5 People Shot At 3 Different *** Shows On *** Appreciation Day
If the *** advocates behind this year’s inaugural *** Appreciation Day had hoped to use the day’s festivities to build support for their anti-regulation platform, they are going to have to wait another year.
Emergency personnel had to be called to the scene of the Dixie *** and ***** Show in Raleigh, North Carolina after a *** accidentally discharged and shot three people at the show’s safety check-in booth just after 1 pm. Both victims were transported to an area hospital, and the Raleigh Fire Department announced that the show would be closed for the rest of the day.
*** Appreciation Day is the combined effort of dozens of far-right organizations who have been vocal opponents of *** control advocates’ efforts to reduce the number of dangerous weapons on our streets and prevent them from ending up in the hands of people with criminal backgrounds or a history of mental illness. In response to a renewed push for sensible reforms of *** laws after the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, groups like the National Rifle Association and the founders of *** Appreciation Day have instead advocated for an increase in the number of guns in public places like elementary schools, arguing — falsely — that more guns will mean more protection for individuals.
But today’s unfortunate accident, which took place at a safety check in surrounded by hundreds of people who presumably have at least some training on how to properly handle a dangerous weapon, undermines that case. Earlier this week, an armed security officer at a Michigan charter school accidentally left his *** in a restroom that is regularly used by students as young as five years old.
A representative from Political Media, the group responsible for organizing *** Appreciation Day, was not immediately available for comment.
