‘F*cking embarrassment': Conservatives furious after Luke Skywalker actor supports gun control

[Lorien]

Source: Rawstory

Actor Mark Hamill got a lesson in right-wing fragility when he spoke out in favor of gun control in the wake of the murder of two TV journalists in Virginia on Wednesday.

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/636730969488146432

Hamill was referring to sweeping gun-safety laws that went into effect in Australia after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, in which one man armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed 35 people and injured dozens more in a single killing spree.

In the wake of that incident, the Australian government enacted the National Firearms Agreement, making automatic and semi-automatic rifles and pump-action shotguns illegal.

(snip)



Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/fcking-embarrassment-conservatives-furious-after-luke-skywalker-actor-supports-gun-control/

[shenmue]

1. Mark's pretty cool

[Mnemosyne]

2. Just imagine what a different country US would be without ego guns to worry about everywhere...nt

[whathehell]

6. +1,000

[SunSeeker]

3. Thank you, Mark Hamill. nt

[freshwest]

4. Need a photoshop of Luke Skywalker with Occupy's $$$ duct tape on his mouth. They want him to STFU.

Because that's what their outrage is actually communicating:

'We are the party of $$$. Say what we tell you to say.'

[Yallow]

5. 174 to 220 Billion A Year Guns Cost America

And it isn't the gun owners that have to pay the bills.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-12-21/shootings-costing-u-s-174-billion-show-burden-of-gun-violence

NRA: Leave No Child Unshot

[mikeysnot]

11. Privatized profit...

socialized costs.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

16. That's about the pricetag for Medicare for ALL! 2 trillion over a 10 year period.

[JackInGreen]

7. Less random or chancy than a blaster

A more elegant weapon for a more civilized time.
#jedirise

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Watch the Right-Wing call him a hypocrite because he's a known blaster enthusiast.

[zazen]

9. every time I lower my estimate of right-wing intelligence, I learn I haven't gone far enough

[Loki]

10. I've had to go to negative numbers.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

12. It takes a good guy with a lightsaber... nt

[n2doc]

13. Gun worshippers are a effin' embarrassment to Humanity n/t

[backscatter712]

14. Mark needs to respond to the teabaggers with his Joker voice.

For those who don't know, Mark Hamill voiced the Joker in the Batman Animated Series and quite a few other works.

My suggested response:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[muntrv]

15. The stupid is strong with them.

[razorman]

17. They were surprised? What did they expect? He's a Hollywood actor.