Armed man’s pledge to ‘secure the children’ becomes an over-the-top meme

President Donald Trump has been heavily criticized for suggesting that trained teachers with firearms could stop classroom shootings, but some of his pro-ammo supporters love the idea. One man has even offered to put his military experience to work and bring his guns to classrooms in defense of our children. For free!

The main service he ended up providing, though, is giving the internet an easy target for mockery. Thanks for volunteering to become a meme, buddy.

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@CarlosCruz2016 deleted the original tweet, but it has already been widely parodied, with people attaching his “PLEDGE” to a slew of ridiculous images.

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a retired veteran, 29 years of service, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear pic.twitter.com/YmXQ0uFgOF

— Fred Delicious (@Fred_Delicious) February 27, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I have a spaceship I ready to load with the rocket fuel, load with the woooord take it back to parts unknown pic.twitter.com/rRi942w5Xm

— Da Shape’a Wudder (@FanSince09) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. pic.twitter.com/Gz88Yn0eGg

— a DJ (@boissongazeuse) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a retired veteran, 29 years of service, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear pic.twitter.com/gwkG05O3N5

— Cam McCartney (@cbmccartney) February 27, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year retired veteran, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear. pic.twitter.com/OII8Z7GYNW

— Large Buddy (@socketquest) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year retired veteran, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear. pic.twitter.com/VBNaOG9ntx

— TORMABLAIEFDHZSJKLNBDSFEJKL PICKASDFJKLFDSNMKOFDSJ (@Tormny_Pickeals) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year old janitor, National Aeronautics and Space Administration with Counterstrike experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear. pic.twitter.com/4ANF9nHQEh

— fart noise aficionado (@caylenb) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year retired veteran, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear. pic.twitter.com/y20sWSSmQC

— Toilet Bob ☭ (@AlmightyBoob) February 26, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE for any school to help secure the children. I am a 29 year retired veteran, Infantry Sergeant Major, U.S. Army Ranger with combat experience. I have a conceal carry, Primary and Alternate side arms, an AR-15, and all necessary tactical gear. pic.twitter.com/lbtzAqOckH

— bauhausfanaccoun it’s a wrap like saran (@hypedresonance) February 27, 2018

I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE TO
oh wait that's the original guy pic.twitter.com/MXdvyONgHP

— Woke Bane (@banebutwoke) February 26, 2018

People have also just gone the old-school route of mocking his appearance in writing.

the I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE guy looks like he just heard about rio and wants to kill some bugs pic.twitter.com/hfGZbsWniQ

— Sex Luthor (@HornyVillain) February 26, 2018

That only type of cover that the "pledge to work for free" guy looks like he can lay down is "depressing fire."

— Socialism and Ass (@HyruleWilds) February 26, 2018

the "I PLEDGE TO WORK FOR FREE" guy finally logged in and is scrubbing his account of the pics of him in his milspec special forces costume, end of an era

— manga Columbo (@jimpjorps) February 27, 2018

The @CarlosCruz2016 saga is highly reminiscent of the Navy Seal copypasta, a long, exaggerated boast about being a Navy Seal that’s often pasted as an ironic response to people who make physical threats on the internet. Both feature tough-talking military personalities who don’t realize they’re making themselves appear ludicrous. The difference is that the Navy Seal rant was meant as a joke.

Just days after a crowd cheered when Sen. Marco Rubio mentioned “banning assault weapons completely,” offering to solve the problem of guns in schools by bringing your guns to school is a pretty bad look.

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