We do our best not to pick on Twitter “randos” and stick to the politicians and blue-check comedy writers no one’s heard of, but there are those tweets that either go viral or are so jaw-droppingly wrong we can’t help but write about them. Our story starts with a post by Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

The number of hunting licenses sold in the United States last year was greater than the ten biggest armies in the world combined. Politicians considering gun confiscation (aka mandatory buybacks) should chew on that. — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) September 14, 2019

But when you hunt you use those rifles that are made of wood that are less scary-looking than assault weapons with their grenade launchers and chainsaw bayonets.

You can hunt without AR-15s, mon chère. https://t.co/sb8m6eZCa2 — Schuyler Smith (@schuylerannemac) September 14, 2019

Even better … you can hunt with an AR-15, which is perfectly legal to own and use. It’s up to you … and still will be in 2021.

OK, here’s where we get to the tweet where we feel like we should black out the name and set up an immediate intervention by Stephen Gutowski.

Here is the thing… I don't think you could even eat the meat of an animal killed with a semi automatic weapon. It would be so full of shrapnel. #Beto2020 #nomorefear https://t.co/Bxd98ZW4rE — TexasMomsforBeto! (@texlynnforever) September 14, 2019

An animal … killed with a semi-automatic weapon … would be too full of shrapnel to eat.

Oh god poor animal — Schuyler Smith (@schuylerannemac) September 14, 2019

Oh JFC. ???? — ?Duchess of Football AnnaD? (@AnnaDsays) September 15, 2019

Most common “hunting” rifles for whitetail deer are 30-06 Springfield, .308 Win. 270 Win. etc. Most AR-15’s fire a 5.56mm NATO which is significantly less powerful than the first rounds mentioned. I can paste a link of the ballistics charts if you’d like. — Steven Sturgill (@StevenSturgill3) September 14, 2019

We don’t think that’s going to help.

It is wise to do research before saying silly things. — John Sweeney (@johnsweeney15) September 14, 2019

Only if you use the Semtex-tipped mega nuke rounds. — CITIZEN//ULTRAVIOLET (@ITMCitizen) September 14, 2019

Yea cuz when I’m hunting deer I like to hit em with grenade launchers — Whiskey Silver (@BirdTalk16) September 14, 2019

This is true. When I hunt, I rely solely upon air strikes and artillery. Silly libs. — QuizzicalRepub (@QuizzicalRepub) September 15, 2019

Land of Goshen, woman. The majority of hunting guns are semiautomatic. Just because you have the capacity for a follow-up shot doesn’t mean you’re going hog wild filling a deer with lead. — Edward (@Savvy_Opinion) September 14, 2019

You clearly have no understanding of rounds, and their ballistics. The only rounds in public use that even explode so to say are hollow points, and hydra shocks. Both of which I have in my home defense tools. 5.56 rounds tumble once in the body to damage organs but not always — Ivan Focugyes (@IFocugyes) September 14, 2019

Jesus what did you shoot and with what gun and more importantly what rounds pic.twitter.com/KYGKpSBGvu — ❤️ Jayvie ❤️ (@OneFineJay) September 15, 2019

LOL Nice try. — Milo Stone (@GooberGabbing) September 15, 2019

Where is this "shrapnel" coming from? — Adeptus Trashmechanicus (@BrainMechanical) September 14, 2019

The shotgun shells that can't be shot out of an AR-15, of course. — ᴰᴬᵛᴵᴰ ᴳᴿᴬᵛᵞ ?? (@spirit_llama) September 14, 2019

Because when hunting with an AR it is best to shoot the animal 30-40 times — Ken McNeill (@KennyMac1550) September 14, 2019

Obviously you’ve never hunted. Have you ever cleaned a deer, hog or turkey? — Lokipedia my pronoun is My Lord and Sayter (@Lyesmyth) September 14, 2019

Where did you get this idea? — Christian Larsen (@motoraderGP) September 14, 2019

What? You've never hunted, obviously. — Vern Demerest (@TxAv8r) September 14, 2019

JFC delete this tweet. — PopeBBPH IV (@BBPHthefourth) September 14, 2019

Whatever happened to researching a topic you know about before making claims that are not true? — Coquette Humphrey (@CoquetteHumphr2) September 14, 2019

This is a parody account right? — john donaldson (@showme1176) September 14, 2019

You've never seen a gun before, have you. — Dead Agent (@Recursion_Agent) September 14, 2019

And Democrats seem so shocked that we want to pin them down on a definition of “assault weapon” before they start writing their confiscation executive orders.

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