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Anti-Gun Activist Calls Out NRA For Annapolis Shooting Less Than Two Hours After Shots First Reported

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A prominent anti-gun crusader called out the National Rifle Association less than two hours after an active shooter was first reported at an Annapolis newsroom.

Five people were reported dead at the Capital Gazette building, and multiple more were injured.

Moms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts used the tragedy in an attempt to debunk a tweet the NRA put out earlier in the day.

“An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man is a subject,” the NRA tweeted, which included a 17 second montage of newspaper headlines illustrating times that firearms deterred crime or saved lives.

Today an armed citizen killed unarmed “subjects” in their workplace in Annapolis. See how that works, @NRA? https://t.co/8J4PGu1q7z

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 28, 2018

Watts replied hours later, tweeting “Today an armed citizen killed unarmed ‘subjects’ in their workplace in Annapolis. See how that works, @NRA?”

At the time of the response, much information had not been released about the incident, including the shooter’s motivation.

She also used the tragedy to promulgate her anti-gun agenda by encouraging action.

Please remember that the Annapolis tragedy is not normal. It is not normal to be gunned down at work. At school. In nightclubs. In our places of worship. In theaters. At college. In our communities. Yet it happens every day in America.

We don’t have to live this way… ACT.

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) June 28, 2018

Watts is an avid NRA critic. She frequently tweets to or about the gun rights organization.

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