The Pima County (Arizona) Republican Party's decision to raffle off a Glock 23 .40-caliber handgun has generated some sharp criticism because not only is Pima County part of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' district, but also because the gun used in January to kill six people and wound 13 others, including Giffords, was a Glock.
GOP's Gun Raffle In Giffords' District Sparks Hot Debate : The Two-Way : NPR
So a Glock is the only thing they could think of to raffle?!? Really!?! Wouldn't a better choice be something that everyone would want? Oh, and it is insanely insensitive.
GOP's Gun Raffle In Giffords' District Sparks Hot Debate : The Two-Way : NPR
So a Glock is the only thing they could think of to raffle?!? Really!?! Wouldn't a better choice be something that everyone would want? Oh, and it is insanely insensitive.
Yes, it is in extremely bad taste, and not to mention extremely stupid too. I would try to come up with something wittier to express that, but this just doesn't merit the effort.
Nope, an Austrian made Glock. The AZ repubs are into high quality stuff ya know.Like a Smith and Wesson M&P 5 compact 9mm? :shrug:
OK, so are all crazy people scumbags, or just the ones that shoot people? Too bad there wasn't a way to find out if he was a scumbag first, but then what would we have done. Oh, I think I rcall that some people knew it earlier.... the proper subject of my disgust is the scumbag who pulled the trigger.
The left has always felt the 2nd amendment to be insensitive.GOP's Gun Raffle In Giffords' District Sparks Hot Debate : The Two-Way : NPR
So a Glock is the only thing they could think of to raffle?!? Really!?! Wouldn't a better choice be something that everyone would want? Oh, and it is insanely insensitive.
Extremely bad taste, a hunting rifle or a shotgun is one thing, but this murder machine come with 3 magazines.
GOP's Gun Raffle In Giffords' District Sparks Hot Debate : The Two-Way : NPR
So a Glock is the only thing they could think of to raffle?!? Really!?! Wouldn't a better choice be something that everyone would want? Oh, and it is insanely insensitive.
Extremely bad taste, a hunting rifle or a shotgun is one thing, but this murder machine come with 3 magazines.
I think this is just an example of blaming the object instead of the person who acted.
A very, very good friend of mine was murdered years ago, shot in the back of the head with a Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum.
A few years later, at a range, another buddy offered to let me shoot his Ruger Redhawk .44 magnum. I didn't recoil in disgust and say "No! That's the kind of weapon that killed my best friend! I hate them!"
Not at all. I said "sure, thanks, I've never shot one of those before..." It's an inanimate object... the proper subject of my disgust is the scumbag who pulled the trigger.
That is not a good analogy to this.
A better analogy would be if your buddy at the range offered to let you shoot a target that was photoshopped from a picture of the back of the head of your friend who was killed.
I've got nothing against the selling of handguns. It's just that this act isn't innocent by any means. It was done by the local Republican Party in the district of a Congresswoman who was shot and the raffle is the same type of gun. All of those elements clearly show that all they're trying to do is some snarky act to make some headlines. It also shows what ****heads they are.
That is not a good analogy to this.
A better analogy would be if your buddy at the range offered to let you shoot a target that was photoshopped from a picture of the back of the head of your friend who was killed.
I've got nothing against the selling of handguns. It's just that this act isn't innocent by any means. It was done by the local Republican Party in the district of a Congresswoman who was shot and the raffle is the same type of gun. All of those elements clearly show that all they're trying to do is some snarky act to make some headlines. It also shows what ****heads they are.
Do you drive? If so, bet your type of car has killed someone. It is a murder machine. Good grief.
and yes I own firearms, one happens to be a glock
Like a Smith and Wesson M&P 5 compact 9mm? :shrug:
You don't get it, a Glock is about quality, it's a beautiful gun, a precision insrument. A cheap ass Kalicnikov or however you spell it can kill people too but who wants that piece of crap. By the way a shotgun is arguably the most dealy anti personel gun there is. Seven rounds of 00 Buck, nine 30 cal slugs a piece, do the math.Extremely bad taste, a hunting rifle or a shotgun is one thing, but this murder machine come with 3 magazines.
OK, so are all crazy people scumbags, or just the ones that shoot people? Too bad there wasn't a way to find out if he was a scumbag first, but then what would we have done. Oh, I think I rcall that some people knew it earlier.
I think you're stretching it with the car example, especially because cars are not designed to kill people.
Try again.
And on a sidenote, I don't own any firearms myself, but I do own kitchen knives!
.... I'd be more concerned about closing the loophole in our society where sociophaths and schitzophrenics can purchase firearms in the first place.
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Extremely bad taste, a hunting rifle or a shotgun is one thing, but this murder machine come with 3 magazines.
Yup, but that's not so much a gun-control issue as it is a psycho-control issue, and it is a complicated matter.
First of all, someone has to be diagnosed as having a mental disorder. Then, someone in a position of authority has to recognize that this person is not simply someone with a minor mental illness (LOTS of us fall into that category, just most of us haven't been diagnosed as such), but someone who is bughouse nuts and a probable threat to others.
That isn't easy. Most mental illnesses have a range of severity; Person A may be mildly bipolar but harmless... Person B may be extremely bipolar with highly aggressive tendencies when he's off his meds. They both have the same illness, but to a different degree. I'd be opposed to simply banning everyone who was ever diagnosed with a mental illness from owning a gun... that would discourage people from getting counceling and take rights from people who are no threat to anyone. Probably 90% of people who have been diagnosed with some minor mental illness are no more threat to others than Joe Average.
You have to seperate out the real loons and psycho-killers from the folks who just have anxiety attacks or minor neurosis. This is a tricky business and might be a little subjective. Futhermore you have to insure communication and cooperation from various departments and services and individual shrinks with the court system, and there has to be due process before someone is stripped of a Constitutional right.
Then there's the issue of just how easy it is to get firearms from the criminal black market, even if you're banned from legally buying them. :shrug:
Hey, I'd like to keep real loonies from getting guns too.... I'm just saying it is a complicated issue, and even if everything goes perfectly there are no guarantees.
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