Well, this is awkward …
Count Martin O’Malley among the many Democrats and liberals trying to pin the deadly Jacksonville shooting on Florida Gov. Rick Scott:
Another tragic mass shooting in Florida. Republican Governor Rick Scott proudly boasted that he passed more Pro-gun, NRA legislation than any other governor. Time to close the chapter on deadly pandering. #WinBackYourState, Florida.
— Martin O'Malley (@MartinOMalley) August 28, 2018
In case you’ve forgotten who Martin O’Malley is — and we honestly wouldn’t blame you if you did — he’s a former Democratic governor. Of Maryland.
Um… Governor, he bought it in MARYLAND under the "common sense gun control laws" you wrote! https://t.co/ag78T7yVGe
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) August 28, 2018
Back in fall of 2015, he ran for president on those laws:
ROCHESTER, N.H. — Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley on Sunday touted a package of gun-control measures passed during his tenure and challenged his two leading rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination to embrace several initiatives on the national level.
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“We banded together. We drove consensus,” O’Malley told a gathering of the Strafford County Democrats as he recalled legislation passed in Maryland in 2013. “We need to apply the same persistence today as a nation.”
The Maryland legislation, prompted by the 2012 school shootings in Newtown, Conn., included new fingerprinting and training requirements for handgun purchasers, as well as a ban on 45 types of assault rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.
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O’Malley, a former mayor of Baltimore, called for four reforms on the national level: a ban on “combat assault weapons”; a requirement that those who purchase guns get licenses and be fingerprinted; a law making gun trafficking a federal crime; and a commitment from the federal government to purchase firearms only from companies that use “the latest and best safety technology.”
Just like his presidential campaign, Martin O’Malley’s gun control crusade was a colossal failure.
Its already been said many times… but the gun was bought in Maryland.
— Gen. Chang's Chicken (@Chowdertron) August 28, 2018
Remind me, Governor of Maryland, in what state and under whose laws did the shooter access his murder weapon?
— SMOD C137 (@PaulWDrake) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/jsalicea00/status/1034489313071902722
He bought the gun in MARYLAND where YOU instituted restrictions on hand gun purchases. Get your facts straight.
— KayDee ? (@ally_gardener) August 28, 2018
I'm by no means pro-gun/NRA but good Lord, the shooter with well documented mental illnesses legally purchased the guns in Maryland. You know, the state you goverened for 8 years. #clown
— Joe Murk (@Joe_Murk) August 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/Vanasdalan/status/1034496074029903873