Ogles, whose congressional district includes the private elementary school where six people were killed in Monday’s mass shooting, posted the photo in 2016.
Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles, whose district includes the private elementary school where six people were killed in Monday’s mass shooting, has stirred public wrath over a photo shared in 2016 appearing to show his young child holding an assault-style weapon.
On Monday, three students and three staff members were killed at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee, by 28-year-old Audrey Hale, who police said was armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun.
Ogles quickly earned attention online following the shooting after gun-control advocates resurfaced a family Christmas card the congressman had posted to his Facebook account in 2021, which features himself, his wife and two of their three kids holding AR-15-style weapons in front of a Christmas tree. The photo garnered criticism against Ogles, a staunch support of Second Amendment rights, amid the Covenant shooting.
On Wednesday, co-founder of March for Our Lives David Hogg also helped resurface a photo from Ogles’ Instagram account posted in 2016, which appears to show the congressman’s youngest child holding an assault-style weapon, with the caption: “Weapons training.
