Yeah, well, we’d expect nothing less from The Atlantic:
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/446733666123653120
Derp.
@TheAtlantic "cause" ≠ "be used in"
— Steve T (@oldcitybrewing) March 20, 2014
Here’s the actual headline of the article:
They probably should’ve tweeted that instead. At least that would’ve been better than the “cause a suicide” nonsense.
@TheAtlantic Your headline makes sense. Your tweet is misleading. Guns don't cause suicides. People do.
— Jessica Frick (@renewabelle) March 20, 2014
Too late — no take-backsies! Twitchy is forever, and The Atlantic’s stupidity is out there for all to see:
“Cause a suicide”??? RT @TheAtlantic: Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy http://t.co/j2eBSfMd0Y
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) March 20, 2014
@JohnEkdahl @TheAtlantic – Thank god I don't have one of those guns that loads itself, walks around and randomly goes off by itself.
— 82Brew (@rodgers_jeff) March 20, 2014
Guns don't "cause" anything. RT @TheAtlantic: Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy http://t.co/IiBQ3gKkwH
— Savannah (@thesavvy) March 20, 2014
Does a bad guy become a good guy if you don't have a gun? @TheAtlantic Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy
— JG (@JohnG405) March 20, 2014
Not how suicide works, guys. RT @TheAtlantic: Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy http://t.co/EJ8fxaOuWa
— AG (@AG_Conservative) March 20, 2014
@BecketAdams @TheAtlantic I've heard high bridges cause more suicides than kill bad guys too.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) March 20, 2014
Yes, guns cause suicide. Not crippling despair. MT @TheAtlantic: Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) March 20, 2014
Scarves are bad, too RT @TheAtlantic: Guns are far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy http://t.co/gNaxts7MZI
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) March 20, 2014
Ummm..suicide is CAUSED by the suicidal RT @TheAtlantic Guns far more likely to cause a suicide than kill a bad guy http://t.co/6LhALtpXqZ
— Kira Ayn Davis (@RealKiraDavis) March 20, 2014
https://twitter.com/Mikey_Tree9/status/446739847001436160
@BecketAdams even crazier- guns involved in 100% of gun-related crimes. mad world. @TheAtlantic
— Nino (@baldingschemer) March 20, 2014
Mad, we tell you!
