Pima County GOP sparks national controversy with gun raffle (Loughner/Gabrielle Giffords)

[Judi Lynn]

Source: KVOA

Pima County GOP sparks national controversy with gun raffle
Posted: Sep 1, 2011 12:04 PM
Updated: Sep 1, 2011 12:08 PM

TONIGHT ON NEWS 4 TUCSON - The Pima County GOP has sparked an instant national controversy with their latest newsletter announcing a fund-raising raffle with a Glock handgun as the prize.

Critics and political pundits are saying that raffling the same brand of handgun allegedly used by Jared Loughner in the January 8 shooting is tasteless and insensitive.

The chairman pro tem of the Pima County GOP, Mike Shaw, said in a CNN interview that the gun is not an issue - Loughner was responsible for the mass shooting, not his weapon. He also says that the two guns are different - Loughner used a Glock 19, the prize is a Glock 23, which was a raffle prize left over from last year.



Read more: http://www.kvoa.com/news/pima-county-gop-sparks-national-controversy-with-gun-raffle/

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September 01, 2011 01:05 PM
Pima County GOP: Gun Raffle Not Insensitive Because Shootings Were Loughner's Fault

Pima Country GOP Chairman Pro Tem Mike Shaw told CNN's Randi Kaye Thursday that raffling off the same kind of gun that was used to shoot Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was completely appropriate because the congresswoman also owned a similar weapon.

"Arizona Republicans are fundraising by raffling off, get this, a Glock pistol," Kaye noted. "It's important to point out that it is the same kind of gun that was pointed at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords head and used to shoot her point blank."

"Jared Loughner is accused of seriously wounding Gabrielle Giffords, killing six people, including a little girl and a federal judge with a Glock just like the one you're raveling off, but considering what we know about the shooting rampage in Tucson which is the seat of Pima County, why raffle this Glock?" Kaye asked Shaw.

"It was the actions of Jared Loughner that happened during the Tucson shooting so Jared was the one who was responsible," Shaw explained. "He could have used any type of weapon and chose to use a Glock -- I think it was a Glock 19. We're raveling off a Glock 23, which is a slightly different weapon. But, again, it was his actions that are responsible for what happened during the Tucson shooting, and so really the argument about what happened here in Tucson shouldn't be about the weapon."

More:
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/pima-county-gop-gun-raffle-not-insensitive-b

[aquamarina]

1. Shameful, Dispicable, Disgusting, Tasteless

Tacky
Classless
Revolting

I could go on for days.

[GentryDixon]

2. Intentional.

He knew exactly what he was doing.

[hlthe2b]

3. I strongly suspect if this were posted in the gungeon...

that we also have some there who would vehemently defend this. sigh...

[Kingofalldems]

8. I've already seen it on other threads in GD

Amazing.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. You needn't go that far

Among the numerous threads currently active on this topic, apologia runs rampant.

[Skittles]

4. gun nuts do not see how despicable they are

[russspeakeasy]

5. Raffle a gun ? That's as out of touch as the White House is..

:evilfrown:

[Judi Lynn]

6. White House? How does that relate? n/t

[russspeakeasy]

9. Out of touch with what is going on....anywhere outside their bubble.

:evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

11. Who will ever forget George H W Bush's ignorance of the "newfangled" cash registers

in use at U.S. stores for the last many years before he visited one?

[russspeakeasy]

13. So true....thanks for the reminder and the chuckle..

:toast:

[onehandle]

7. Assault clips, not included. nt

[dogmoma56]

12. probably comes with photos and lists of Democrats addresses with cross hairs on them

GOP once again proves themselves to be malignant psychopaths