@shannonrwatts @NRA @NBCNews never miss a chance to push a narrative, right? You stay classy.
— mavrik thefox (@mavrikthefox) July 11, 2016
Like the illustrious Wil Wheaton, Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts is a proud graduate of the School for Kneejerk Gun Grabbery.
Upon learning of today’s deadly shooting at the Berrien County Courthouse in St. Joseph, Michigan, Watts swiftly took aim at the NRA:
After you think and pray, will you act? Or will you continue to do bidding of the @NRA? #BerrienCounty #DisarmHate https://t.co/VEEVz3aAvf
— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) July 11, 2016
THIS is outcome of @NRA's dangerous agenda of guns for anyone, anywhere, anytime: no questions asked. Berrien County https://t.co/kmRrQioEO4
— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) July 11, 2016
Nice try, Shannon dear, but no.
According to NBC News (Watts’ source for the story):
Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said the confrontation took place about 2:25 p.m. ET at at the county courthouse in St. Joseph, along the shore of Lake Michigan.
The inmate was being moved from a holding cell by a bailiff and a sheriff’s deputy, Bailey said early Monday evening. A fight broke out, and the inmate was able to disarm one of the officers.
How, exactly, is the NRA responsible for that?
You mean like armed courthouse guards? https://t.co/bb37lO71lw
— Amy Curtis (@VLRAmyCurtis) July 11, 2016
@shannonrwatts @NRA He stole deputies gun. But don't let the facts get in the way of a narrative.
— nonsequitur (@nonsequitur20) July 11, 2016
@shannonrwatts @NRA – Stolen gun from deputy. I'm gonna blame the criminal in custody.
— TheIndividual (@SoEnlightenMe) July 11, 2016
@shannonrwatts You must be spouting your BS without knowing what happened. Nothing new. @momsdemand
??? #gunsense
— Tommy Brown (@MemphisGunOwner) July 11, 2016
@shannonrwatts @NRA What does the NRA have to do with an inmate grabbing an officer's gun? Do you know what you're talking about?
— William Gribbin (@BillyGribbin) July 11, 2016
Not really, no. But since when has that ever stopped her?
Nearly an hour and a half after first blaming the NRA for the shooting, Watts tweeted this out to her followers:
UPDATE: Some Michigan outlets reporting gun taken from deputy. https://t.co/eWQhDUZ0B3
— Shannon (@shannonrwatts) July 11, 2016
It was not, however, accompanied by any sort of apology for wrongly impugning the NRA. Go figure.
@shannonrwatts @NRA @NBCNews Delete this. Get your facts straight. Realize you're wrong. Tweet factual things. Thank you.
— Nation of Reason (@nationofreason) July 11, 2016
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