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David Hogg Gets Dragged After Bragging How Good of a Shot He Is

Gun control activist David Hogg likes to trot out every now and again that while he supports chipping away at the Second Amendment, he does like to shoot certain types of firearms because he grew up shooting.

On Thursday, Hogg tweeted about how nobody needed a magazine that holds more than ten rounds. How does he know? Well, according to him, he has "pretty tight grouping" at 20 yards with a rifle.

"If you need more than 10 rounds to hit something you need more range time or you need glasses, not a larger magazine. Hell, if you're that bad of a shot you're safer with a baseball bat because a gun will probably be turned on you," Hogg wrote. "Especially if you are shooting a rifle and you can't hit what you are aiming for in 10 rounds you need to check your sights, check your eye dominance, and/or improve trigger pull. 30 round mags are for two two things, war and people who don't know how to shoot."

Hogg then showed a picture of his "tight grouping," which by any objective measure is anything but. I'll give him credit that he actually hit paper but that is a low bar for a 7.62mm rifle...at 20 yards!

"For the record I wasn't using a bipod for this either. That's why I say this. I did this well with zero experience shooting semi auto rifles. Surely you can be a better shot than David Hogg," he added.

If there's one thing the gun community is good at, for better or for worse, is their ability to shred people a new one who claim to be experts on the subject, especially when it comes from someone who is actively trying to take their rights away. Replies to Hogg's post did not disappoint: 

"Liberals shoot guns too we just don’t fetishize it and make it our entire personality," Hogg said in response to the criticism.