GOP Rep. Yoho To Host Gun Training Event On Sandy Hook Anniversary

[WilliamPitt]

GOP Rep. Yoho To Host Gun Training Event On Sandy Hook Anniversary
TPM

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) plans to host a gun training event in Florida on the anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

The congressman's Facebook page last week posted an invite for the event to be held this coming Saturday, though a spokesman told the Gainsville Sun newspaper that it was not meant to be on the same day as the anniversary.

"Join us for a Family Firearm Safety event Saturday, December 14 at 2pm in Lake City. I encourage you to bring your family and friends," the invitation to the event posted on Yoho's Facebook page said. "Looking forward to seeing you there."

The rest: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/gop-rep-yoho-leading-class-on-gun-safety-on-sandy-hook-anniversary

I use the term "Bag of fuck" on my Facebook page to describe the worst of the worst assholes in politics. Beginning with the shutdown/default debacle, however, I was forced to up my game, i.e. "Dumpster of fuck," "Barge of fuck," etc., to keep up with the escalating assholery of the Right.

But this...this requires a whole new level: Moon of fuck.

"Not meant to be on the same day as the anniversary," my flapping ass.

[onehandle]

1. There will be a lot of sub-humans unzipping their flies that day. nt

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

2. I urge all who are of a differing mindset...

...than Yoho and his ilk to lambast these maroons at every opportunity. I lost a child to disease, to celebrate on the anniverssary of the murder of children is the height of insensitivity.

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. What About Douchebag?

There are not words nasty enough to say to these maggots. I worked the Colorado recall in support of Evie Hudak. And these jerks were just plain racist. bigoted and pure evil.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Marauding Death Star of fuck.

A fun event for the whole family, sponsored by one of the most aptly-named yahoos in Congress.

[X_Digger]

5. We get it.. gun safety bad.

Instructors at the class plan to talk about the dangers that come with using guns, how to properly use guns, and the importance of making sure guns aren't too easily accessible, according to the Gainesville Sun.

Wouldn't want folks learning how to properly secure their firearms, nosiree-bob.

[niyad]

6. do you seriously think this event and its timing are actually about gun safety, knowing the

stance of yoyo and company? really??

[X_Digger]

9. A weekend event during deer hunting season? Yup.

You'll find lots of gun safety events on Saturday during November and December.

My local bass pro shops has one on *every* Saturday in December.

[niyad]

11. righhhht--because yoyo has been at the forefront of gun safety issues.

[X_Digger]

16. Check his FB Page, he's been at several classes, apparently.

https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanTedYoho

[madrchsod]

54. these guys look really pleased teddy is praying for them

well they did win....

[X_Digger]

56. Is that a locker room, with couches?!? Bizarre. n/t

[Xyzse]

12. Not quite.

I agree that Gun Training is important but putting it on that date is insulting, insensitive and meant to give offense.

I have nothing against gun training, safety, storage and so forth as I consider that as adding maturity to gun ownership, which I believe is sorely needed. However, like I mentioned, them putting it on that date is just being a damn jerk about it. Promote gun training and safety any other day, that day is a remembrance for the children.

[X_Digger]

17. See reply above.

There are firearms safety classes all throughout the month.

Should people stay off the beaches on 3/11 in remembrance of the Tohoku Tsunami? Should people avoid flying on 9/11? Should people avoid going to federal buildings on 4/19?

[Xyzse]

18. Not at all, but that is a false equivalence.

I can understand the "Not meant to be on the same day as the anniversary," but they really should have thought about that, and how it will be perceived.

I can also understand that tragic events should not stop people from living and going about their business, however it is still an open wound, that event. The fact that they acknowledge that this was "not meant to be on the same day as the anniversary" should have alerted them to the backlash.

Basically by going about what they have done is in keeping with saying "don't care, I got mine".

By the way, I do not have Facebook, nor can I access that, so I can't actually verify. However, I can understand that you are mentioning that it is a standard weekly Saturday class on December.

Still, does not change the fact that they should have anticipated this and planned accordingly if so.

[X_Digger]

21. How wide does this net cast? (You do know this is in Florida, right?)

Should a gun show in Texas cancel because it happens to occur on 12/14? (Hint, there's a show every weekend in December in the D/FW area).

Should all gun classes be cancelled, or just the ones that a politician might attend? (There are hunter safety, gun safety, basic pistol, and rifle marksmanship classes on 12/14 all over the country.)

[Xyzse]

24. Yes... Guy is a politician after all.

I don't think many people would care if it wasn't promoted by someone in the public eye.

Either way, cancellation was not in my mind to begin with, as a Politician they should have expected the backlash and acted accordingly with either a reschedule or made an effort to tweak the program to something more universally palatable.

[X_Digger]

25. Oh, so cancel it because a politician's going to visit. Nice.

And all those others that don't have a politician? They're fine?

Funny, that doesn't seem to make this issue about 'remembrance', does it?

[Xyzse]

32. No, if the guys running the event were to do that, fine.

It's the politician coming in and promoting it that makes it political.

Otherwise, it is just another business related thing. It is an issue on that date for a politician to be holding an event based on guns during a remembrance like Sandy Hook.

You said so yourself, that it was a Saturday weekly event, that happens to fall on the anniversary of Sandy Hook. The politician adding himself to it created the controversy and thus backlash.

[LanternWaste]

22. No more and no less than the NRA releasing a shooting game for kids 1 month after Sandy Hook.

"We get it.. gun safety bad..."

