Oh hey, Clint Didier is still running for office. This time it’s for Congress from Eastern Washington. And his campaign is giving away guns (Tri-City Herald link). Because sure.
Supporters must submit their names, ZIP codes and email addresses at Didier’s website to get updates from his campaign.
The winners of the guns — two pistols and a military-style rifle — will be randomly chosen. The contest allows people to civilly show support for the Second Amendment at a time when it is being threatened, Didier told the Herald.
“All these shootings are occurring at gun-free zones by individuals on some type of drugs with mental issues,” Didier said. “The guns are not pulling the trigger, the people are pulling the trigger. These gun-free zones are enticing people to go to these areas to do these terrible deeds.”
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The prizes are two Ruger 2300 LC9 pistols and a DB-15 S rifle, including a 30-round clip with ammunition, Didier’s website said. He will give away the guns when he reaches 10,000 “likes” on his Facebook page or followers on Twitter, or July 4, whichever comes sooner.
The winners will have to follow all laws — including being of legal age and going through a background check — to claim their prizes, Didier said.
I had originally read Joel Connelley’s piece that doesn’t include reference to background checks, but when I asked the campaign about it, their spokesperson Larry Stickney* directed me to the longer piece on the Herald.
When I asked how a background check would weed out people on drugs or “with mental issues” he didn’t respond. It seems like the maybe not the greatest plan to give a potential murder weapon to some random stranger because they were nice enough to give you their name, email address, and zip code, even if they are able to pass a background check.
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“These gun-free zones are enticing people to go to these areas to do these terrible deeds.” This kind of thinking gives me all kinds of inspiration. I can see the black hole of gun-free-ness that develops over schools, for example, just expanding and expanding until it’s able to attract the attention of a gun, and then the defenseless gun owner being dragged into the maelstrom of negative energy until he (it’s always a he) (so far, that is) is no longer able to resist the urge to massacre large numbers of non-gun-toting rational people, or at least to try. Sort of like how having a full range of Dreyer’s Grande flavors in the freezer case entices the morbidly obese to shop at FoodusMaxximus rather than at the nice supermarket six blocks from home. A homing for disaster, if you will. I’ll have to see if that washes with the judge the next time I have an auto accident. “But, Your Honor, that car was just sitting there; not a scratch on it. What could I do but smash into it at 75? It needed me!”
Oh man… This guy is a treat. Just so you know Carl, I signed up to win the gun. I’ll show it off in the parking lot of Seattle DL when I win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxB-K1YOqfs#t=126
Dammit!!
Get on it flying monkeys! Get Clint to 10k on FB so I can get my guns!
“FRIDAY, JULY 4, 2014
SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS TO BE ANNOUNCED | Campaign Headquarters
provided we reach at least 10,000 LIKES on Facebook and/or 10,000 FOLLOWS on Twitter.
Share with your freinds so we can give these guns away! Stay tuned for news about the announcement.”