It didn't take long for at least one Hollywood actor to turn to gun control this morning. With details about the Washington Navy Yard shooting still widely unknown, "Happy Days" actor Henry Winkler wasted no time in making a sarcastic statement about the event -- and gun control -- on his official Twitter account.
"Happy Days" actor Henry Winkler (Photo Credit: Getty Images for CCTA)
"ANOTHER shooting in WASH D.C.," he wrote. "PLEASE America do nothing to promote gun control because that's how we roll until we have all shot each other."
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The curious comment sparked an array of responses. From agreement to people lambasting Winker's quip as "ignorant," the sentiment was certainly diverse (for updates about the shooting, go here).
Here are some of the initial responses to the actor's tweet:
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Winkler wasn't alone in his response, of course. Alexey Pushkov, Russia's nation’s parliamentary foreign affairs chief, also issued offensive commentary about the shooting. Using his own brand of sarcasm to try and knock down the notion of American exceptionalism (the idea that the U.S. was uniquely created), Pushkow pointed to this morning’s tragic rampage.
“A new shootout at Navy headquarters in Washington – a lone gunman and 7 corpses,” he wrote on his Twitter account. “Nobody’s even surprised anymore. A clear confirmation of ‘American exceptionalism.’”
Conservative commentator David Frum also launched into a series of tweets this morning about the shooting and conservatives' views on gun control:
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