Dems, gun control groups insist lawmakers ‘mocking’ them by wearing pearls to hearing

By Chris Eger

When a group of Republican lawmakers wore fake pearls in solidarity with a pro-gun women’s group, opponents ran with it. As the New Hampshire House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee held a public hearing on controversial gun seizure legislation, a number of male GOP committee members sported long strands of pearls. This sparked a quick pronouncement from Shannon Watts, the Indiana-based leader of Moms Demand Acton, who tweeted the action was meant to make a mockery of the gun control advocates at the hearing.
“Of the 13 person ERPO hearing committee, 10 of the lawmakers are men; half of them are wearing pearls to mock @MomsDemand volunteers,” said Watts, whose tweet was picked up and amplified by big-name Democrats on the national scene to include U.S. Sens. Kamala Harris and Cory Booker.
U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who backs a ban on many popular semiautomatic rifles, called the pearl-wearing “the lowest of the low.” Meanwhile, Emily’s List branded it a “cheap, sexist stereotype” in a tweet linking back to a recruitment site for pro-choice candidates.
However, as local media reports, the pearls are a long-time facet of the Women’s Defense League of New Hampshire, a Granite State group that supports the

Source: Guns.com