNOLA) December 25, 2012
The man who carried out the shootings, William Spengler, was a convicted felon. As such, he was not allowed to own guns legally.
William Spangler (the pond scum that shot the firefighters) was a convicted felon, forbidden from owning firearms. Ya hear that leftists?—
Randy Herrmann (@Herrmann8er) December 24, 2012
William Spengler clearly was not someone who abides by the law. Would the proposals supported by gun control advocates have prevented him from obtaining his murder weapon? Color us skeptical.