GOP Lawmaker To Give Away Two AR-15 Assault Rifles As Door Prize At Fundraiser

[natyanayaki]

He doubled down on his offer the day after the Orlando shooting.

One day after the worst mass shooting in American history, Tennessee State Rep. Andy Holt (R) said he plans to give away two AR-15 assault rifles - the same kind of weapon used in the massacre - as a “door prize” at an upcoming political fundraiser.

Holt, a self-described conservative

Comments

[blackjedii]

i'd make a quip here but tbqh

i can't

it's just too sad

[blackjedii]

like deep despair staring into the abyss kind of sad

[natyanayaki]

i'm fluctuating between anger and sadness.

i'm not at all surprised, nothing changed after sandy hook. nothing changed after little babies were murdered, what hope can there be if the lives of babies are less important that the rights of gun manufacturers' pockets.

[blackjedii]

Yeah pretty much.

also why does this guy have a petting zoo

I bet his goats are mean and unloved.

[lovedforaday]

he's a state rep. no surprise, they seem to be the most shameless of the shameless.

[sayuridoll]

After all, it was a bullet that stopped the terrorist.

You mean a squad of trained professionals who actually do this for a living and train for this shit? Stop.
Some random civilian is not going to be a "good guy" with a gun.

[shortsweetcynic]

their own talking points contradict each other on the regular. it would be amazing to behold if i didn't feel so sick and sad right now.

[liliaeth]

hell,if some random person in that club had pulled out a gun and started shooting back, most likely they would have ended up killing some other innocent person(s), instead of the shooter, because the place was so packed, that even the most highly trained gunmen would have a hard time hitting a target, especially in a situation that tense.

[prehnite]

Spoiler alert (like anyone needed it): He's a homophobe.

[anguisel]

Does this guy have a twitter? I want to bombard him with 'Will the gun be loaded when given away? Are you gonna do a background check on the winner? Will you be liable to a lawsuit if said guns are used in a crime? Will it only be whites that are eligible for the AR-15s?' and so on.

[natyanayaki]

i believe he does because he has apparently got into twitter feuds with carrie underwood and told obama to take his gun control and shove it a couple months ago, but i can't find a link to it? like the links to his facebook and twitter on his websites are broken. or at least they are broken for me.

[prehnite]

https://twitter.com/andyholt4tn

[anguisel]

Thank you. Let's see what happens.

https://twitter.com/Argruna/status/742565412571779073