Wanna Free Glock? Vote Against Gabby Giffords!

[Howey]

I don't know what to say...this is from a fundraiser for the idiot who plans to run against Gabby Giffords next year. Do these fucking idiots have any brains or compassion at all?

Talk about a killer gimmick.

An Arizona Republican fundraiser is offering as a prize the same type of gun used in the attempted assassination of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

On August 26 the Pima County Republican Party sent out its regular online newsletter, e-Tracks [PDF]. It contained your standard newsletterisms - an intro from the chairman, a description of local candidates, a calendar of upcoming events, and so on. But this particular issue also featured an eye-catching giveaway to raise money for GOTV (Get Out the Vote) efforts.

For just $10, readers can purchase a raffle ticket (out of 125 offered) for a chance to win a brand new handgun. Not just any handgun, but a Glock 23

Arizona Republicans surely know just how effective this particular brand of gun can be. After all, it was only eight months ago that Jared Lee Loughner used a Glock 19 in Tucson - the seat of Pima County - to shoot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the head. Giffords survived, but six other people, including a nine year old girl and a federal judge, were killed in the same shooting.

The raffle gun comes preloaded with adjustable grips, a case, and three 12-round magazines. Glock USA describes the model as "a slightly reduced size of a full-size handgun for easier concealment but still retains the performance on the level of a serious big bore."

Let's see... with 125 tickets, at $10 a ticket, the PCRP could pull in a cool $1,250 - minus whatever their souls are worth, of course.

The office of the Pima County Republican Party has confirmed that they are raffling the Glock.

Congresswoman Giffords' office had no comment, according to Interim District Office Coordinator Rodd McLeod.

The Arizona GOP has said it won't campaign to have Giffords removed from office before the 2012 election.

But at some point they're going to have to run somebody. So how do you field a candidate against a beloved incumbent who also happens to be a national hero?

"Many of us know Gabby and we're all praying for her continued recovery," PCRP vice chairman Mike Shaw told FoxNews.com. "The whole thing was horrible and that adds a lot of sensitivity to the seat."

Speaking of sensitivity - you have no idea how sensitive the trigger is on this sweet baby we're raffling! All the easier to fire those 36 bullets you'll get in those three magazines. Loughner only got off 32 shots. Think you can do better? Then give us your money.

[uselesslegs]

Sensitivity can't be a concern, when the good name of Guns has been maligned.  Sometimes, you just have to seriously wonder why Pro Gun enthusiasts choose to be their own worst Public Relations.

I mean it's like having a charity event to help cover the expenses of a funeral for someone who was hit by a drunk driver and raffling off a similar model car that hit and killed them for Christs sake!

But I know and you know they're specifically catering to the "Don't hold my Guns in contempt!" crowd...and sensitivity takes a back seat to campaign dollars.

[betteroffhere]

Sensitivity can't be a concern, when the good name of Guns has been maligned.  Sometimes, you just have to seriously wonder why Pro Gun enthusiasts choose to be their own worst Public Relations.

I mean it's like having a charity event to help cover the expenses of a funeral for someone who was hit by a drunk driver and raffling off a similar model car that hit and killed them for Christs sake!

But I know and you know they're specifically catering to the "Don't hold my Guns in contempt!" crowd...and sensitivity takes a back seat to campaign dollars.

close...but i would have went with having an open bar during the funeral !!!

any publicity is...well...publicity...

[Howey]

What's sad is this is the exact type of gun used to gun down Giffords and kill six other people...

[betteroffhere]

What's sad is this is the exact type of gun used to gun down Giffords and kill six other people...

way to dicount all the others who've been injured or killed by the same gun throughout these united states...

guess they aren't imortant for you in making your point...

its a congress person...obviously more important than someone who's...i dont know...

a gay person, who was killed by that same kind of gun ?...is it the kind of gun thats the issue here ?

or just how you've chose to slant it ?

[Howey]

way to dicount all the others who've been injured or killed by the same gun throughout these united states...

guess they aren't imortant for you in making your point...

its a congress person...obviously more important than someone who's...i dont know...

a gay person, who was killed by that same kind of gun ?...is it the kind of gun thats the issue here ?

or just how you've chose to slant it ?

The type of gun used to attempt to kill a congresswoman, the exact type of gun, used by those trying to unseat her?

Yeah...it's not about the gun.

It's about getting the guns outta the hands of these crazies.

[ekg]

way to dicount all the others who've been injured or killed by the same gun throughout these united states...

guess they aren't imortant for you in making your point...

its a congress person...obviously more important than someone who's...i dont know...

a gay person, who was killed by that same kind of gun ?...is it the kind of gun thats the issue here ?

or just how you've chose to slant it ?

hmm let's see.. the story is about that congresswoman and this gun raffle.. so yeah, it's sad that the same gun used to shoot her and kill 6 others is being raffled off in her district..  sorry if you don't like comments on the story..

BTW, the only one making a 'slant' on this you by pretending to care by invoking all other people who have been hurt by this kind or any kind of gun..



back to the story, I thought it was a joke when I 1st saw it... I still think someone is pulling our leg because I just can't see anyone being this insensitive.. GOP candidate or not, they have to have to some 'class' and 'compassion' don't they?

