Bette Midler: If not for the gun, Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman would both be alive

This afternoon, singer/actress Bette Midler used the George Zimmerman trial as an opportunity to bash guns:

We’ll never know what happened that night btwn Zimmerman & Martin. We do know if there hadn’t been a gun, they’d both be alive to tell us.

— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) July 13, 2013

Many Twitter users, including several fans, didn’t agree.

@BetteMidler Not neccesarily!!! People kill everyday without a gun!!!

— Diane Theobald (@PKLady22) July 13, 2013

@BetteMidler Wrong Bette, fists kill people too

— Silverado Compliance Solutions (@Firezin) July 13, 2013

https://twitter.com/Wojciehowicz/status/356175863064174593

@BetteMidler if GZ didn't have a gun & was so intent he could've ran over TM. & IF TM was intent he could've bashed his head in, w/out guns.

— Trailer Trash Momma (@tralrtrshmomma) July 13, 2013

@bettemidler Not if TM delivered one more fatal blow to GZ's head using concrete.

— TRUTH SEEKER (@abbasgirl68) July 13, 2013

https://twitter.com/cobb_jon/status/356168109058572292

https://twitter.com/mw1005/status/356167186278121473

@BetteMidler not necessarily… Sorry.
People get beaten to death all the time. Nice try though

— trey robison (@trey_robison) July 13, 2013

https://twitter.com/CycleMomFL/status/356166994766217216

It seems Bette is no better at logic than she is at climatology.

Editor’s note: We have edited the headline for clarity.