As Twitchy has reported, Hillary Clinton’s kneejerk reaction following the mass shooting in Las Vegas last night included this swipe at the NRA:
The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots.
Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017
Washington Post fact checker Glenn Kessler alerted Clinton to a certain reality:
Actually, even with "a silencer," it's pretty loud. An AR-15 rifle would have a noise equivalent to a jack hammer. https://t.co/rL1YFuAB5b https://t.co/YE9smBZqGG
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) October 2, 2017
Kessler’s tweet triggered a backlash with at least one person telling him to check his privilege:
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) October 2, 2017
Sheesh. But others didn’t like Kessler’s fact check either:
https://twitter.com/butwhyevernot/status/914907722411364352
Actually, that would be quieter. https://t.co/aoAWCzC6CR
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) October 2, 2017
Are you kidding me with this fact check? I'm sure it would have been super loud from the 32nd story.
— Chris Garnett (@ChrisJGarnett) October 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/mikeyplg/status/914898600403992576
This, however, is a silly counterpoint. Stealth aircraft aren't dangerous because they're invsible, but because they're *less visible*. https://t.co/3Mm5nkjfFZ
— Aaron Schwartzbaum (@aaron_schwa) October 2, 2017
https://twitter.com/LauraRbnsn/status/914900814447173632
Confirmed:
https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/914877049172561920
Sad but true:
https://twitter.com/storm_paglia/status/914872773239017472
Translation: Don't insert facts into my narrative.
— Maria Block (@B24Maria) October 2, 2017
Facts are mansplaning now?
— SQWACKOPS (@SqwackOps) October 2, 2017
Apparently.
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