Several conservative media figures slammed Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhat Senate Republicans have said about election-year Supreme Court vacancies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Trump carries on with rally, unaware of Ginsburg's death MORE on Monday after the 2016 Democratic nominee asked her Twitter followers to "imagine the deaths in Las Vegas if the shooter had a silencer."

"The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get,” Clinton tweeted to her 18.6 million followers.

“Our grief isn't enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again," she said in another tweet.

The crowd fled at the sound of gunshots.



Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer, which the NRA wants to make easier to get. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017

Our grief isn't enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 2, 2017

Some media members on the right quickly slammed Clinton for the comments, particularly her mention of a silencer being used on the automatic rifle.

Hillary's tweet on "silencers" is based in abject IGNORANCE--a silencer on an AR-15 doesn't "silence" & would degrade the barrel. — Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) October 2, 2017

Firing full auto causes silencers to melt. Do research before you tweet misinformation in the middle of a crisis. Thank God you lost https://t.co/V4PibVnbvj — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) October 2, 2017

Suppressors only reduce by a few decibels, still same decibel level as a jackhammer. https://t.co/aj0AvJMZwv — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 2, 2017

Appallingly stupid, and entirely irrelevant, Mrs Clinton



She knows nothing about firearms,

and even worse, she doesn't care. https://t.co/SA2dfdTax4 — Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) October 2, 2017

The NRA? People are in surgery & dying & families aren't sure if loved ones have survived. Don't politicize this you heartless hack! https://t.co/aBaZ2RvHOe — Kennedy (@KennedyNation) October 2, 2017

This disgraceful woman is already politicizing the #LasVegas tragedy. Another reminder of how unfit she would have been as @POTUS. https://t.co/uzaRcQVFB7 — David Wohl (@DavidWohl) October 2, 2017

what a tone-deaf political hackhttps://t.co/iiN4J7bGzg — Rich Lowry (@RichLowry) October 2, 2017

You are a horrible person. https://t.co/sHAFsZeL1n — Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) October 2, 2017

Clinton's tweet came just hours after the mass shooting, which resulted in the deaths of at least 58 people. More than 500 others were wounded at the outdoor country music festival.

President Trump said Monday afternoon he will visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. He will go to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico on Tuesday.