Komen Foundation offers pink handgun to promote Breast Cancer Awareness Month

[Ichingcarpenter]

Discount Gun Sales has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to offer a pink version of its popular Walther P-22 handgun in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Komen Foundation, which sponsors pink-ribbon walks and other events to raise money for breast cancer research, is embroiled in controversy following its decision to defund Planned Parenthood.

An undisclosed portion from the sale of each Walther P-22 “Hope Edition” will be donated to the Seattle Branch of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The gun retails for $429.99.

The Hope Edition has “an exclusive DuraCoat Pink slide in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month,” according to the promotion. “Utilizing the same reliable controls and firing mechanism that has made the Walther P-22 America’s top selling handgun, the Hope Edition will be a limited production pistol offered exclusively through Discount Gun Sales.”

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood supporters are rallying in the face of Komen’s move to defund the group, whose health centers have performed more than 4 million breast exams over the past five years, including nearly 170,000 as a result of Komen grants.



http://www.wisconsingazette.com/breaking-news/komen-foundation-offers-pink-handgun-to-promote-breast-cancer-awareness-month.html

Because nothing says “pro-life” like a machine designed to kill living things.

[Paladin]

1. A Pink "Hope" Pistol.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.....

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. its not a joke.... but I thought it was

until I checked out the links and story.



It is almost Onionistic in real irony.

[MurrayDelph]

3. Shoot for the cure?

<nt>

[izquierdista]

7. For when the cure doesn't work....

But shhh, don't mention the assisted suicide angle. I mean they're pro-life after all, ya know.

[Blue Owl]

4. What's next -- maybe a pink hope drone?

[BeHereNow]

5. Boycott. n/t

bhn

[Bluerthanblue]

6. thinkbeforeyoupink.org

I never knew about them until someone posted a link here today.

It's pretty enlightening.

http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/

[truebrit71]

8. +1 My wife is fighting breast cancer right now, and I was amazed at the size of the "industry"..

...that has blossomed around this disease...and not all of it is above board or does what it purports to do...http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/ is definitely an interesting resource in sorting the wheat from the chaff..

[Bluerthanblue]

9. .. it is

amazing. And also pretty discouraging.

I'm sorry you and your wife are going through this. Wishing her healing and strength.

[truebrit71]

11. Thx for the kind thoughts...

...she's half way through the chemo and it seems to be working...My mother in law is convinced that is the power of god healing her....I maintain that it is more likely due to the drugs that cost $38k per session doing their job...

[ProgressiveProfessor]

10. Prior thread in GD

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002261693

and a subsequent one in LBN: http://www.democraticunderground.com/101443220