Perhaps no further evidence is needed for the left’s illogical aversion to the Second Amendment than a recent tweet by ThinkProgress.
The political news blog and project of the Center for American Progress published an article Friday comparing guns to… romaine lettuce.
Romaine lettuce is too dangerous to be in stores, but guns are still available 24 hours per day https://t.co/Moza2NKtlF pic.twitter.com/UXRES0eX8E
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) November 24, 2018
“On Thanksgiving Day 2018, Americans couldn’t buy romaine lettuce because of a CDC recall linked to an E. Coli outbreak. But even though gun violence is so mundane that a shooting at a mall in Alabama Thursday evening barely made national news, guns were still freely available at stores like Walmart across the country,” Ryan Koronoswki wrote.
He cited the food safety alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday before launching into statistics on gun violence.
“Food safety is certainly an important thing to get right, but the number of Americans who die from foodborne illness every year — 3,000 according to the CDC — is dwarfed by the 30,000-plus annual fatalities caused by guns in America,” he wrote.
“There is no constitutional protection for any vegetable, much less lettuce,” Koronowski went on and later noted that “pathogens like E. coli, however, face no such resistance,” comparing the stand by the “gun industry and their conservative allies in government.”
New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor called out the ThinkProgress post as the “dumbest tweet ever.”
Quite possibly the dumbest Tweet ever… https://t.co/UjjPZLROK9
— Brad Thor (@BradThor) November 24, 2018
But Thor’s reaction was only one of many hilarious takes on the ridiculous comparison of guns and a vegetable.
Yes I am a big fan of the Salad Amendment https://t.co/uV5jDSco4D
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) November 24, 2018
There should definitely be background checks and mandatory ID to buy salad.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 24, 2018
i too support a strict regime of salad control in this country https://t.co/R2aHeAiaya
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 24, 2018
Close the coleslaw loophole NOW.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) November 24, 2018
I shall not rest until high-capacity bacon bits shakers are outlawed.
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) November 24, 2018
There is no constitutional right to bear salad.
— Razor (@hale_razor) November 24, 2018
No background checks for lettuce, no 10 day waiting periods, and nobody is forcing you to buy lettuce or give up the lettuce you bought.
— Resist Leftism (@wolfgar77) November 24, 2018
the “ar” in “ar-15” stands for arugula
— Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) November 24, 2018
So, vegans are more dangerous than gun owners?
— The Original E (@The_Original_E_) November 24, 2018
To think that any child could purchase a bag of lettuce anytime they wanted, without a background check. https://t.co/onG5H9RTqW
— Sam Valley (@SamValley) November 24, 2018
Using the word “think” in your publication’s name is pretty generous.
— Jessica Fletcher (@heckyessica) November 24, 2018
Not even worried about lettuce bc this tweet just killllllled me
????? https://t.co/ax4jtmf0AA— Sarah (@mamaswati) November 24, 2018
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