‘#Hottake’: Writer doesn't see the difference between Chris Kyle and Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook shooter

Greg P. | 12:14 PM on January 29, 2015

If you thought the criticism of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and the biopic on his life, “American Sniper” couldn’t get any worse, you’d be wrong.

Very, very wrong.

Here is Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation and editor of FFF’s monthly journal, comparing Kyle to Adam Lanza, the madman behind the shooting at the Sandy Hook elementary school:

The American Sniper Was No Hero @FutureofFreedom http://t.co/Eyu8li8mfw

— Sheldon Richman (@SheldonRichman) January 28, 2015

How did Chris Kyle's actions in Iraq differ in essence from those of Adam Lanza at Sandy Hook Elementary? #AmericanSniper

— Sheldon Richman (@SheldonRichman) January 24, 2015

And his conclusion:

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/560840142353485824

Let’s type that again as the enormity of his accusation settles in:

Excuse me, but I have trouble seeing an essential difference between what Kyle did in Iraq and what Adam Lanza did at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It certainly was not heroism.