GOP Lawmaker Defends 5 Year Old Holding Pistol In Christmas Photo: He’s Seen NRA Training Cartoons

Nevada state lawmaker and candidate for the U.S. House Michele Fiore is back after being lambasted for her Christmas photo.

Last week Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore posted her family’s Christmas card, showing everyone decked in red shirts, and holding guns – even her 5-year old grandson.

Fiore says she’s received “the most vile and insulting comments” she has ever read, and went on Fox News Monday morning to defend her decision to include guns in the photo, and to allow her 5-year old grandson to hold one.

“What’s their point,” Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocey asked, wanting Fiore to explain the negative comments, “they just don’t like that you’ve mixed Christmas with the Second Amendment?”

Fiore responded, “I really don’t know.”

“Christmas is a family affair,” Fiore said. “I think getting a firearm as a present and giving firearms as presents is a great present. And I think, again, because Christmas is a family affair, I think our ultimate responsibility is to protect and make sure our family is safe.”

Doocey then pointed out her 5-year old grandson is holding a pistol. 

“He actually has a Walther P22, my grandson Jake,” Fiore said, “and number one, that gun is unloaded, and number two, Jake is quite familiar with Eddie the Eagle, which is an NRA gun safety program for children.”

Fiore noted that “just last night” she asked her grandson about Eddie the Eagle, and he was able to sing the character’s songs.

“He’s got it,” she said, claiming that because he’s familiar with the songs he’s fully trained on firearms. “He’s got it.”

No mention of the fact that other children who haven’t had any training might see the photo and want to imitate him.

“If you look real close, you’ll see that his finger is not on the trigger,” Fiore added. “That five-year-old grandson of mine has total trigger control.”

 

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Image: Screenshot via Fox News
Hat tip: David Edwards at Raw Story