Brave Oregon GOP Heroes Firehosed Out Of Venue Just For Raffling Off Rifle In Honor Of MLK
Brave Oregon GOP Heroes Firehosed Out Of Venue Just For Raffling Off Rifle In Honor Of MLK
Well, it pretty much stands to reason that if Ted Nugent is Rosa Parks and the sacred fight against all gun control is the new civil rights movement, then the Multnomah Republican Party should celebrate Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln by raffling off an AR-15 rifle (or a handgun of the winner's choice) at their February 15 Lincoln Day Dinner. (Awful though the ad up top is, we do want to point out that it was not used for the raffle -- that's just random race-baiting argybargy from gun fondlers.) For some reason, a lot of people found the announcement of the raffle and fundraising dinner -- with its line about honoring "two great Republicans" -- to be lacking in taste somehow, despite the documented fact that both King and Lincoln gave their lives in the struggle to ensure that no one at a gun show ever face a background check or a limit on the size of their ammunition magazine.
After learning that The Internet Was Not Pleased, the Greek Orthodox church where the dinner was going to be held withdrew permission for the dinner to be held. So, hey, it's a kinda-sorta partial victory, although the GOP group will go ahead with the dinner and raffle at a new location. It would appear the moral arc of the universe continues to bend toward douchebaggery.
The chair of the Multnomah County Republicans, Jeff Reynolds, issued a "clarification" noting that despite the initialannouncement saying the raffle would be at the dinner, it's actually going to be held at a totally different location on the same day, so why all the fuss? And wherever they end up holding the event, the featured speaker will still be Rafael Cruz, since he is pretty much the modern incarnation of Martin Luther King.
Reynolds also did his best to spin his group's losing the venue as yet another example of victimization, saying "candidly, this is what Republicans face in Multnomah County," which leans mostly Democratic. The echoes of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" are uncanny, really.
He confirmed that the $10 raffle tickets are nearly sold out; when a reporter asked about the propriety of honoring two leaders assassinated using firearms by raffling off a semiautomatic rifle, Reynolds said only "I'm not going to go there today."
Oh, and no matter how often you hear that King was a Republican, he never claimed a party affiliation, although plenty of modern Republicans like to claim him, because of how he opposed affirmative action and loved the military without reservation.
[ Daily Beast / Oregon Live ]
Hiring the militia... That's funny and sad... what a bunch of losers....However you do know that all gun sales whether at a "gun show", or not, are all subject to the firearm transfer laws of that state. So... for example.... here in MI... If an individual were to purchase a firearm at a gun show from an FFL Dealer (Federal(ly licensed) Firearms Dealer) dealer. That person would have to either have a valid CPL (Concealed Pistol Licence) or pass a background check. In Michigan a "long gun" (as described by law i.e.: Rifle or shotgun ) firearm may be transferred between private individuals, WITHIN the state of MI, without a background check at any venue (I have a bit of a problem with that in principle), But to purchase a pistol, from an FFL dealer or a private individual, the purchaser must either have a valid CPL or a Permit to purchase that pistol. That pistol is then, in effect, registered with the local police department. INTERNET sales must be consummated by a local FFL. In other words, if you purchase a firearm thru the internet that firearm will be delivered ONLY to an FFL and the internet dealer WILL not send that firearm to your selected agent UNLESS they have a valid FFL licence on file for that business. Once you go pick up the firearm, you are still subject to a background check and all the local requirements in the same manner as if you had purchased the firearm from the dealer providing the transfer service. Also... The BATFA does not take a high volume of casual gun sales perpetrated by a single individual lightly. If you are repeatedly buying and selling guns they will come down on you hard. I am not sure what the threshold is, but a half dozen or so per year is what I have heard. It has been my experience that all the FFL dealers I have come in contact with are VERY conscientious of the the law and their responsibilities and will not sell a firearm to ANYONE that they feel has nefarious intentions. The data show that there is a very small portion of FFL dealers that put into the market the majority of "crime guns" and this is a TRAGEDY. These irreputable dealers must be shut down.
I have a dream that my AR-15&#039;s will one day live in a <strike>country</strike> NRA gun fondler&#039;s paradise where they will not be judged by the color of their barrel but by the content of their magazine.