Seeley said Robbins has made questionable comments on this Facebook page before. Robbins said in another update that he was joking, and he alleged that he was receiving death threats and had the police called on him. He shared that same link in another post that said, "my 6 is right over there. Please," along with a link to an Inside Edition story on the shooting of Yarl. On Tuesday, he wrote in a since-deleted post, "Little girl got a pass. Robbins doubled down on his feelings in subsequent posts. The NRA didn't immediately respond to a request for a response.īryant added, "We should be enjoying the fruits of exploding technological advancements and instead, a third of the country is cowering behind their firearms, sure that danger is just around the corner." Days later, 20-year-old Kaylin Gillis, who was on her way to a friend's house in rural New York, was shot and killed after the car she was in pulled into the driveway of the wrong house. Last month, Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old in Kansas City, Mo., was shot and seriously injured after ringing the doorbell of a wrong house. The social media posts show fear and paranoia in America, expert says The comments disturbed Seeley and some of Robbins' other followers - especially as the remarks came just weeks after tragic shootings involving gun-wielding homeowners. Please teach your kids to stay away from doorbells." He ended with, "Others out there will cause harm. His follow-up post went on to say that the girl had been looking for her lost kitten and that Robbins warned her that he "might pull her hair" if she rang his doorbell again. Later on, Robbins wrote in a separate update, "Folks, it is a bad idea to allow your kids to go around ringing doorbells in 2023. Just posted by a meteorologist, a gun nut, who covers our area. My 6 was loaded," he said, referencing a gun. This week, Robbins wrote in a Facebook post that has since been deleted, "A child just rang my doorbell. Lately, Seeley's once reliable weather resource has turned into something completely unsettling. The website lists a number of contributors as part of its team, but founder Chris Robbins appears to run the entire Facebook account, with more than 115,000 followers, and posts frequently. So she turned to iWeatherNet, a Facebook page and website that posts regular updates about Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta-area weather for a loyal following. When Stefani Seeley moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area seven years ago, she was not used to the area's notoriously unpredictable weather. His comments were alarming to some of his followers.īryan Steffy/Getty Images for Civic Action ![]() A social media meteorologist posted comments about being armed when a 6-year-old girl rang his doorbell.
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