{"id":9963,"date":"2016-01-06T12:23:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T17:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=9963"},"modified":"2016-01-12T11:14:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T16:14:22","slug":"what-i-learned-from-pro-gun-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=9963","title":{"rendered":"What I Learned From Pro-Gun Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CW: gun violence, rape, pedophilia, Islamophobia, racism<\/b><\/p>\n

Yesterday, I posted a single sentence to Twitter:<\/p>\n

My child is more important than your gun.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I tweeted this to the tag\u00a0#StopGunViolence.<\/p>\n

Now, you’d assume that the above statement isn’t controversial, right? The life and rights of a human child should always be valued above the existence or ownership of an inanimate object. To suggest otherwise,\u2013unless we’re speaking of extremely extenuating hypothetical circumstances\u2013is monstrous.<\/p>\n

The following are responses I received.<\/p>\n

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Any one of my firearms is infinitely more important than your fee-fees. #StopGunViolence<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/YCFl1CMSvX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rev Prez (@revprez) January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

@Jenny_Trout<\/a> move to canada then hippy. Firearms are part of American life \u2014 Firewater Chief (@ChiefFireWater7) January 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n