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One day after the worst mass shooting in American history, Rep. Andy Holt, is firmly standing behind his decision to give away a semi-automatic rifle similar to the one used in the Orlando shooting.
While announcing his plans last week to hold his first annual "Hog Fest and Turkey Shoot," Holt, R-Dresden, said he will give away an AR-15 as a door prize to an attendee of his June 25 fundraiser.
The event is also scheduled to include a turkey shoot participants are encouraged to bring their own rifle and ammo.
Holt said despite Sunday's massacre in Orlando that left 50 people dead and 53 wounded, he remains stalwart in his belief that the weapon used in the mass shooting is not to blame.
"It has nothing to do with the style of weapon. It has everything to do with who's behind the weapon," said Holt, who has sponsored several gun bills, including one recently enacted law that allows full-time employees at Tennessee colleges and universities to carry weapons on campus.
Holt said the weapon is the type that can be used for multiple purposes including hunting, target shooting and self-defense.
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)spanone
(135,880 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Initech
(100,103 posts)GaYellowDawg
(4,449 posts)He's the worst. When some UT faculty expressed a desire to leave over the weapons on campus bill, he said that he wished they would leave so that UT could get some "good faculty with conservative values." He is a boastful, arrogant, self-righteous blowhard. Basically, he's a younger and less powerful Trump.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)nothing will change.
I just think the pro-gun politicians should insist on removing the metal detectors and security from their office buildings...