Candidate Uses AK-47 to Raise Cash

[spanone]

Dean Allen held a drawing for an AK-47 at a fundraiser in Greenville on Saturday.

The event, called a “Machine Gun Social,” was held at Allen Arms Indoor Range on Poinsett Highway. For $25, donors were given a barbeque lunch and twenty shots with a machine gun. A free drawing determined the winner of the semi-automatic AK-47, valued at $700.
“I can't swear that I'll have the biggest fundraiser in terms of money,” Allen said, “but I intend to have the loudest fundraiser in the history of the South Carolina Republican party.”
Allen said he chose the unusual venue to show support for the Second Amendment, and to give people a chance to have fun.
“You know most political candidates -- on the Republican side in particular -- they want to get out to the country club and stand around with a glass of wine in their hand,” he said.
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[tammywammy]

1. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6644003

[ensho]

2. puke on Allen and his AK-47. may he fall down loudly

disgusting man

[htuttle]

3. Ironically enough, so did Patty Hearst

[triple point]

4. Looks like he swiped the idea from some of our local Democratic candidates

they've done that here for years. :-)

[spanone]

5. two stupids don't make it right

B-)

[Statistical]

6. Why is it stupid?

[Old Hob]

11. Because he should have been auctioning off a US made assault weapon

like a Colt AR15 or an Armalite AR10. What kind of message is sending here by auctioning off a communist assault rifle?
:wtf:

[triple point]

7. Why is it stupid? It works.

:shrug:

[scheming daemons]

8. That's pretty much the way John Dillinger raised cash too... with a gun... at a bank...

;-)

[BlueIdaho]

9. South Carolina? Well now there's a real shocker... nt.

[aikoaiko]

10. Fund raisers with a dinner and a raffle for a desirable item is nothing new.

:shrug:

If it were a local Democrat, I would pony up the $25 for BBQ and a chance to win the rifle.

[benEzra]

12. I can't tell if this reflects a clueless organizer who thinks a civilian semiauto is a "Machine Gun"

or a clueless reporter who thinks "semi-automatic" means "automatic."

[Canuckistanian]

13. An AK-47? A COMMIE weapon?

Why, that's UNAmerican.