Making sure the anti-gun message got out before the bodies had been removed from First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, the usual anti-gun rights suspects jumped on Twitter to call for the passage of new gun control laws.
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal tweeted that more restrictions on Americans’ right to keep and bear arms are needed while being sure to use the new preferred term of art for gun control that’s currently favored by the Civilian Disarmament Industrial Complex.
Enough is enough. Now is the time for commonsense gun violence prevention steps. Congressional complicity must end.
— Richard Blumenthal (@SenBlumenthal) November 5, 2017
Shannon Watts is on board with the latest terminology, too:
The CSGV made sure to point out that Texas Governor Greg Abbott has a sense of humor.
Texas Governor @GregAbbott_TX joked about shooting reporters at a gun range photo op last May. #SutherlandSprings
— CSGV (@CSGV) November 5, 2017
And they’ve concluded that the Sutherland Springs church shooting is somehow related to the Fort Hood massacre…even before the shooter’s name has been released or any information about his motive is known.
8 years ago today Texas had the #forthood shooting – the only American shooting to get a sequel – today they have the #sutherlandshooting.
— CSGV (@CSGV) November 5, 2017
And no mass shooting these days is complete without the brightest minds in the entertainment industry weighing in as well.
Innocent people go to church on Sunday to honor their God, and while doing so, get shot in killed. What country? America. Why? Republicans.
— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) November 5, 2017
Mass carnage in Sutherland Springs.
We can do better than this.
The idea of zero new gun safety laws isn’t just idiotic it’s murderous.— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) November 5, 2017
CONGRESS- the Horror of #SutherlandSprings is on YOU. BAN #gunstocks NOW. Las Vegas was basically Yesterday! Shameful, complicit,no excuses.
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) November 5, 2017
The @NRA is a terrorist group who control congress with $$$. Nothing will change until that stops.
#Orlando #Vegas & #SutherlandSprings https://t.co/7rAbJTyEKK
— Lenny Jacobson (@Lennyjacobson) November 5, 2017