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Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:25 PM Jun 2014

Oregon school shooter was carrying AR-15. School is in county where GOP routinely raffles AR-15s.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/06/11/1306236/-Oregon-school-shooter-was-carrying-AR-15-School-is-in-district-where-GOP-routinely-raffles-off-AR-1?detail=email

WED JUN 11, 2014 AT 01:13 PM PDT bySantaFeMarie

Connect these dots.

TPM:

Oregon police identified the shooter in a shooting incident at Reynolds High School in Portland, Oregon.
Troutdale, Oregon Police Chief Scott Anderson identified him as 15-year-old Jared Michael Padgett, a freshman at the school.

Police also said that Padgett carried an AR-15, a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Troutdale is in Multnomah County.
Multnomah County GOP:

We're Raffling Off An AR-15 Again!

Multnomah County Republicans Announce Another Gun Raffle, Brisk Ticket Sales For Lincoln Day Dinner Featuring Rafael Cruz

Portland, OR January 13, 2014: Multnomah Country Republicans recognize the incredible time of year we are in. In successive months to start the year, we celebrate the legacy of two great Republicans who demonstrated leadership and courage that all of us still lean on today: Martin Luther King, Jr and Abraham Lincoln. In celebrating these two men, and the denial of the rights they fought so hard against, the Multnomah County Republican Party announces that we have started our third raffle for an AR-15 rifle (or handgun of the winner’s choice). The drawing will be held at our Lincoln Day Dinner on February 15th, 2014. Tickets are once again $10 apiece, or 12 for $100, and there is a hard cap of 500 tickets in the raffle.

FULL story at link.



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Oregon school shooter was carrying AR-15. School is in county where GOP routinely raffles AR-15s. (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2014 OP
No matter how one feels about the availability of auto loading rifles tularetom Jun 2014 #1
Whomever wins the raffles has to pass a background check. Jenoch Jun 2014 #2
true dat grasswire Jun 2014 #3

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
1. No matter how one feels about the availability of auto loading rifles
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 07:46 PM
Jun 2014

It's probably a bit unfair to imply a connection between fund raising activities of some clueless republicans and the murderous fantasies of some pimply faced teenager.

Unless it's claimed that one of the AR-15s that was raffled off by the county republicans somehow ended up in the hands of the creep that did the shooting.

 

Jenoch

(7,720 posts)
2. Whomever wins the raffles has to pass a background check.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 08:14 PM
Jun 2014

I'm not certain this story brings up anything significant.

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