MSNBC’s Ali Velshi is getting fact checked by conservatives after he shared a segment that aired on Monday on the Jacksonville shooting where he calls it “ridiculously easy” to buy a gun in Florida
Velshi starts it off with, “As we wait to learn more about the Jacksonville shooter, where he got his gun, and how he got it from Maryland to Florida, it is worth looking at the gun laws in Florida.”
Here’s how ridiculously easy it is to get a gun in Floridahttps://t.co/T3HZiWisTl
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) August 28, 2018
But as Velshi admits in his opener, and we all know, the gun was purchased in Maryland, which makes this entire segment pointless. From Dana Loesch:
Except the killer purchased his two handguns in Maryland, which has 30 day waiting periods, universal background checks, registration, license to purchase, may-issue LTC, ban on perviously institutionalized persons owning guns, and no reciprocity with Florida. https://t.co/1cIvE5mvNj
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 28, 2018
Stephen Gutowski ads that Velshi intentionally misled his audience, which we agree with:
The attacker in Jacksonville this weekend bought his gun in Maryland which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. Ali Velshi knows this but misleads his audience anyway. https://t.co/tTa4jNS17Z
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) August 28, 2018
More commentary from conservatives around Twitter:
It’s ridiculously easy to purchase a gun in Florida when it’s purchased in Maryland. ?
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) August 28, 2018
He didn't get the gun in Florida. He got the gun in super restrictive Maryland.
— Dan Gainor (@dangainor) August 28, 2018
It’s so easy to buy in Florida he used a gun purchased a thousand miles away in Maryland.
— Razor (@hale_razor) August 28, 2018
It’s pretty clear Velshi used the segment to bash Rick Scott, who will be taking on Dem. Sen. Bill Nelson in November:
Here's why the left will never win the gun debate.
The guns used in the crime that led to this story were purchased in Maryland, not Florida. So this… oversight? intentionally misleading report?… tells people that this report is agenda driven, not fact driven. https://t.co/A37OP18oae
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 28, 2018
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This is shameless. What we know so far:
1) Gun was bought in Maryland. A state with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country.
2) It was a handgun so assault rifle ban proposals wouldn't apply.
3) Shooter passed a background check so BC proposals wouldn't apply. https://t.co/yWjxMU5PyR— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 28, 2018
In order to obtain a gun in Maryland, shooter would have had to pass a background check, take a gun safety class, and submit his fingerprints.
We also know that he had a history of mental illness, but it seems to have slipped through bc he was a minor at that point.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 28, 2018
Not only are they politicizing a tragedy and using it to push their preferred policy, but the policies they are proposing aren't even relevant to the tragedy. It's deplorable.
(h/t @kebejay)
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 28, 2018
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Related:
THWAP! Dick Durbin stomps on BIG reality rakes in rush to politicize the Jacksonville shooting https://t.co/CnU7RJka9i
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2018
STEP OFF! Dana Loesch DROPS Ted Lieu for targeting her in tweet exploiting Jacksonville shooting for votes https://t.co/zjBPgPaKZ6
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2018
Top 10 politicized reactions from Dems on Jacksonville https://t.co/voYf3OU8Gu
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 27, 2018
