Last week, Fox News reported that a former Tucson mayoral candidate had kicked off a program last Monday that would not only provide poor residents of high crime neighborhoods in the city with training in armed self-defense, but would also pay for the firearms they would be using:
A former mayoral candidate in Tucson, Ariz., is drawing heated criticism from Democrats after he launched a program this week to hand out free shotguns in high-crime neighborhoods.Not surprisingly, the plan has met with outraged indignation from the anti-self-defense crowd:Shaun McClusky, who kicked off the program Monday, financed it with initial donor commitments of $12,000. He told FoxNews.com that with those private donations alone, he can arm and train 36 people -- and hopes to begin that process in 60 days.
House Minority Leader Chad Campbell called it "ideological extremism at its worst" and "a political gimmick that could have dangerous consequences."Some might argue that if one were looking for "ideological extremism" that risked "dangerous consequences," one could do far worse than to focus on those who condemn helping the poor in dangerous neighborhoods learn how to defend themselves, and equipping them with the necessary tools.
As it turns out, the Tucson program is actually an expansion of a project that is already well underway in Houston, having already trained and armed 10 women living in dangerous neighborhoods, who would otherwise have been unable to afford the gun and training. From another Fox News article:
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I sure hope this becomes a trend. These folks are in a near war zone and have no defense at all. Give them a chance to exercise their 2nd amendment rights and you will take a step toward them taking control of all aspects of their lives.
I sure hope these folks keep these guns out of the hands of the little gangsters they are raising.
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