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USAF Apologizes for Advertising Gun Range 'Fun Shoot' on MLK Day
The Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | 15 January 2016 | ANTON NILSSON

Posted on 01/17/2016 1:00:58 PM PST by DogByte6RER

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Air Force apologizes for advertising a 'fun shoot' at range on Martin Luther King Day using image of murdered civil rights leader

- The controversial poster advertised a skeet shoot at an Air Force base in Georgia

- The flyer promised attendees would get 'two rounds and lunch' for $20 and featured a picture of Martin Luther King, Jr.

- Air Force officials issued a statement apologizing for the 'insensitive' flyer

Officials at an Air Force base in Georgia drew criticism on Thursday after posting controversial flyers advertising a 'Martin Luther King, Jr. fun shoot' featuring a picture of the civil rights leader, who was gunned down in 1968.

The flyers announced a gathering at the Robins Air Force Base Skeet Club scheduled for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. For $20, the poster promised, attendees would get 'two rounds and lunch.'

The Air Force base, which is located in the town of Warner Robins in central Georgia, released a statement on Thursday apologizing for the poster, calling it 'inappropriate' and an 'honest mistake.'

'We didn't make the flyer,' Leroy Minus told the newspaper. 'We squared it away. We got rid of the picture.'

In the conclusion of the Air Force base's statement officials said they 'hold the legacy of Dr. King in the highest regard.'

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(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: DogByte6RER

How many times must we tell you??????????????
Do Not Offend The Special People


21 posted on 01/17/2016 1:30:36 PM PST by Lexington Green (Hillary should be in the Big House - not the White House.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Probably not the best poster idea.


22 posted on 01/17/2016 1:30:49 PM PST by patq
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To: MeshugeMikey

LOL, this will be as Yuuuge as telling Brian Williams jokes.


23 posted on 01/17/2016 1:31:39 PM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: PROCON

I hear that there are areas in Chicago where there was a Fun Shoot Planned for this date Years Ago


24 posted on 01/17/2016 1:32:42 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: DogByte6RER

What is the connection between trap shooting and the death of MLK..?

Kids SWAM on the base on MLK Day —can I get the USAF to apologize for that ALSO...?

The USAF seems to be very eager to apologize for all manner of bugbears —how can they be serious about something as important as national self-defense..?


25 posted on 01/17/2016 1:33:20 PM PST by gaijin
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To: BenLurkin

He’s been dead for 48 years. Most of the people in the Air Force today hadn’t even been born yet. By the time 48 years had passed since Lincoln’s assassination, we’d already killed two more Presidents. Get over it.


26 posted on 01/17/2016 1:34:58 PM PST by beelzepug (2 Timothy 2:23 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments...")
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To: DogByte6RER

MLK supported gun rights.


27 posted on 01/17/2016 1:36:46 PM PST by Haiku Guy (January 4, 2015 will be Hillary Clinton's Coming Out Day)
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To: W.

Remington model 760?


28 posted on 01/17/2016 1:37:02 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: DogByte6RER

I wasn’t as big a fan of Martin Luther King as others were. That said, there’s no way I would approve of how his life ended. I wouldn’t ever make light of it either.

It’s my take that he has been glorified far beyond what he should have been. I still respect the role he played in the Civil Rights movement, and I honestly think he would be severely disappointed with how his race was failed by the movement after his death.

I respect that about him.

People get together on holidays for recreational activities. They may not think of the exact reasons they are off on that day, but the day is none the less a joyous break from the monotony of life.

I don’t think King would be offended by a venture to the gun range on his birthday. Gun enthusiasts wouldn’t be wishing they had been or acting out in memory of James Earl Ray.

This is just one more Pander Bear moment brought to us the folks who will never be satisfied with their lot in society.

We are going to have to stand up to this eventually.

If we don’t, we’ll have to put up with it throughout eternity.

Today is as good a day as any to start ignoring this nonsense every time it rears it’s disgusting head.


29 posted on 01/17/2016 1:37:44 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
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To: Tax-chick
Why? Looks like the USAF wanted to honor MLK. There is nothing on that poster that is racist or demeaning to MLK. MLK believed in freedom, so why not honor him by exercising our 2nd amendment rights.
30 posted on 01/17/2016 1:37:49 PM PST by Do the math (Doug)
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To: DoughtyOne
They may not think of the exact reasons they are off on that day, but the day is none the less a joyous break from the monotony of life.

Yeah, because it's been a whole two weeks since we were off for the Holidays.

31 posted on 01/17/2016 1:39:12 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: DogByte6RER

Wonder if there would have been a fuss if they had Abe Lincoln on a poster for President’s Day?


32 posted on 01/17/2016 1:40:22 PM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: dfwgator

In a Red County In a Blue State ~ the rednecks around here call our national holiday “James Earl Ray” Day. Not joking...


33 posted on 01/17/2016 1:42:18 PM PST by heterosupremacist
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To: dfwgator

That’s true too.

My main beef is that we relegated two birthdays to the ash heap, to bring this one into being.


34 posted on 01/17/2016 1:43:29 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Every home needs a crewznadian that has been domestically trained.)
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To: Do the math

I think the poster with MLK’s name and face on it and “Fun Shoot” is a bad idea. If you disagree, fine.


35 posted on 01/17/2016 1:46:40 PM PST by Tax-chick (Onions are a woman's weapon.)
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To: Farmer Dean

I thought it was a 742 pump but must confess as an old pistolero, my knowledge of these is a bit sparse. Didn’t see many at the gun shops I worked at/hung around. Just checked, the 740 is the pump, the 760 is the autoloader. We were both in the ballpark... :)


36 posted on 01/17/2016 1:50:22 PM PST by W. (Hang on a munute.)
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To: SES1066

37 posted on 01/17/2016 1:58:21 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Instead the USAF is going to have a “beat a white prostitute and cheat on your wife day” in keeping with the actions of MLK, Jr.


38 posted on 01/17/2016 2:06:08 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: DogByte6RER

Now, my idea for an MLK Day “I Have a Dream” sale at Matress World doesn’t seem all that bad.


39 posted on 01/17/2016 2:24:33 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: DogByte6RER

40 posted on 01/17/2016 2:27:26 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (Obama hates the three Cs: Christianity, Constitution, and capitalism.)
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