MOBILE, Ala. — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords of Arizona had a Navy vessel named in her honor during a ceremony at a Mobile, Alabama, shipyard Saturday afternoon.Giffords joined others including Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, as the USS Gabrielle Giffords was christened in coastal Alabama. The 419-foot ship was built at the Austal shipyard and is the Navy’s 10th littoral combat ship designed to operate in shallow waters near the coast.
MOBILE, Ala. — Seeking to honor a retired congresswoman and 2011 shooting victim in the most considerate and respectful way possible, the Navy today christened the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10), a first-of-its-kind, gun-free warship.Designed to hold a core crew of 40 sailors, the Independence-class littoral combat ship has been stripped bare of its Mk 110 57-millimeter gun, all four of its Mk2 .50-cal machine guns, its Evolved SeaRAM 11 cell missile launcher, and its entire cache of small arms, which are typically issued to boarding teams and watch standers.“Having this mighty warship be 100% gun-free not only helps to honor its heroic namesake, Gabby Giffords, but it also helps the Navy to steer clear of promoting a culture of violence,” said Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, who reportedly lobbied hard to get Congress and the Secretary of Defense on board with leaving the Navy’s newest addition to the fleet completely defenseless.
So the reason that the guy went nuts and shot Dallas PD HQ is because Open Carry that is not yet legal in Texas. The guy who apparently was not open carrying a gun but the unsigned law made him do it or something like that.
Maybe after I had some coffee and a lobotomy I may understand what Shannon and Company are trying to say.
Update: CSGV’s Intern joined on the stupid by copying Mom’s post.
CSGV and Brady have been just parroting Moms Demand for a while now. Does that mean they belong to the Bloomberg Collective? That would make Shannon Watts the Bloomberg Borg Queen.
This guy is a legend. Just a God and hero among men. Mark Gubin is an artist and photographer in Milwaukee and decades ago he realized that his studio was along the flight path to the local airport. He had the brilliant idea to paint on the roof of his studio in giant letters “Welcome To Cleveland.” Why? To mess with people mostly.
The sign is decades old, and is having new life today after being passed around Twitter. For years the sign has caused passengers on planes to freak out about going to the wrong place. There apparently was a Denver to Cleveland flight that stopped over in Milwaukee and the sign caused all sorts of confusion from passengers who thought the plane must have skipped the layover.
So the Cult Coalition to Stop Gun Rights Violence asked its Facebook Members the following:
And I am not surprised by the responses given, but what really scares is the depths of ignorance and intolerance the Laddites have. Here is a collage of some selected samples.
But one in particular is new to me and I have to say it takes the disturbing to a new level:
Annie PrusichFalse thinking that gun ownership makes your family safe when in fact the opposite is true. Reforming those that believe the falsehood that guns protectwill help clear the way for laws that truly protect our families.
We have this twit, this imbecile actually advocating for Room 101? Maybe a good dose of The Ludovico technique? She wants the mental reprogramming of people. Holy God in heavens, we have American Citizens willing to do that to other citizens because of stupid politics that they do not understand and Constitutional rights they do not respect?
And we are the ones that need a mental background check, right.