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Asheville Tea Party to host ‘Machine Gun Social’
From the Huffington Post:
A North Carolina Tea Party is getting creative with a fundraiser slated for next month.

On Sept. 29, the Asheville Tea Party is hosting a "Machine Gun Social" at an indoor arms range in Brevard, North Carolina.

According to the event's flyer, attendees can give $25 for a 30-round magazine on a 9mm submachine gun of their choice -- an HK MP5, an Israeli UZI or a Swedish I. Guests can spend $35 for 30 rounds on an AK47, while the most ambitious of Tea Party patriots can drop $50 for 30 rounds on an M16.
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Who’s the target?

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bsummers

Aug 15, 2012
at 05:43 PM


And yet some people are scared of Communists.

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mat catastrophe

Aug 15, 2012
at 07:36 PM


By the way, Chris Hayes noticed this and tweeted it today.

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mat catastrophe

Aug 15, 2012
at 07:36 PM


Are these weapons automatic or semi-automatic? I would pay to fire an MP5 full auto, but
semi-? BTDT.

Big Al

Aug 15, 2012
at 09:17 PM


That’s like $1.16 per round for the AK.  Shop around for better prices online (like the Aurora shooter did) and you can get it for like 35¢ per round instead.

http://www.bulkammo.com/bulk-7-62x39mm-ammo-7-62x39122hptula-20

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brebro

Aug 15, 2012
at 11:30 PM


No really - which Tea Party standard will they use for a target? My money is on the classic Obama-as-witch-doctor poster.

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bsummers

Aug 16, 2012
at 12:42 AM


Who’s the target?

There’s a long list:

* Education
* Science
* Sustainability
* Logic
* Truth
* Compassion
* Free thought
* Fresh ideas
* Understanding of history

That’s just for starters.  I don’t think I’ll be attending.

Jeff

Aug 16, 2012
at 01:50 AM


Here are the certifiable nutjobs you need to worry about:
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Suspect charged in shooting at Family Research Council headquarters
“The Virginia man accused of shooting a security guard at the headquarters of a conservative lobbying group after saying, “I don’t like your policies” carried a backpack that contained extra bullets and 15 Chick-fil-A sandwiches, authorities said Thursday.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-suspect-charged-dc-shooting-20120816,0,4735644.story
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“Imagine a volunteer for the Family Research Council marching into some gay group’s headquarters with a gun, and after shouting his opposition to the homosexual agenda, opened fire and wounded a guard before being subdued. Never mind evening news. This would be breaking news! and for days there would be seemingly endless coverage of continued conservative hatred. These networks are aiding and abetting liberal violence by refusing to identify it as liberal violence. Whether it’s vandalism at Chick-fil-A or rapes in Occupy Wall Street camps, these networks simply cannot find “news” in liberal violence of any kind.”
http://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozell/2012/08/17/skipping_over_the_shooting_at_frc

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The Southern Poverty Law Center identifies Family Research Council as a so-called “Hate Group.”
http://snipr.com/24oho28

And maintains a profile page on the group:
http://snipr.com/24ohopz

SPLC background
http://snipr.com/24ohqr1

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NEW BLACK PANTHER: WE MUST CREATE MILITARY TO MURDER BABIES AND SKIN WHITE PEOPLE
National Field Marshal for the New Black Panthers King Samir Shabazz who was caught on video tape allegedly intimidating voters in Philadelphia in 08 is now in charge of the New Black Panthers plan to create inner city militaries that would go into nurseries and kill white babies and murder white people n the street.”
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/08/14/New-Black-Panthers-To-Create-Inner-City-Military-To-Go-Into-Their-Houses-Skin-White-People-Alive
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timothypeck

Aug 17, 2012
at 10:01 AM


When liberal elitists tell us that we shouldn’t have guns—that’s when we really need them.

john

Aug 17, 2012
at 11:30 AM


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