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A former mayoral candidate in Tucson, Ariz., is drawing heated criticism from Democrats after he launched a program this week to hand out free shotguns in high-crime neighborhoods.
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Well, it seems it's perfectly ok for Joe 'Smokin Gun' Biden to proclaim: "Get a shotgun", but when it's suggested they actually be handed out to people in Texas and Arizona, where they are needed in some neighbourhoods, the elites are getting all huffy and puffy:
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State Rep. Victoria Steele, who represents Tucson, called the program plain lunacy.
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Arizonans in Tucson and across the state are demanding that we reduce gun violence and create safer communities. Handing out shotguns is not a solution," she said in a written statement.
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House Minority Leader Chad Campbell called it "ideological extremism at its worst" and a political gimmick that could have dangerous consequences.
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The article is sourced from
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This idea came from the Armed Citizen Project, in a nutshell, handing out guns to citizens in high-crime neighbourhoods and studying the effect.
http://www.armedcitizenproject.org/
Guns for Votes? Hell yea.