Congressman Massie Posts Christmas Gun Photo Days After School Shooting

Kentucky GOP Congressman Thomas Massie is facing backlash over a Christmas photo he shared of his family holding military-style rifles just days after a shooting that claimed the lives of four teenagers in the state of Michigan.

Massie posted the picture on Twitter saying: “Merry Christmas! ps. Santa, please bring ammo”.

Families affected by America’s gun violence accused Massie of being “tone deaf” and a “monster.”

Many branded the post “insensitive” as it comes less than a week after four students were tragically killed when Ethan Crumbley, 15, allegedly opened fire at a high school in Michigan.

Seven other people were injured in the shooting near Detroit on Tuesday. The parents of the accused have pleaded not guilty to four counts of manslaughter.

Ethan has been charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism. He is currently in custody and has also pleaded not guilty.

Fred Guttenberg, who has been campaigning against gun violence in the US since his 14-year-old daughter was killed in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018, responded to the post by sharing a picture of his child and her grave.

“[S]ince we are sharing family photos, here are mine,” Guttenberg tweeted. “One is the last photo that I ever took of Jaime, the other is where she is buried because of the Parkland school shooting.”

“The Michigan school shooter and his family used to take photos like yours as well,” he added.

John Yarmuth, Kentucky’s Democratic representative, responded to Massie’s post saying: “I’m old enough to remember Republicans screaming that it was insensitive to try to protect people from gun violence after a tragedy.”

He then added: “I promise not everyone in Kentucky is an insensitive a**hole.”

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