Overview

• In the wake of a mass shooting in Maine, Fox News host Sean Hannity suggested martial arts training as a personal security plan, facing criticism and mockery from social media users.
• Hannity dismissed calls for gun regulation, instead promoting self-defense strategies and criticizing the politicization of shootings.
• The host implied that victims of such events hold personal responsibility, advocating for individual security plans including martial arts training.
• His comments have drawn backlash, with critics highlighting the impracticality of using martial arts against semi-automatic weapons and it being an evasion of the need for gun control reforms.
• The Maine incident involved an armed assailant killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens; the suspect, a trained firearms instructor, is still at large.