Journalism Prof Placed On Leave After Anti-NRA Tweet

[Purveyor]

Source: AP

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A University of Kansas journalism professor was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday for a tweet he wrote about the Navy Yard shootings which said, "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters."

David W. Guth, an associate professor of journalism, made the comment on Twitter after Monday's shootings in Washington, D.C., in which 13 people died, including the gunman. The tweet didn't attract much attention until Campus Reform.org posted a story Thursday, sparking a social media backlash that's spilled over into some state lawmakers calling for his dismissal.

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Kansas Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce, R-Hutchinson, said Thursday he was "appalled" by the tweet and called for the university to remove from Guth from the faculty.

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Bruce has received $2,500 in campaign contributions from the NRA since 2004, including $750 in 2012, according to the online database maintained by the state Governmental Ethics Commission. Hildabrand received a $500 contribution last year from the Kansas State Rifle Association.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/journalism-prof-placed-leave-after-anti-nra-tweet-4B11222083

[Uncle Joe]

1. This is the part that got him in trouble.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A University of Kansas journalism professor was placed on indefinite administrative leave Friday for a tweet he wrote about the Navy Yard shootings which said, "blood is on the hands of the #NRA. Next time, let it be YOUR sons and daughters."

If he had just tweeted "blood is on the hands of the NRA" I don't believe he would've been suspended.

Thanks for the thread, Purveyor.

[Fawke Em]

2. Bruce is apparently appalled by the First Amendment but enriched by the Second.

[Dr. Strange]

3. He was defending it for a while.

But he's finally deleted his twitter account.