Donald Trump Jr has incurred a torrent of criticism for selling T-shirts mocking the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after she was accidentally shot by Alec Baldwin on set last week.
The T-shirts, which are emblazoned with the words 'guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people', are being flogged on Trump Jr's website for $27.99.
It comes after Baldwin, 63, who has long been an outspoken advocate for gun control in the US, killed the cinematographer when he discharged a prop gun on the set of his new movie 'Rust'.
Trump Jr released the shirts via an Instagram story yesterday, urging his followers to 'get yours now' before posting a photoshopped image of Baldwin wearing the t-shirt.
New York tabloid The Daily News labelled Trump Jr the 'SPAWN OF HATIN' in response to the stunt, as critics slammed the move as 'deplorable' and accused him of doing 'anything to make a buck'.
Donald Trump Jr has incurred a torrent of criticism for selling T-shirts mocking the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins after she was accidentally shot by Alec Baldwin on set last week (pictured: Trump Jr in Texas, July 2020)
The T-shirts, which are emblazoned with the words 'guns don't kill people, Alec Baldwin kills people', are being flogged on Trump Jr's website for $27.99
An inconsolable Alec Baldwin is shown outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office after accidentally shooting and killing the cinematographer last week
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot on the New Mexico set of Baldwin's new movie 'Rust' last week. (Pictured: Hutchins at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in Utah)
The release of the t-shirts set social media ablaze as thousands of angry users railed against Trump Jr for his 'miserable' and 'disgusting' stunt.
Some took direct aim at Trump Jr, labelling the former President's son as 'scum' and 'repugnant', while others encouraged the Hutchins family to sue him for trying to profit off Halyna's demise.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg who was murdered in the Parkland school shooting in February 2018, tweeted 'I know how her family feels' and called Trump Jr 'the scum of the earth' from a 'miserable family'.
Another user tweeted he hoped to see the Hutchins family 'sue Donald Trump Jr for every penny he's worth' for his 'utterly deplorable' stunt.
Fred Guttenberg, the father of 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg who was murdered in the Parkland school shooting in February 2018, tweeted 'I know how her family feels' and called Trump Jr 'the scum of the earth' from a 'miserable family'.
Another user tweeted he hoped to see the Hutchins family 'sue Donald Trump Jr for every penny he's worth' for his 'utterly deplorable' stunt
Trump Jr meanwhile has hit back at the media reaction to Hutchins death and the widespread sympathy for Baldwin following the fatal shooting.
As a staunch supporter of the 2nd amendment and the 'right to bear arms', Trump Jr accused the media of 'protecting Baldwin from criticism because they agree with his politics' and claimed that Baldwin would've ripped any other actor had they been in his position instead.
He also alleged that the media would've been on Baldwin's side if 'the shoe were on the other foot'.
Trump Jr hit back at the media reaction to Hutchins death and the widespread sympathy for Baldwin following the fatal shooting, tweeting that the media is protecting Baldwin from criticism
Trump Jr is a supporter of America's second amendment and the 'right to bear arms'. His t-shirts take aim at Baldwin who has long been a vocal advocate for stricter gun-control in the US (pictured: Trump Jr in Texas, 2018)
Baldwin described the killing as a 'tragic accident' following the shooting in a Twitter post last week, and has not spoken with the media since.
'There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours. I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation,' Baldwin wrote.
'My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna.'
The fatal shooting of Halyna is being treated as an accident and no charges against Baldwin have been filed.
The sheriff's spokesman Juan Rios said Baldwin was permitted to travel.
'He's a free man,' Rios said.
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