Amber Athey | Media and Breaking News Editor
Newsweek writer Nina Burleigh claimed Saturday that almost every person she has heard of who owns an AR-15 rifle “has been a mass murderer.”
And “based on Twitter sample the rest of them are scarily paranoid,” Burleigh tweeted.
“Get on the right side of history,” she urged, tagging NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch and right-wing personality Joe Biggs, who are both outspoken supporters of the Second Amendment[1].
Almost every single person I’ve ever heard of with an AR-15 has been a mass murderer. Based on Twitter sample the rest of them are scarily paranoid. Get on the right side of history @DLoesch @Rambobiggs #gunsense https://t.co/rFtHFBpvLM[2][3][4][5]
— Nina Burleigh (@ninaburleigh) November 17, 2018[6]
AR-15 rifles were used in the Newtown school shooting[7], the Orlando nightclub shooting, the Aurora, Colorado shooting at a movie theater, and other mass shootings. An estimated 8 million to 15 million[8] people own AR-15s, making it the most popular rifle in America.
Burleigh’s tweet prompted scores of responses from people pointing out the popularity of the AR-15[9] and suggesting the Newsweek writer lives in a “bubble.”
The weirdest thing about gun grabbers is how open and proud they are of being as uninformed and ignorant as possible on the subjects of which they want to be seen as a voice of reason and authority
— Okubo the Cat (@Captain_Trips27) November 18, 2018[10]
This person writes for Newsweek lol https://t.co/sERc9G5Ocx
