Moms who want to keep their kids safe from gun violence don’t deserve this.


A group of male GOP New Hampshire lawmakers wore pearls during a hearing on gun control legislation, sparking accusations that they were being sexist. Bill sponsor Rep. Debra Altschiller calls it “incredibly disrespectful and troubling.”




Is that really the smartest court of action? We need to persuade people that we’re right to be against gun control, not just simply “destroy” gun control advocates…

OK, so we’ve been informed by various people in the comments that the media was LYING about this entire episode. I’m not surprised.
I want to say that I really made an honest effort to try to get the “other side” of this when I read the story – I noticed that they didn’t have ANY statement from the legislators they were making assumptions about.
I didn’t find a thing.
So, I apologize for drawing a mistaken conclusion based on faulty reporting, but in my defense, there wasn’t much pushback out there that I could find.
Here’s the issue – Republicans weren’t mocking gun control advocates, they were wearing pearls in support of the Women’s Defense League:


That’s pretty dishonest of the media to run with this based purely on Shannon Watts’ words without seeking an explanation from the lawmakers she smeared. I apologize that we drew that same conclusion.

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