PS Santa, please bring ammo: Picture proves what’s wrong with America

An American politician has been blasted over a photo posted on social media which shows his heavily armed family just days after a school shooting.

An American politician has been blasted after posting a Christmas card style with his heavily armed family just days after four teenagers were killed in a school shooting.

An American politician has been blasted after posting a Christmas card style with his heavily armed family just days after four teenagers were killed in a school shooting.

Republican Thomas Massie posted the picture of his family on social media early on Sunday morning. The caption read: “Merry Christmas. PS. Santa, please bring ammo”.

It comes as America’s gun debate starts to swirl again after 15-year-old Ethan Crumbley allegedly shot more than half a dozen people at a school in Michigan.

Republican Thomas Massie posted the picture of his family on social media early on Sunday morning. The caption read: “Merry Christmas. PS. Santa, please bring ammo”. Picture: Twitter.

Four teens were killed in the shooting and Crumbley’s parents are now facing charges related to the shooting.

Many commentators quickly linked Mr Massie’s photo to the recent killings.

“Wow, this week that is exceptionally heartless. Mindless. Just devoid of any soul. Do the ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’ folk see Jesus here?” one person wrote.

“4 families lost children to a gun Christmas present, either insensitive or stupid?” another added.

“All you need is Jesus holding his weapon of choice to complete this lovely scene,” a third said.

Michigan shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley. Picture: AFP.

The politician has not yet made it clear why he posted the photo but has previously been outspoken on Americans’ right to bear arms.

Mr Massie was elected to Congress in November 2012. He is a representative of Kentucky’s fourth district.

He made a name for himself while studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 90s where he developed a type of touch screen technology -earning him millions.

Jennifer and James Crumbley of Oxford, Michigan. Picture: AFP.

The father-of-four supports stereotypical republican policies including anti-abortion, the right to bear arms and Donald Trump’s wall.

Despite his support for Mr Trump while he was in office, Mr Massie was blasted by the then-president for trying to support a two-trillion-dollar Covid support package.

“Looks like a third rate Grandstander named @RepThomasMassie, a Congressman from, unfortunately, a truly GREAT state, Kentucky, wants to vote against the new Save Our Workers Bill in Congress,” Trump tweeted early Friday.