Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has come under fire after he joked about assassinating someone in Washington D.C. when he was gifted a semi-automatic rifle at a church event on Sunday.
The retired general was presented with the rifle at the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City, California on Sunday by Jason Parker, who owns a gun company.
'We were trying to come up with a rifle that we thought was appropriate for a general,' Parker told a crowd at the church, 'so we went with an old-school Woodland Camouflage - one of our top-quality guns.'
In response, Flynn said: 'Maybe I'll find someone in Washington D.C.'
The crowd then burst out laughing and applauding, as Parker noted: 'This one's Florida compliant.'
It is unclear why the retired general was being honored at the church, which has previously dissuaded people from getting the COVID vaccine, according to its Facebook page. It has since deleted its video of the event.
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was presented with a Woodland Camo AR-15 at the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba City, California on Sunday, and joked that he would 'find someone in Washington D.C.'
Shortly after the poor taste joke, the Tennessee Holler tweeted a 38-second clip of Flynn accepting the Woodland Camo AR-15, drawing some backlash online.
Maraleia commented that Flynn's comment makes him 'a clear and present danger,' and Jonathan Slater asked 'How [can] you say something like that? And how do people laugh and applaud this?
'We are in terrifying times,' he tweeted.
Richard Arnold also said he hopes that everyone 'on stage who was laughing considers that a former national security advisor just made a joke about shooting people in Washington that he doesn't like.'
And Dan M. commented: 'The humor of threatening to use his new toy on
