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Liam O'Dell
Jul 04, 2022
Copenhagen shooting: What do we know about Sunday's shopping centre attack?
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After a gunman killed three people and left three others in a critical condition when he opened fire in a Copenhagen shopping centre on Sunday, some US Republicans have done the reprehensible and politicised the tragedy.
It is illegal for members of the public to possess a firearm in Denmark, with the exception of individuals who hold hunting licenses. Yet this shooting hasn’t stopped American politicians from trying to score points on gun policy – just over a month after 19 schoolchildren and two teachers were shot dead in Uvalde, Texas.
Texas congressional candidate Irene Armendariz-Jackson wrote on Twitter: “A shooting at a mall in Copenhagen, where guns are practically impossible to own for the general public, disproves every single Leftist talking point on guns.”
Lavern Spicer, a Republican congressional candidate for Florida, added: “Shooting in Copenhagen, Denmark, where guns are BANNED? Oooooh child I can’t wait for the Left to explain how that happened!
“My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims. I truly hate gun violence and I hate the evil people who wish to disarm the general public and keep them unsafe.”
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Thankfully, other Twitter users were quick to condemn the pair’s comments on the Denmark shooting, and point out flaws in their argument – namely that the last attack in the country was back in 2015, which is a larger gap in comparison to the scale of shootings in America.
\u201c@ArmendarizDis16 \u201cSee, strict gun laws, don\u2019t do anything!\u201d unaware of the fact that Denmark\u2019s last mass shooting was 7 years ago, and is the ONLY shooting in Denmark\u2019s history which resulted in deaths (2).\u201d— Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress (@Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress) 1656875723
\u201c@ArmendarizDis16 Stop with the republican gun agenda. This is the first shooting so many years at a public place like that, that everyone is shocked. Gun laws work. I live here i know what im talking about\u201d— Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress (@Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress) 1656875723
\u201c@ArmendarizDis16 7 mass shootings in America in past 3 days\u201d— Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress (@Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress) 1656875723
\u201c@ArmendarizDis16 the difference is that this is a rarity in most of eu and an everyday occurence in america\u201d— Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress (@Irene Armendariz-Jackson For Congress) 1656875723
\u201c@lavern_spicer Quite tastefull to politicize this right away. But sure I'll bite.\nNo one expects that banning guns will prevent shootings with 100% certainty. But I would like you to look at the frequenzy that they happen and concentrate on that.\u201d— Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1656874950
\u201c@lavern_spicer First shooting since 2015 but agendas/propaganda must run \ud83e\udd37\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u201d— Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1656874950
\u201c@lavern_spicer Two in a century.\n\nStop taking glee over suffering.\u201d— Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Lavern Spicer\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1656874950
\u201cAs a member of the Danish Parliament, I\u2019m totally chocked about the lack of empathy in this tweet. And you want to be a public elected politician? It tells everything about the political situation in US. Shame on you. #dkpol\u201d— Uffe Elb\u00e6k (@Uffe Elb\u00e6k) 1656921514
\u201cNumber of Homicides reported in Denmark in 2021: 39\n\nNumber of SHOOTING DEATHS in America: 20,726\u201d— \ud83d\udc80DeathMetalViking\ud83d\udc80 (@\ud83d\udc80DeathMetalViking\ud83d\udc80) 1656899819
\u201cYou\u2019re not too bright.\u201d— Ashley Reese (@Ashley Reese) 1656888244
These Republicans have no shame.
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