Jeb Bush drops ambiguous gun tweet, sparks Twitter storm

Twitter has reacted with a mixture of hilarious and concerned replies after US Presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush, tweeted a picture of a personally engraved handgun and the word ‘America’.

Twitter goes off with a bang with Jeb Bush tweet of his personally engraved handgun and the word 'America'. (Twitter) Source: Twitter

US Republican Presidential hopeful, Jeb Bush, has posted a picture of a personally engraved handgun, along with the word ‘America’.

Naturally, the vague tweet has set off a twitter storm.

Bush is on the campaign trail around the United States and the tweet follows a visit to a firearms manufacturer in South Carolina. But the tweet failed to provide any context. 

He has previously said he would protect current US gun laws under the Second Amendment in the US constitution and he is a lifetime member of the pro-gun lobby group, the National Rifles Association. 

But the tweet has surprised some observers who are used to a more typically mild-mannered man.

It was shared - and parodied - almost instantly.

Here’s a look at some of the responses:

In other Jeb Bush news, Donald Trump's team has managed to swoop in and buy jebbush.com.

So when you go to the URL this is where it takes you:

A screenshot of where jebbush.com now takes users - donaldtrump.com. Source: SBS

The URL now redirects users to donaldtrump.com, which has provoked yet more social media hilarity at Bush's expense.