No more and no less than the NRA releasing a shooting game for kids 1 month after Sandy Hook.



In between shooting rounds, the game displays NRA facts and safety tips. A section on the app's main menu links to the organization's website, with information about new gun legislation, hunting season and various state gun laws-- quite safety conscious indeed!







(Insert rationalization here...)

[WilliamPitt]

27. Jesus H. Baldheaded Christ On A Crutch Fail.

And that is some serious Fail right there, friends and neighbors.

[Feral Child]

34. No, you clearly

don't get it. And the point is obviously intentionally missed.

Politicians plan political events for political reasons. He could have planned this on Sunday afternoon. He could have planned it the prior weekend, or the following weekend. But a Congressional Representative, with a staff of gofers to protect him from commiting a political faux pas decided to host an event on a day that's sure to insult grieving parents.

He's making a statement to some reprehensible gun-addicts. Are you one of them?

Look, I like guns. I own several and practice my training in gun-safety assiduously. All the same, I mourn dead kids and wouldn't cause more grief to those parents for any reason. Especially not to secure the votes of some insensitive, self-absorbed clots.

[niyad]

36. welcome to DU

[Feral Child]

43. Thanks, Nyad

[Paladin]

45. Well said. (nt)

[Feral Child]

46. Thanks, Paladin.

Cool nick, btw.

[99Forever]

38. Fucking gunhumpers.

A special kind of slimy.

[X_Digger]

39. Fucking dissemblers.

Can't spit out what they really want to say.

[99Forever]

41. I can't say for "dissemblers"...

.. but I said exactly what I wanted to and meant it.

[X_Digger]

42. Olympic level passive-aggressiveness. I'd give it an 8/10. You bumbled the dismount. n/t

[99Forever]

44. Isn't that special?

He thinks he's an internet psychologist, when actually he's just another frightened little man with an obsessive fetish.

[Paladin]

47. Give it a rest.

If you're going to provide cover for a loathsome Republican gesture like this one on a Democratic site, you deserve the blowback you get.

[X_Digger]

48. No, I just don't get into whipping up a moral panic out of a politician

attending a gun safety class. (Regardless of the letter behind his name.)

I daresay if the letter behind his name were different, you'd be lauding it as encouraging gun control.

[Paladin]

49. Yeah, but the name isn't different, and this is a Democratic site.

And I don't plan on accepting any moral guidance---panicked or otherwise---from a pro-gun apologist like you.

[X_Digger]

50. So your judgement of morality depends on party? Hrmm.. that explains a lot. n/t

[Paladin]

53. And your posing such a question tells me all I need to know about you. Bye. (nt)

[spanone]

52. no, you do not get it.

[sakabatou]

7. *facepalm*

[calimary]

8. Well, there's also Sewer of fuck. Landfill of fuck. Pus-pool of fuck.

Toilet of fuck. Vomitorium of fuck.

I could go on...

[Rex]

10. This guy is faping at the idea of guns and death! *GRAPHIC GUN TROLL WARNING*!

"I need to change my diaper now, it is soiled from a wet fart discharge. Ted Yoho is my daddy!"

[niyad]

13. okay--I need some serious mind bleach now. and it is too early to drink.

[Rex]

15. Should I put a GRAPHIC WARNING LABEL on my reply?

Sorry about that and NO...Rex's answer to the second question is it is NEVER too early or too late to drink.

[niyad]

37. a graphic warning label might be in order! but thank you for the drink thing. should have

remembered, "it's 5:00 somewhere!"

[mstinamotorcity2]

30. After that I need two shots

of Crown Royal Black and call me in the morning.

[bullwinkle428]

14. I'm only surprised they're not trying to hold it in the Newtown town square.

[aikoaiko]

19. Some training in safe storage might have prevented the SH shooting

But maybe not. I've heard mixed thing about how the mother stored her weapons.

[catbyte]

20. So the point of Yoho's little stunt is what? To make sure the shooter doesn't accidently shoot

himself prior to the massacre?

Unfuckingbelievable.

[Arkana]

23. There's a special place in Hell reserved for Ted Yoho.

Seriously, the guy is quickly becoming one of the most odious Tea Party shitheads in this Congress.

[warrior1]

26. what a fucking asshole

[earthside]

28. Good.

I hope there is a desk at the DNC that is keeping track of all these tasteless, insane, disgusting, extreme events and statements emanating from Repuglican Representatives and Senators.

The 2014 campaign for control of the U.S. House should be nationalized and run on why the extremist, fanatical of Tea Party Repuglicans should be shown the door.

[mstinamotorcity2]

29. December 31st isn't here yet.

You will need to think up some new shit before then Here are a few, ratchet fuck, junkyard fuck, dumb as fuck.

[Blue Owl]

31. YOHO -- You Only Hate Once

n/t

[jmowreader]

33. The time is wrong

Shouldn't their "not intentionally on the day Adam Lanza shot 20 children" event be at the "not intentionally at the exact minute he did it" time of 9:30?

[Skittles]

35. he's a coward who appeals to cowards

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

40. Maybe he'll have an accidental discharge

and shoot himself.

[anti partisan]

51. I actually believe him about it being accidental

The chance of a US House member doing this to troll gun control activists is extremely minute.

As another poster pointed out, he has already held several of these classes, they probably all happened to be on Saturdays, and it just so happens that the anniversary was on a Saturday. This really is nothing to get hysterical about, considering the things coming from the head of the freaking NRA.

[spanone]

55. bwahahahahahaaaa!!!! then MOVE IT.