Amanda Marcotte is very concerned knowing that so many people out there are carrying around guns, and referenced a story about a man who was spotted with a gun in a bank:

http://t.co/83KTVqInyT You assholes carrying guns everywhere are just making things scary for no good reason for everyone else. — Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) September 18, 2013

A tweeter tried to point out to Marcotte how often she’s probably around people with guns and doesn’t even know it:

I feel safe walking downtown at night, and I'd feel SAFER with my gun with me. Why? Because I control my safety. @bfwriter @AmandaMarcotte — Casey Kim (@caseykim12) September 18, 2013

Also, it doesn’t appear that Marcotte read the entire story she linked, because the person she used in this example of “scary assholes with guns” turned out to be a police officer:

.@AmandaMarcotte "Police arrived on the scene and determined that the suspicious man was a law enforcement official…" — Tim Shutters (@TimShutters) September 18, 2013

@AmandaMarcotte Not sure why that would cause you to call a cop an "asshole" for carrying off duty when his job may compel him to do so. — Tim Shutters (@TimShutters) September 18, 2013

Because guns!