GOP in Giffords' District Raffles Off Glock Handgun

[WI_DEM]

This may be bad-taste-of-the-year award material:

The Pima County GOP — which is in the same district where Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot early this year — is holding a very insensitive fundraiser this week. The party is holding a raffle fundraiser, and the prize is a Glock handgun, the same category of weapon that was used to shoot Giffords.
Think Progress

Go here for a copy of the ad:

Help Pima County GOP Get Out The Vote and Maybe Help Yourself to a New Glock.45

Update I: From AZ Independent in the comments, the Republican hopeful running to take Giffords on is another example of classlessness:



Antenori, who has built a reputation as a staunchly conservative lawmaker in his career representing Tucson's east side, Green Valley and Sierra Vista, is the first Republican to launch an exploratory campaign for the seat since the January shooting rampage, in which six people were killed and 13 were wounded. Republican Jesse Kelly, who narrowly lost to Giffords in 2010, was preparing to announce his plans for another congressional run in January but suspended his plans after the shooting.
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“I would love to see Miss Giffords walk up to a microphone and basically announce that she’s going to run for reelection and that she’s physically capable and psychologically ready to take on the rigors of a campaign and continue to represent District 8,” Antenori says. “If she did that, I’m out. I’m not going to run against a woman who’s physically and mentally capable of representing CD8. … I don’t think she’s beatable.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/01/1012549/-GOP-in-Giffords-District-Raffles-Off-Glock-Handgun?via=siderec

[DearAbby]

1. This is beyond tasteless

Have they no shame?

[lpbk2713]

2. Do you really require an answer to that?

:shrug:


I didn't think so.

[DearAbby]

3. Where is the media on this

why are they sitting on their hands instead of saying "WHOA, this is really really uncalled for in a civilized society." This is the twilight zone. It's like we are living side by side, but different realities. Civilized people actually consider this behavior normal? I wish I could wake up.

[TheBigotBasher]

4. They wonder why they are called Tea Party Terrorists?

I dunno. Maybe the celebration of things like this and Oslo have something to do with it.

[DearAbby]

5. What are they thinking when doing this?

: DUhandyDandy Facepalm Smiley: what was I thinking asking that question?

[TheBigotBasher]

6. "Second Amendment Solutions"