[uselesslegs]

hmm let's see.. the story is about that congresswoman and this gun raffle.. so yeah, it's sad that the same gun used to shoot her and kill 6 others is being raffled off in her district..  sorry if you don't like comments on the story..

BTW, the only one making a 'slant' on this you by pretending to care by invoking all other people who have been hurt by this kind or any kind of gun..



back to the story, I thought it was a joke when I 1st saw it... I still think someone is pulling our leg because I just can't see anyone being this insensitive.. GOP candidate or not, they have to have to some 'class' and 'compassion' don't they?

Yea, I thought it was an Onion bit.  I'd gladly apologize for overreacting to a bullshit story.  I'd like to think, even insensitive pricks can, at times, know where to draw the line.

[betteroffhere]

hmm let's see.. the story is about that congresswoman and this gun raffle.. so yeah, it's sad that the same gun used to shoot her and kill 6 others is being raffled off in her district..  sorry if you don't like comments on the story..

BTW, the only one making a 'slant' on this you by pretending to care by invoking all other people who have been hurt by this kind or any kind of gun..



back to the story, I thought it was a joke when I 1st saw it... I still think someone is pulling our leg because I just can't see anyone being this insensitive.. GOP candidate or not, they have to have to some 'class' and 'compassion' don't they?

the story...connected a gun raffle to a congresswoman !!!!

the raffle didn't connect the congresswoman to it in any manner or fashion....hmmm

so...we've established the story is for propaganda purposes...no ?

huffington post is owned by ?...

AOL....aol is owned by ?....

Time Warner...

who's driving your emotions...

me...or the people who can keep the curtain closed...?

don't be a zombie...be better...but not betteroffhere !!!

[ekg]

the story...connected a gun raffle to a congresswoman !!!!

the raffle didn't connect the congresswoman to it in any manner or fashion....hmmm

so...we've established the story is for propaganda purposes...no ?

huffington post is owned by ?...

AOL....aol is owned by ?....

Time Warner...

who's driving your emotions...

me...or the people who can keep the curtain closed...?

don't be a zombie...be better...but not betteroffhere !!!

wow..

you failed pretty hard there...

did it hurt?

cuz it looks like it did.

[Howey]

wow..

you failed pretty hard there...

did it hurt?

cuz it looks like it did.

Yup!

[betteroffhere]

if thats the way it looks to you...

so be it !!!

as long as you know what product you're purchasing and who's the producer of that product...

e pluribus unum...


wait...um...


caveat emptor...too !!!

[44nutman]

I am pro-gun but find the choice of item to raffle in bad taste or at the very least someone was not thinking or maybe they were trying to send a message. If they wanted to keep the pro-gun message they should have raffled a rifle.
Glocks suck anyway due to shitty grip angle.

[betteroffhere]

I am pro-gun but find the choice of item to raffle in bad taste or at the very least someone was not thinking or maybe they were trying to send a message. If they wanted to keep the pro-gun message they should have raffled a rifle.
Glocks suck anyway due to shitty grip angle.

idk...

would expect the chevrolet dearler to sell brand new fords ?

you offer what you have....no...

if that is the gun they have to offer...is it their fault howie and whoever found a way to

attach a negative connotation to it ?

lets turn this negative energy into something creative and positive...

[44nutman]

idk...

would expect the chevrolet dearler to sell brand new fords ?

you offer what you have....no...

if that is the gun they have to offer...is it their fault howie and whoever found a way to

attach a negative connotation to it ?

lets turn this negative energy into something creative and positive...

No I am just tired of people defending stupid all in the name of politics. It is like we are run by stubbon assholes and those are the worst people to hang out with, in life, I ignore those people but now I am stuck with them leading the country.
Here is how it went down in Arizona.
Clueless GOP guy, " Hey lets raffle off a glock, shows we are pro-gun and can raise some money.
Rational GOP guy " Hey, wait a cotton pickin minute. Don't Glocks have a shitty grip angle and isn't that the same gun that was used at the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords. I mean we are in the same county.It might be a little tasteless to raffle off that gun. How about maybe a rifle or some candles?"
Clueless GOP guy "Fuck those pansie ass liberals, who voted for Barry Hussein, The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers, we have rights to guns. If it was up to those pinkos we have 105% of wages taxed, speaking ebonics, make Mexico the 51st state and I would be unable to protect myself with a gun. Paul Revere told the British they were not taking our guns, it is our GOD given right to have guns and our forefathers fought for that right.
Rational GOP guy " (thinking to himself), (Fuck what happened to my party and this country. ) What about the media coverage, they are going to jump all over this?
Clueless GOP Guy "What like MSNBC is a media outlet. That left wing monkey show thinks Barry was born in America. Watch they will turn this into a race issue. Those lefties love playing the race. I know some blacks and am not racist. They can't date my daughter but some blacks are all right and I am not racist. Hey you ever see that Obama joke where he is eating watermelon? Give me your email address and I will send it to you.  "
Rational GOP Guy (thinking to himself, the guy is fucking nuts) " Hey I got to go, I told my wife that I would be home by now. Good Luck with that raffle"
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