Aubrey Huff: Teaching my kids how to shoot guns in case Bernie Sanders beats Donald Trump

Former big leaguer Aubrey Huff’s fear of what he perceives to be socialism caused another social media uproar this week.

The outspoken and unapologetic President Trump supporter tweeted Tuesday morning that he’s teaching his children to shoot guns in case Democratic hopeful Bernie Sanders defeats Trump in the 2020 election. Huff earlier in the week also made headlines for complaining about divorce laws and his alimony payments.

“Getting my boys trained up on how to use a gun in the unlikely event @BernieSanders beats @realDonaldTrump in 2020,” Huff tweeted alongside a photo of him holding a hole-ridden gun range target. “In which case knowing how to effectively use a gun under socialism will be a must.”

The 42-year-old Huff, who won two World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants in a 13-year MLB career, received more than 27,000 replies and barely 1,000 retweets to his heavily ratioed missive, including rebukes from celebrities such as Oscar winner Patricia Arquette.

Huff also went back and forth with known Trump critics such as Tom Arnold and Kathy Griffin.

“Are you warning your kids to never call the fire department or police because that’s too socialist too?” Arquette tweeted. “Or that they should never go to Europe because they have health care for all people? Because the US is far more dangerous.”

Huff wasn’t the first person associated with Major League Baseball to publicly link gun violence to Trump’s potential exit from office in recent months.

In October, MLB umpire Rob Drake was forced to apologize for tweeting, “I will be buying an AR-15 tomorrow, because if you impeach MY PRESIDENT this way, YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER CIVAL (sic) WAR.”

When asked by another Twitter user “who exactly (he is) training to shoot,” Huff replied: “Ummmm crazy people rioting and trying to break into my house for food or shelter. And yes that includes Americans. And they aren’t fellow Americans if they are breaking into my house and trying to harm my family dumb-ss.”

In May, Huff also predictably had joined the chorus of those suggesting that athletes with political beliefs differing from his should stick to sports.

“I miss the days when #athletes entertained us with the athletic ability, and didn’t bore us with their political opinions!” Huff wrote. “I know the American sports fans will greatly appreciate it! Please @MLB @NHL @NBA @NFL @espn leave politics out of sports!”