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Five accidentally shot on Gun Appreciation Day

A week ago Saturday, in the run up to Martin Luther King Day and the second presidential inauguration of Barack Obama, guns rights advocates got together to celebrate Gun Appreciation Day. It's something King would have supported. Even though he was killed via a gun, he was as pro-gun as John Bobbitt was pro-knife. When I think of Martin Luther King, I think about a man who stood up for the rights of darkly toned weapons.

So, what stood out about Gun Appreciation Day this year? At three different gun shows, five people were accidentally shot. Yeah, read that over again - on a day when gun rights activists made their voices heard by holding gun shows on a day known as Gun Appreciation Day in an attempt to depict most gun owners as responsible and to suggest that no additional gun control laws were needed, five people were accidentally shot at these very shows. The first time I read that, and even the thirty-third time I read that, I thought, "This can't be real. The Onion? Is that you?"

The most headline-worthy event took place at a Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, North Carolina, where three people were accidentally shot at a safety check-in booth. Once again, read that over - these three people were shot at a gun show on Gun Appreciation Day at a safety check-in booth.

In light of these ironic happenings, I foresee the following events occurring at some point in the future, especially if run by the founder of Gun Appreciation Day - Larry Ward:

- Fifteen drunk driving accidents during a car show celebrating Driver Safety Day

- Three burned down houses during a rally on Smokers Appreciation Day

- A wide spread of herpes due to an absence of condoms at an orgy on Safe Sex Day

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/01/19/1473881/two-people-accidentally-shot-at-a-gun-show-safety-checkpoint-on-gun-appreciation-day/
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