Punctuation ambiguities

[zunger]

From Reuters, a story about a fundraiser. Starts off innocently enough:A planned Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire aims to promote gun ownership in America by letting supporters fire powerful military-style weapons -- from Uzi submachine guns to M-16 rifles.
But:Local Democrats say the event is in poor taste amid a spike in violent crime in

Comments

[faerieloch]

um, why? It makes sense to me, except my eyes keep playing tricks on me and want to put the word "girl" in the sentence somewhere after "violent crime".

[doublefeh]

Are they glorifying (The use of machine guns) for political gain, or glorifying (the use of machine guns for political gain)?

[faerieloch]

ah! Je comprends!

[merovingian]

The use of machineguns for political gain is AWESOME!!!