Posted on 03/23/2005 8:18:41 AM PST by jdege
Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune
March 23, 2005
Minneapolis gun shop owner Mark Koscielski coined the city's notorious sobriquet "Murderapolis" in 1995 and renewed the term to sell new T-shirts Tuesday.
The black $15 T-shirts say "Murderapolis 2005" above a drawing of the grim reaper in front of the city's skyline. On the bottom, white letters read, "I'm back."
Koscielski said he'll keep the $6.75 profit from each shirt for the children's gun safety courses he offers for free, the next of which is in May.
"We teach our kids how to drive a car, we teach them the bad things about drugs and drinking," Koscielski said at his shop at 2926 Chicago Av. S. "If this saves one life, it's worth it."
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Mayor R.T. Rybak was not amused by the latest from Koscielski, who has a knack for drawing attention.
"I take crime very seriously, but I don't think Mark has a history of doing that," Rybak said. "Mark has a long history of saying outlandish things for his financial gain."
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Pesky old 1st Amendment, eh Mr. Mayor?
So does Michael Moore.
IT WORKS!
"I take crime very seriously, but I don't think Mark has a history of doing that," Rybak said. "Mark has a long history of saying outlandish things for his financial gain."
and the problem with that is?
Sounds like a good plan to me.
A statement I never agree with.
I do hope he sells a lot of shirts though.
I have a shirt sort of like this. Toronto started selling "Winnipeg MURDER CAPITAL OF CANADA" with a chalk outline and the WPG's skyline on it. I bought it while I was there... If they really took crime seriously they'd reduce it.
Bend over Mister Liberal, here comes your own rhetoric.
"...has a long history of saying outlandish things for his financial gain."
or could read, "our state senators have a long history of saying outlandish things for financial gain."
or "our government unions have a long history of saying outlandish things for financial gain."
the list could go on and on
Mark is a good guy. He's fought the city in court, and won, over his right to do business.
As a proud owner/wearer of his '95 edition of "Murderapolis", I'm looking forward to adding the new one to the mix.
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