The comments in this tweet from Morgan Freeman are literally everything wrong with America.

[Initech]

Link to tweet

The gun nuts are in denial, delusional, and dangerous. They really think the only solution to a gun problem is more guns. It's fucking scary.

[Pachamama]

1. Are these numbers factual? Too bad it's not from the actor Morgan Freeman...

…then it would be the word of God….

[KS Toronado]

12. Pretty close to actual numbers.

[Midnight Writer]

2. I notice a lot of identical wording in the comments.

Are these bots, or coordinated responses, or are they just RW rhetoric being parroted?

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Take the username and run it through botsentinal.com, if a bot, post the B.S. link to that tweet.

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https://botsentinel.com

On the right click on Analyze Account & paste the Twitter Handle.

If it says it's a bot, post the link that will be generated to show it's a bot to that tweet.


That account will be taken down the same day.

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[oldsoftie]

5. Didnt know that existed. thank you for telling us!

[Bev54]

4. I don't think the gun nuts are in denial, it is the politicians that are

they could fix this immediately but choose not to only because the nuts are their supporters. It is really past time that the citizens rise up and make it happen. I cannot understand why people have not done this years ago.

[erronis]

6. I don't think the politicians are delusional - they know exactly where this leads.

(un)Fortunately this will also lead to mayhem and murder that could well include their (the politicians) friends and family if they have any.

They've not understood what every civilized country has before: unfettered access to weapons of death will prove deadly.

Since the US has allowed so many weapons of lethality to be distributed it will be hard/impossible to put back in the bottle.

And the types of weapons will increase and be far more deadly and indiscriminate. No sense criminalizing ghost guns, sawed-off shotguns, bump stocks, laser weapons, anti-tank or worse weapons.

Who is actually going to turn the US back into a peaceful country?

[Bev54]

10. I don't think politicians are delusional, as I said their supporters are nuts.

They make the calculated decision to not deal with this because there has been no consequences in elections when they do not. It is time to make consequences if citizens would just get the hell out and vote them all out.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. I am curious. I want gun control just as much as any person.

I do not own one and haven't for a long time. But, pray tell, how could politicians FIX this immediately?

[Bev54]

11. They pass gun reform immediately. Put restrictions in place, they do not deal with

it because nobody forces them to, even though 80% of the population can put in gun control. If somebody would just get started and keep it up with new weapons and get people used to it. Then they will accept new controls. It will take a generation to change that ridiculous mindset that I should have a gun and can use it when I want. I am Canadian and we shake our heads at how useless your politicians are to do something at all. The mindset needs to change and new laws put in place.

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. The quote was "The United States has 4% of the world's population and 50% of the world's guns."

My question stands. What are politicians going to IMMEDIATELY do to remove that 50% number. That genie is out of the bottle. I do believe that our politicians should set new constraints on weapons of mass destruction. I do believe that a person's ability to purchase a gun should be greatly restricted. More stringent checks must be enabled.
However, none of these things do anything about the millions of guns already in homes. One thing I want to see immediately is for guns to STAY in the home and stop with these ridiculous carry laws.

[Bev54]

17. Well when we put gun restrictions in here, they had a buy back program for any banned guns

They also have a volunteer program that at any time people can hand in weapons instead of selling. We did that when my Dad passed, he had a few hunting rifles, none of us in the family were interested, they were handed in and destroyed. It can be done.

[erronis]

8. Please read Anne Nelson's "Shadow Network" to see how the NRA was used by money/policitians.

https://www.npr.org/2019/10/29/774133071/shadow-network-offers-a-lesson-on-the-american-rights-mastery-of-politics

There's a lot of cross-feeding between the RW/libertarian filthy-rich capitalists, RW radio and networks, the fundamentalist churches, the repuglicons, and various groups such as the NRA.

It's a very controlled network of money handling and propaganda. Lots of money made of a bunch of rubes. Leaving democracy in real danger.

[FakeNoose]

14. Thanks for the tip - I've added it to my list

... my very lo-o-o-ong list of books to read.

Hopefully I'll get to it this year, but there are so many new books out!

[CatWoman]

9. I'm in Twitter jail right now

[erronis]

13. Kudos to you! That's a badge of honor.

Fusk Muck - if his childish antics let him get his way.

[Rhiannon12866]

18. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[llashram]

19. 300-million

guns in private hands in America. That also is terrifying to me.