Lauren Boebert ridiculed for making the worst gun control comparison ever

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) tried to attack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for calling for laws to reduce gun violence in the wake of the latest school shooting in the U.S. that left 19 children dead, but instead she’s the one getting mocked for a bizarre comparison she made.

Referring to the Congresswoman from New York as “Sandy Cortez” – a name conservatives use to make fun of her – Boebert complained about how Democrats want to make it harder to own a gun in the wake of the shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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“When 9/11 happened, we didn’t ban planes,” Boebert said on Fox News. “We secured the cockpits.”

Boebert: When 9/11 happened, we didn’t ban planes pic.twitter.com/nvWUBz8KNO

— Acyn (@Acyn) May 27, 2022

Boebert apparently didn’t realize that planes, airports, and air travel are highly regulated, with fairly onerous rules that can get passengers banned from flying if they don’t follow them, rules that aren’t imposed on gun ownership in the U.S. Nor did she seem to remember that flights were in fact suspended in the U.S. and Canada in the days following the attacks.

People on social media mocked Boebert.

There are so many things wrong with this, but I'll key in on this: airport security has gotten so much tighter since 9/11. I can't even wear shoes going through security anymore. When a few planes killed a bunch of people we made air travel safer. Why can't we do that with guns? https://t.co/bw0rhRHmVU

— Sam Quinn (@SamQuinnCBS) May 27, 2022

When 9/11 happened and nearly 3,000 people died, and LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER we created an entire government agency in response, a agency that requires us to show government-issued ID, get screened with full body scanners, etc.

That many people die from guns every 25 days. https://t.co/l1re4pejJg

— ➖Dustin Miller➖💙💛 (@spdustin) May 27, 2022

Water. You can not take a factory-sealed bottle of water through airport security anymore.

— 🌻Girl Geek for Ukranian Independence (@girlgeek_rva) May 27, 2022

To FLY a plane, you need to be trained, certified and licensed – unless you are a hijacker.

So, she is proposing that possession of guns must require training, certification & licensure, or else you can be arrested on sight as a terrorist threat who has committed an illegal act.

— David Reiss, M.D. (@DMRDynamics) May 27, 2022

Yeah I can’t think of anything that changed with air travel or at airports after 9/11. 🙄

— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) May 27, 2022

Planes aren't designed to kill people.

— Pé🌻 (@4everNeverTrump) May 27, 2022

Actually, when exactly two Boeing 737 Max planes crashed, they were banned. Worldwide. Until they could prove that it wouldn't happen again.

And you can certainly bet that if there were a plane crash every month, we'd have long banned planes before y2k.

— Lee Crawford (@Vampire337) May 27, 2022

When Richard Reid attempted to blow up a plane with a liquid, guess what we did in response?

WE BANNED LIQUID ON PLANES

— @WorldsMostHumble (@WorldsMostHumb1) May 27, 2022

We're still taking off our shoes at the airport after one failed shoe bombing attempt

— Mike Dragich He/Him/His (@MIke_Dragich) May 27, 2022

We didn't ban planes, but we sure as hell suspended ALL flights. pic.twitter.com/34Xlf4Qtvi

— Nancy is over educated (@reader2105) May 27, 2022

Yeah, nothing changed at all, no TSA, no Patriot Act, no airport security, no, nothing at all

— Dr. Ohm 🇺🇲🌊🇺🇦 (@HereToRebuild) May 27, 2022

I’m so sick of this moronic logic. Planes weren’t designed to kill. The AR-15 has one purpose and one purpose only. The kill and maim as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time. #BringBackTheAssaultWeaponsBan pic.twitter.com/TJHoYKCRt2

— Kal – Fear a party that fears your vote. (@TruthJustis4USA) May 27, 2022

pic.twitter.com/BTplh9W3QX

— Jan202021 (@Dixie202021) May 27, 2022

Yeah because anybody can just go to the plane store and buy a 747 passenger airplane.

— Francisco ∞ (@FranciscoT_) May 27, 2022

I guess the GED doesn’t require one to study analogies like the SAT.

— Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) May 27, 2022

"I am calling for a full forensic audit of Lauren Boebert’s GED exam."
–Ron Filipkowski

— QuoteDigger (@QuoteDigging) May 27, 2022

Planes are not the number one cause of pediatric & adolescent deaths in the US. Guns are. If she had better than an eighth grade education she might know this.

— FierceMom (@MichelleM93432) May 27, 2022

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story said that the shooting occurred in Ulvade, Texas. We regret the error.

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