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14th July 2011

Photo reblogged from The Daily What with 93 notes

thedailywhat: The Woman With The Pink Gun of the Day: In a recent report filed by Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, a claim is made that Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein (R-LD6) — a staunch gun rights advocate noted for carrying a loaded handgun into the state Capitol two days after the Tucson shooting — pointed her raspberry-pink .380 Ruger at Ruelas to “[show] off the laser sighting.” According to Ruelas, Klein told him the gun has no safety but there was no need to worry because she doesn’t have her hand on the trigger. Klein has since released a statement claiming it was Ruelas who put himself “in the line of the laser sight” during the demonstration by “[sitting] down in the sofa in front of me.” Ruelas disputes this, as do his notes and recordings: “[A]t one point [on the recordings], Klein tells the photographer that she had pointed the gun at Ruelas, and Ruelas said the same thing as the two talked over each other on the tape recording.” [azcentral: 1,2 / npr.] It’s OK because it was pink.

thedailywhat:

The Woman With The Pink Gun of the Day: In a recent report filed by Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, a claim is made that Arizona state Sen. Lori Klein (R-LD6) — a staunch gun rights advocate noted for carrying a loaded handgun into the state Capitol two days after the Tucson shooting — pointed her raspberry-pink .380 Ruger at Ruelas to “[show] off the laser sighting.”

According to Ruelas, Klein told him the gun has no safety but there was no need to worry because she doesn’t have her hand on the trigger.

Klein has since released a statement claiming it was Ruelas who put himself “in the line of the laser sight” during the demonstration by “[sitting] down in the sofa in front of me.”

Ruelas disputes this, as do his notes and recordings: “[A]t one point [on the recordings], Klein tells the photographer that she had pointed the gun at Ruelas, and Ruelas said the same thing as the two talked over each other on the tape recording.”

[azcentral: 1,2 / npr.]

It’s OK because it was pink.

Tagged: gunspolitics

  1. weetziebird reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    for real.
  2. guau reblogged this from wellesleyunderground and added:
    LOVE ARIZONA
  3. rickjamesbitch reblogged this from thedailywhat
  4. juliekane reblogged this from thedailywhat
  5. jaded-empath reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    Wow, backpedal much?
  6. touchmeordont reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    What an idiot.
  7. s-e-sigs reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    laser sight?! Um, how about you just DON’T FUCKING TAKE OUT A LOADED GUN IN PUBLIC. Is it really
  8. twerkspotting reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    you stupid fucking firearms whore. I don’t fucking care.
  9. howjoanofarcfelt reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    not everyone from arizona is this stupid. promise.
  10. toosawn-trigger reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    If this does not prove my point...is run by idiots I do not know what will. Fuck, I
  11. taylorcn reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    The Woman With The Pink Gun of the Day: In a recent report filed by Arizona Republic reporter Richard Ruelas, a claim is...
  12. spacecadetbird reblogged this from thedailywhat
  13. the-towns-finest said: don’t you mean “finger on the trigger”?
  14. veiledheart reblogged this from thedailywhat
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  18. reneehendricks reblogged this from sidfromabove1975 and added:
    I agree. Completely.
  19. clutchlog reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    other news, we don’t point...people. Or unloaded guns, or guns of whatever type in...
  20. sidfromabove1975 reblogged this from thedailywhat and added:
    saftey, and I’m just going to carry...people or whatever.” With all due respect, Senator,...
  21. hopesprings said: I am not against private citizens owning firearms, but anyone who is a SANE gun enthusiast knows that you never, ever point a weapon at a person. Even if you know it is not loaded. It creates a bad habit, that can lead to tragic accidents.