Gun Group Raffles Off Assault Rifle Used In Newtown Shooting To ‘Resist Barack Obama’

[mollywobbles867]

The Tennessee Firearms Association is raffling off one AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, the same weapon used by Adam Lanza to kill 20 children and six adults in Newtown.

According to the promotion, “TFA is giving away a BUSHMASTER AR15 to advance the effort to resist Barack Obama, the federal government and even a few in Tennessee state government who

Comments

[chaya]

Reading the title, I first thought they meant the actual gun used, not the same model of gun used. Jfc that was a horrible moment.

[mickeym]

Regardless, it's incredibly disgusting :-/ Not to mention supremely thoughtless.

[redstar826]

oh god, I was soooo confused, and was like "but how did they even get it???" etc

[zinnia_rose]

Me too. Not that this is a whole lot better. :-/

[schexyschteve]

“Our rights under the 2nd Amendment and even the Bill of Rights are not safe in Tennessee! We must act with force and determination to protect, preserve and restore our rights!!!!”

Alrighty, muskets for everyone!

[pepsquad]

So does the freedom of speech thing stop with anything produced after the printing press?

[caerfrli]

no but it does stop at, say, yelling fire in a crowded theater, conspiring to commit a crime or exhorting to treason.

[romp]

what rights have they lost?!

[mickeym]

I saw this on my Facebook feed and was just horrified. It's like a slap in the face to the people who lost loved ones at the Newtown shooting.

[underlankers]

It's interesting how these people read 'self-defense' as 'license to commit treason.'

[zinnia_rose]

That is an odd reading comprehension problem, isn't it?

[thistlerose]

They have no sense of decency. Seriously. None at all.