City apologizes after Kobach features gun replica in parade

[DonViejo]

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/03/18 09:00 AM EDT

The city of Shawnee, Kan. issued an apology Saturday after GOP gubernatorial candidate Kris Kobach featured a large replica of a gun on a Jeep during a parade through the town.

Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State who gained national recognition as the head of President Trump’s since-disbanded voter fraud commission, displayed the replica during the Old Shawnee Days parade on Saturday, the Kansas City Star reported.

The Star reported that parade attendees were shocked by the gun replica, which the newspaper noted appeared to be a .50 caliber machine gun. Shawnee, a suburb of Kansas City, later apologized over the replica and said that it had contacted the Kobach campaign.

“Again, we apologize and understand the concern this caused,” the city's statement read. “Please know that the safety of our residents is always our highest priority and we apologize if this made anyone feel unsafe or unsettled. We will be taking steps in the future to try to ensure something similar does not happen again.”

Kobach’s campaign defended the display in a statement to the newspaper.

"The Secretary says those who use the excuse of school violence to restrict the right to bear arms are deeply misguided. We need to stand up for our Second Amendment rights and recognize the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” a campaign spokeswoman said.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/390442-city-apologizes-after-kobach-features-gun-replica-in-parade

[marble falls]

1. Perhaps he will explain how brandishing a repilica of a weapon that no one can own personally...

supports in any sort of way the ownership of firearms.

And how the statement his campaign released in any responds directly to the concerns of the town and those appalled by his display.