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MLB umpire apologizes for tweet about buying an assault rifle over the impeachment inquiry

Patrick Semansky/AP/Shutterstock Longtime umpire Rob Drake apologized on Thursday for a tweet he wrote about buying an assault rifle amid the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. In a tweet posted and deleted on Tuesday, Drake wrote that he plan…

Rob Drake, the MLB umpire who tweeted Tuesday threatening to buy an AR-15 for a civil war over the impeachment hearings facing President Donald Trump, has issued a statement apologizing for the tweet, ESPNs Jeff Passan reported Thursday, Umpire Rob Drake, wh…

The AR-15 is a gun. And like all guns, it shoots bullets. And like all semi-autos, it only fires one at a time. Like all rifles, it’s not used in the commission of the vast majority of gun crime. However, it looks spookier than something a guy in the moun…

ACAPULCO (Reuters) - Nine men allegedly linked to organized crime were shot dead in southern Mexico during a confrontation with other armed civilians, state authorities said, as the country grapples with a wave of violence. The bodies were found Wednesday n…

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An MLB umpire tweeted about buying an assault rifle over the impeachment inquiry

Major League Baseball is investigating an umpire's tweet saying he was going to buy an assault rifle and warning of civil war if President Trump is impeached. ESPN obtained a copy of Rob Drake's tweets before he deleted them from his Twitter account.  MLB Co…

Major League Baseball (MLB) is reviewing a tweet posted by one of its umpires where he said he was buying an AR-15 said predicted that a civil war would break out if President Donald Trump is impeached, according to a new report. ESPN reports that MLB Umpire…

Small-scale avocado growers armed with AR-15 rifles take turns manning a vigilante checkpoint to guard against thieves and drug cartel extortionists in this town in the Michoacan state, the heartland of world production of the fruit locals call green gold. T…