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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:32 PM May 2018

[Alabama] District 2 House Candidate Rich Hobson Giving Away AR-15 Rifle

Source: waka.com

Republican candidate Rich Hobson is not only running for Congress. He’s giving away an AR-15 rifle.It has recently made headlines as the weapon of choice in mass shootings across the country.
But District 2 candidate Rich Hobson says he’s giving one away.

“A weapon that many people own across America, that I own too, myself. And there is nothing wrong with this weapon,” said Hobson.

In fact, Hobson says he believes everyone should have one.“Well, I’ll tell you what, it’s for defense. It’s for defense of our home. I mean it’s our Second Amendment right. I see nothing wrong with that. And I believe every family should have one if they so desire, and they should, of course, go through proper training. Our rights are being trampled upon,” said Hobson.

We asked people in Montgomery what they think about the giveaway. There were mixed reactions. “Well, I feel like an AR 15 as a giveaway due to an election is excessive. That’s not the way to get votes. But at the same time I am very pro-gun and guns don’t kill people, it’s people that kill people,” said Brittany Peterson.

Read more: http://www.waka.com/2018/05/16/district-2-house-candidate-rich-hobson-giving-away-ar-15-rifle/



we got a wienner!
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[Alabama] District 2 House Candidate Rich Hobson Giving Away AR-15 Rifle (Original Post) Cryptoad May 2018 OP
Even if the gun he gave away ended up being used to wipe out a daycare Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1
F'en idiot!!! n/t RKP5637 May 2018 #2
As a nation we have been grossly negligent with firearms and our children have been slaughtered. iscooterliberally May 2018 #3
"The gun is good! The penis is evil!" Dave Starsky May 2018 #4
Person #1 here. Saw in on late-night TV back in the 80's. Aristus May 2018 #6
Zardoz...Yeah I saw it sdfernando May 2018 #12
Real evil here. Roy Moore's campaign manager. yallerdawg May 2018 #5
What credentials! Roy Moore's campaign manager. Judi Lynn May 2018 #7
I'll give him credit for one thing, though! yallerdawg May 2018 #9
My state is FULL of fucking IDIOTS. nt Ferrets are Cool May 2018 #8
They dont call it "Dumbfuckistan" for nuttin! Cryptoad May 2018 #10
"we got a wienner!" JustABozoOnThisBus May 2018 #11
Really asshole..................did you by chance read.....................thats this fucking gun is turbinetree May 2018 #13

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
1. Even if the gun he gave away ended up being used to wipe out a daycare
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:34 PM
May 2018

even then it wont matter.

We arent to have anymore discussions about this, we know what to do and we MUST do it the INSTANT we get control back.

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
3. As a nation we have been grossly negligent with firearms and our children have been slaughtered.
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:40 PM
May 2018

I can see that this knuckle-head hasn't learned a damn thing about any of it. The force of willful ignorance is strong with this one.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
4. "The gun is good! The penis is evil!"
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:56 PM
May 2018

No one else but me and maybe three other people here will remember Zardoz, a 1974 science-fiction movie starring Sean Connery, in which a giant stone head floats around dispensing assault weapons to the last remnants of humanity in some post-apocalyptic future, The stone head says this as it distributes the weapons.

Everyone who actually watched this movie in 1974 thought it was the craziest thing they'd ever seen. But now I believe they were warning us.

Aristus

(66,310 posts)
6. Person #1 here. Saw in on late-night TV back in the 80's.
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:59 PM
May 2018

The craziest thing I ever saw was Sean Connery in a red diaper with suspenders. Nothing else in the film even comes close...

sdfernando

(4,929 posts)
12. Zardoz...Yeah I saw it
Fri May 18, 2018, 05:11 PM
May 2018

at the theater no less, not some late night or cable re-run...at the actual theater.

Probably would have been a real hoot high on pot...but I was way to young and naive then.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
5. Real evil here. Roy Moore's campaign manager.
Fri May 18, 2018, 02:57 PM
May 2018

Going up against incumbent R Martha Roby, infamous Benghazi nut, and Bobby Bright (former Democrat who held the office before Roby, now R).

They are all running campaign ads in 100% support of the Dotard's agenda - walls, tax cuts, budget cuts, the whole nine yards.

To be honest, the Democratic opposition is getting out funded at least $10 to $1. To be honest, it isn't looking good.

This is another example of the conundrum Alabama Democrats face in open primary season. Crossover and pick the R we might be able to beat - knock off the incumbent - or help elect the most bat shit crazy R's we can find, and hasten their demise?

Or stand on the sidelines (voting for D's) voiceless as the R's pick the one they want, the one they are going to get?

Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts)
7. What credentials! Roy Moore's campaign manager.
Fri May 18, 2018, 03:17 PM
May 2018




With Roy on his side, how could he be wrong?



Bang bang, shoot shoot....

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
9. I'll give him credit for one thing, though!
Fri May 18, 2018, 03:30 PM
May 2018

Hobson's certainly gone with a much bigger gun than the 'little girly' one Roy Moore pulled out.

Maybe they're after different "constituents?"

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,336 posts)
11. "we got a wienner!"
Fri May 18, 2018, 04:07 PM
May 2018

What ever happened to politicians giving away beer and hot dogs? A small gift to many, instead of one expensive gift to one "lucky" voter?

I like your idea: get a wienner (and a beer)

turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
13. Really asshole..................did you by chance read.....................thats this fucking gun is
Fri May 18, 2018, 06:22 PM
May 2018

used in war against another human being , and then you said this you fucking POS.....................“A weapon that many people own across America, that I own too, myself. And there is nothing wrong with this weapon,” said Hobson.


Guess what I don't own one and don't want one....................fucking asshole

And has for Brittany.................really, use that same tag line of right wing Bull shit................“Well, I feel like an AR 15 as a giveaway due to an election is excessive. That’s not the way to get votes. But at the same time I am very pro-gun and guns don’t kill people, it’s people that kill people,” said Brittany Peterson.


Who the fuck do you think kills people there Brittany a person with a fucking gun....................... ....................the fucking gun doesn't think and it kills human beings...........................

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