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brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
Mon May 21, 2018, 01:12 PM May 2018

Texas governor scraps shotgun giveaway after school shooting

Source: Politico

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has scrapped plans to give away a “Texas-made shotgun“ after a gunman used a shotgun in a Friday rampage that left 10 dead in a high school near Houston.

A spokesman for Abbott, a Republican, said Monday the campaign contest is still active, but the winner will now receive a $250 gift card.

The webpage for the contest has been changed from one featuring the governor holding a shotgun to one without any pictures, now advertising the gift card. The change was made over the weekend, the Abbott spokesman said.



Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/greg-abbott-scraps-shotgun-giveaway-601077



How.....thoughtful
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Texas governor scraps shotgun giveaway after school shooting (Original Post) brooklynite May 2018 OP
so only 10 people had to die barbtries May 2018 #1
It's these Republicans sandensea May 2018 #2
Greg Abbot is still an idiot Gothmog May 2018 #3
Waiting for the "appropriate time" Zambero May 2018 #4
They appear to think firearms are toys maxsolomon May 2018 #5
Fuck Greg Abbott anyway. Paladin May 2018 #6
he prob had a moment of silence...think the shotgun would attrack more tickets sold dembotoz May 2018 #7
Is it even legal for a political campaign to give away a raffle prize? TexasTowelie May 2018 #8
sniffsniff...sniffsniff...do I smell...a conscience growing? flibbitygiblets May 2018 #9
Not quite. Just a simple bow to political reality. Probably made with a bunch of whining about how.. marble falls May 2018 #10

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
1. so only 10 people had to die
Mon May 21, 2018, 01:16 PM
May 2018

to convince him it was a BAD idea?!

i don't even get this country anymore. it's so entirely fucked up.

maxsolomon

(32,975 posts)
5. They appear to think firearms are toys
Mon May 21, 2018, 01:21 PM
May 2018

and that the Unorganized Militia requires no regulation.

It is blatantly obvious that it does. It needs well-regulation; with the keeping and bearing of arms should come militia duties.

TexasTowelie

(111,279 posts)
8. Is it even legal for a political campaign to give away a raffle prize?
Mon May 21, 2018, 01:29 PM
May 2018

Isn't that the equivalent of paying for votes?

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
9. sniffsniff...sniffsniff...do I smell...a conscience growing?
Mon May 21, 2018, 01:32 PM
May 2018

Probably a false alarm. But this does show that we're getting to them. They are starting to connect the dots.

Before the Parkland student uprising, this asshat would have doubled-down. We're moving the needle.

marble falls

(56,353 posts)
10. Not quite. Just a simple bow to political reality. Probably made with a bunch of whining about how..
Mon May 21, 2018, 02:39 PM
May 2018

unfair it is they had to accommodate a changing attitude towards gunzgunzgunz by a large majority of citizens who do vote..

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