David Hogg Pushes Gun Control with Video of Loud Noise That Was Not a Gunshot

WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 11: Gun violence survivor and activist David Hogg speaks at the Ma
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Gun control activist David Hogg tweeted a video Wednesday featuring a loud noise in a crowded gym to push for more gun control, but police clarified the noise was not a gunshot.

The incident occurred in a gym in Mansfield, Texas, on Sunday.

In the video, people are seen running toward exits, hiding behind and under bleachers, and screaming in an all-out panic.

Hogg captioned the video, “This is exactly what’s gonna happen if you start arming everyone. Fist fights turn into gun fights.”

The problem with Hogg’s tweet?

There was not a gunshot. Rather, News 4 San Antonio reported that police confirmed “the noise heard on the video was a man tripping over a table trying to get out of the building and not a gun going off.”

Police said no one was injured in the incident.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a PhD in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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