Rhode Island Republicans On Guns
BY Herschel Smith
11 years, 2 months ago
The Rhode Island GOP’s attempt to raise money by raffling off guns, including Smith & Wesson’s version of the AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle linked to the Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre, is stirring controversy even within state Republican ranks.
State Republican Chairman Mark Smiley said the winners of the party’s gun raffle this Sunday at the South County Rod & Gun Club will have to pass background checks.
“The weapon will be held, and the winner given a certificate,” Smiley said. “That certificate will be redeemable at the gun shop that donated the weapon. After the winner passes both state and federal background checks and has waited the required week, they will take possession of the weapon.”
Nonetheless, three of the potential major party candidates for governor panned the idea, including Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, the potential GOP candidate. The attorney general and his potential Republican opponent also criticized the idea.
Among the words the high-profile critics used to describe this latest GOP fundraising tack: “outrageous,” “disgusting,” “insensitive.” A sampling of their comments:
“While I am a supporter of the Second Amendment, as a former criminal prosecutor I have strong reservations against the raffling of a semiautomatic weapon,” Fung said. “This is not something that I would ever do to raise campaign funds.”
Do you understand now? Do you still believe that there is any real difference between the Republicans and Democrats? Folks, I just don’t know else to say it other than to keep pointing out the obvious. Some places are irrecoverable. They cannot be saved. Rhode Island is just such a place, and if you’re a liberty loving gun owner who lives in Rhode Island, your best bet is to get out of there to a free state. Quickly.
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