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oldhippie

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17. Well, yeah, everywhere I've ever lived ...

Thu May 16, 2013, 10:11 AM

May 2013

I remember gun raffles at the Polish Sportsmen's Club in upstate NY back in the 60's when I was a teenager. The volunteer fire company I belonged to had a gun raffle every year at the summer fireman's picnic.

I've lived in NY, GA, MS, CA and TX. Everywhere I have ever been various sportsmen's clubs, police departments, fire houses, Boy Scouts, and schools have held gun raffles. Back in the day they were usually shotguns and .22 rifles, but as was mentioned, today's most popular rifle is the AR platform.

Even when I lived in Germany gun raffles were common at the local shooting clubs.

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GOP raffling AR-15 �Sandy Hook�-type rifles as macabre pro-gun stunt [View all] deminks May 2013 OP

Horrible asshats. HappyMe May 2013 #1

I don't think you can really say they are doing it to "mock" the dead. justanidea May 2013 #2

Yes, they've proved to be such nice guys NightWatcher May 2013 #4

You seem to be assigning the actions of a few nutcases to everyone. justanidea May 2013 #10

Judged by the company you keep. aquart May 2013 #35

LOL! HappyMe May 2013 #45

No, the GOP asshats who are stirring up shit by raffling off AR's NightWatcher May 2013 #47

The only people they're stirring up are people like you. premium May 2013 #48

Ah, there's that NRA billh58 May 2013 #55

It's not the only vacuous statement in the article. Lizzie Poppet May 2013 #5

First Time Ever A Congressman otohara May 2013 #34

Not really "mocking". IMO, more like a GOP celebration. Celebrating that no new laws were enacted AlinPA May 2013 #44

And that's the problem, too many yahoos interested in those damn assault weapons. Hoyt May 2013 #51

So predictable Hoyt, premium May 2013 #54

It's the best-selling rifle in the US for the past 2 decades Recursion May 2013 #3

So are raffles like this pretty common? HappyMe May 2013 #7

I don't know that gun raffles are terribly common, but the ones I've seen are all AR-15s Recursion May 2013 #8

I think you are probably right about the HappyMe May 2013 #13

I'm torn on that Recursion May 2013 #19

Well, this is why I generally HappyMe May 2013 #22

Meh. Everybody has a right to an opinion Recursion May 2013 #26

I agree. HappyMe May 2013 #30

Your concern is the same as mine. WHO has the gun, vs which gun. AlinPA May 2013 #49

Ahhh, premium May 2013 #28

I think getting rid of the HappyMe May 2013 #31

I think you're right about Sen. Feinstein, premium May 2013 #21

It would have been better for them HappyMe May 2013 #27

I hope they at least do a background check on the raffle winner ... Bake May 2013 #33

Don't forget the GOP raffle 8 months after Gifford was shot -- in her district. Pholus May 2013 #9

Except that article points out it was a different gun Recursion May 2013 #11

Darnit, you added reason AFTER I posted a reply. Pholus May 2013 #14

Sorry! I edit too much sometimes Recursion May 2013 #16

Thanks. I appreciate that. nt Pholus May 2013 #18

I have to stop editing over. Pholus May 2013 #23

It was a GLOCK. Sufficient for breathtaking insensitivity. aquart May 2013 #39

Glock is popular because it makes good weapons Recursion May 2013 #41

I remember that. justanidea May 2013 #12

I think it's as Recursion said, HappyMe May 2013 #15

Well, yeah, everywhere I've ever lived ... oldhippie May 2013 #17

Well, sportsman's clubs make sense. HappyMe May 2013 #20

They're pretty common here in Nevada also, premium May 2013 #25

Every year at our county fair, one of the local VFW chapters does one. TheMightyFavog May 2013 #32

My uncle used to hunt HappyMe May 2013 #38

To use for what? Killing ants at picnics? aquart May 2013 #36

Target shooting and hunting small animals mostly Recursion May 2013 #40

It's a squirrel gun? That's the story? aquart May 2013 #42

I don't know about squirrels so much, but .223 is not a round for large game Recursion May 2013 #43

Again, that indicates a problem -- too many yahoos coveting most lethal weapons available to them. Hoyt May 2013 #52

Yup, Mr. Drunk Boater Dwyer himself is a pillar of our MD society. Pholus May 2013 #6

Massacres are great (free) Marketing Opportunities. JoePhilly May 2013 #24

I'm now believing that the NRA and Gun Industry (and the GOP) see the massacres as an increase AlinPA May 2013 #46

The Republicans appear to be proud of their meanness. America, are you paying attention? nt ladjf May 2013 #29

I'll be okay with them doing that WITH one major caveat: Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #37

Is this an implicit endorsement of Adam Lanza's terror? Dawson Leery May 2013 #50

Maybe. But probably more like, "we don't give a flying f%*k how many kids get murdered, I'm Hoyt May 2013 #53