Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy group on Monday planned to seize on the anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan as an opportunity to criticize a popular gun-rights slogan.
Everytown for Gun Safety gave TPM an early look at the image they planned to host on social media:
The group focused on one of National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre’s favorite talking points by determining just how many people in the vicinity were armed when the former President was shot by John Hinckley, Jr. in 1981.
LaPierre has responded to high-profile shootings, including the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, with some variation of “the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
As Everytown determined with help from the Reagan Library, five of the people surrounding Reagan when he was shot were carrying guns when the assassination attempt occurred.