- Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe, who has received backing from Elon Musk, caused outrage after incorrectly claiming there was only 'one murder' during the 1996 Dunblane school massacre while appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
- The Dunblane tragedy, which remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history, resulted in the murder of 16 children aged five and six, along with their teacher.
- Lowe's inaccurate remarks, made during a discussion about the UK's strict gun laws, drew widespread condemnation, with Scottish Conservative MSP Stephen Kerr labelling them 'shocking' and 'deeply insulting' to the victims and their families.
- The massacre prompted significant reforms in the UK's firearms legislation, leading to a ban on most handguns introduced by John Major's Conservative government in 1997, which was later expanded by Tony Blair's Labour government.
- This incident follows previous controversy involving Lowe, who last year mistakenly identified a charity rowing team attempting to raise money for motor neurone disease as illegal migrants in a social media post.
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