![]() “When I read that these young ladies were being attacked from … across the nation, and if this is going global, I want to defend and stand up for their rights and express their belief,” Lucas said. He said he had not removed them because he cannot monitor and respond to everything that gets posted. ![]() Some comments targeting the students were left on Lucas’ personal Facebook page. I’m gonna buy another carry gun today just to spite these red shirt pieces of shit women.” They are driven by emotion, not reason.” Another said, “Bitch, no one gives a f*** about how you feel. One X user posted, “These weak, sunken-chested, frappuccino drinking beta people are impervious to logic and why arguing with them is a waste of time. Some targeted the minors particularly for discussing their emotions around the topic. The video drew negative comments from both sides of the debate online. She added that Moms Demand Action advocates for “gun sense” by promoting bills like House Bill 1325, which would require those caring for dependents to securely store loaded firearms, and House Bill 1318, which would create a tax credit for those who purchase safe firearm storage items. He’s trying to normalize guns everywhere and trying to force it onto people who don’t want to carry a gun.” But what we’re against, in general, is the normalization of guns everywhere, and that’s a cultural thing,” Chester said. Julia Chester, Indiana Moms Demand Action co-chapter leader, responded to news of Lucas’ offer by restating that her organization is not anti-gun. It’s all trial and error-if it doesn’t help? We’ll pass a new one.” Some of the laws we have mentioned will help this. If you want to carry a gun, more power to you, but just because I don’t doesn’t mean my life should be in jeopardy. People who don’t want to have guns should be able to live with people who do, that’s my point. I don’t fear them just because they are guns,” Fivecoats said. It’s not that I’m scared of guns because I don’t know how to use them. The video of the conversation, which ended abruptly with Lucas walking away, led to nationwide media attention from The Washington Post to AP News, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair and even a Turkish news site.įivecoats said she appreciated Lucas’ respectfulness and his offer of a gun safety course, but she isn’t interested in taking him up on his offer. ![]() During the interaction, Lucas lifted his jacket and showed the handgun he had holstered at his side. He asked them to step out, and they engaged in a passionate debate about gun laws, gun safety and school shootings. They, along with groups of students from across Indiana, attended an Advocacy Day in January hosted by Moms Demand Action to listen to speeches and meet with lawmakers.Īs the Burris group was leaving, Lucas started a conversation in an elevator. Makynna Fivecoats, 17, who recorded the video, and Alana Trissel, 18, who can be seen in the video, both attend Burris Laboratory School in Muncie. I don’t think that there’s anything that could do that better than this.” The girls mentioned they’re focused on how to continue to advocate for gun safety. “I’ve made arrangements for those young ladies and their immediate families to take a free firearm safety course, taught by a certified female firearms instructor at a facility in their hometown of Muncie,” Lucas said.
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