Former Major League Baseball pitcher Curt Schilling offered his thoughts on the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history Sunday.
Fifty people were killed and 53 others were wounded at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, early Sunday morning. Here is everything we know so far, via NPR.
This is the latest on the Orlando gay nightclub shooting. https://t.co/IRyHjFQT2a pic.twitter.com/EHYMceRDYi
— NPR (@NPR) June 12, 2016
Schilling, who sent out a series of tweets about gun control and Islam, was one of many athletes who reacted on Twitter to the shooting.
Before idiots start screaming dumb stuff, law abiding citizens NOT permitted CC on the property. Even those with a license
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
scary part? I just read the story, but I bet I can nail some facts. 1) Follower of Islam from birth OR converted 2) Has some history of
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
terrorist acts and/or talk 3) Was in possession of firearms illegally obtained 4) Liberals will turn this into another "need more guns laws"
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
AND "Please don't jump to conclusions about terrorists". While little to no mention of the 20+ deceased and their families. #RIP
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
Are you really that stupid or just pretending? Did that feel as ignorant to type as it was to read? #nocureforstupid
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
Given that wikipedia is full of crap, before liberals blame something other than the terrorist, try a fact on https://t.co/V04QURZe0D
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
Took me around 2 months to acquire my Florida CC license as an out of state applicant
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
Let's just say Assault Rifle even if it was "The shooter had an assault-type weapon, a handgun and "some type of (other) device on him."
— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) June 12, 2016
He also wrote a post on his blog 38 Pitches, which you can read here.
Schilling is no stranger to controversial comments, as he recently was fired by ESPN after he shared an anti-transgender meme on his Facebook page.
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