Virginia gun giveaway to go ahead despite massacre

[non sociopath skin]

Words fail me.

The Skin.

Virginia gun giveaway to go ahead despite massacre
Ed Pilkington in New York

Tuesday April 17, 2007

Guardian Unlimited
They are calling it the "Bloomberg Gun GiveAway". On Thursday two gun shops in the state of Virginia will stage a prize draw. Anyone spending more than $100 in either Bob Moates' stores or Old Dominion Guns and Tackle will be entered, and the first prize a free handgun or rifle worth $900.

The draw has been devised as an act of defiance against the mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, who is suing two Virginia gun shops, including Bob Moates, as well as 25 stores in other states, for allegedly selling guns too freely and thus fuelling violent crime. In a sting operation last year, Mr Bloomberg sent a team of undercover investigators into Bob Moates and other stores to expose how regulations on sales were being openly flouted.

Despite yesterday's tragic events at Virginia Tech, a clerk at Bob Moates said the draw would still go ahead. It will underline the unbending adherence of many Virginians to the right to bear arms - the state has been ranked as the second easiest in the country in which to buy guns - in the face of renewed calls for tighter gun control.

It was revealed today that the Virginia Tech killer, Cho Seung-Hui, had been carrying a 9mm Glock pistol and a 22mm Walther semi-automatic. One of those handguns was used in both crime scenes on the campus.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2059371,00.html

[alarimer]

1. Words fail me too

Disgusting. Subhuman, even. I don't know if Bloomberg is right or not to sue them. I guess the court will determine if there is evidence that illegal guns in New York come from these stores. I have read that manufacturers dump guns on state with lax gun laws, knowing that they will make their way through the illegal pipeline to states with tougher gun laws. I have no idea if that can be proven or now.

[Oreo]

2. The Guardian

Dya think any US news will report this? And people wonder why the world thinks we're uncivilized.

[MsUnderstood]

3. reminds me of the scene in Bowling for Columbine

Where Charlie Heston Held up that big ole gun and clearly, slowly stated "From my cold dead hands"

[Magleetis]

4. More guns

Yea thats the answer. If everyone on VT campus had a gun the horrible shooting wouldn't have happened. Yea thats it, if every American had a concealed weapon nobody would ever get shot.

:sarcasm:

[villager]

5. Let's give everyone fissile material, since, you know, it's the *people*

and never ever ever "the weapons" we should be concerned about...

[virginia mountainman]

6. Good, I hope I win!!

Keep that idiotic Repuke Bloomberg out of my state... He needs to fix his own problems, instead of blaming others for his failings.

[damntexdem]

7. Stupidity of NRA-like proportions.

If they had any sense -- oh, but they don't.

[katty]

8. America the 'child', doing same things over,over,over & over again