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Alexandria shooter James Hodgkinson seen in an image protesting with a sign that features a tweet by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is a fake.

The doctored image attempts to show Hodgkinson holding a sign with a tweet about the Second Amendment or the right to bear arms. The fake image clearly intends to draw a line between the gun control debate and Hodgkinsons recent attack.

Hodgkinson opened fire on a group of Republican lawmakers at a baseball field in Alexandria, Va., on June 14, 2017, leaving five people injured. Those injured included House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was left in critical condition.

Shortly after, social media users circulated a photograph that appeared to show the gunman, Hodgkinson, holding a sign with an image of a Paul tweet about the Second Amendment.

The Paul tweet is actually quoting author and commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano saying that the Second Amendment was written to allow people to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical. The photograph, however, has been doctored.

Associated Press photographer Derik Holtmann took the real photograph in 2012.

In it, Hodgkinson stands outside a post office in Belleville, Ill., holding a sign that reads Tax the rich like congress did for 70 years til Reagans Trickle Down We Need 20 Brackets $20 million. You can see the side by side comparison of the two images below.

The tweet itself from Paul has served as a bit of controversy on social media.

Some claimed that Pauls tweet incited violence and actually encouraged people to use the Second Amendment to harm a tyrannical government. Many failed to acknowledge, however, that the tweet was simply quoting Judge Napolitano, not prompting people to use it for any nefarious purpose.

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The suspects brother said Hodgkinson was a critic President Donald Trump, upset over last falls election and intent on bringing his protest to Washington. But his more immediate motive for the attack remained unclear late Wednesday, even as investigators surrounded Hodgkinsons home on the outskirts of Belleville, a town of 40,000 across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.

What did you think of the fake image involving Hodgkinson holding a sign with Pauls tweet? And, what did you think of Pauls tweet with regards to the Second Amendments purpose? Let us know in the comments section.

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