Giffords buys an AR

[scratchy]

Incorrectly titled. Should read "Kelly buys an AR" I'm a brain addled old guy.

Can you spell hypocrisy?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...News-Leaks-Out

Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an "assault weapon," he called it)—which he now says he intended as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws.

Kelly reportedly bought the AR-15 and a 1911-style semi-automatic pistol at Diamondback Police Supply in Tucson, Arizona.
Various sources contacted Breitbart News once Kelly made the purchase, and after we began investigating the details surrounding the purchase, Kelly announced on his Facebook that he was not going to keep the AR-15, which he has yet to pick up from the store.
Days after making the purchases, Kelly wrote on Facebook:

I just had a background check a few days ago when I went to my local gun store to buy a .45. As I was leaving, I noticed a used AR-15. Bought that too. Even to buy an assault weapon, the background check only takes a matter of minutes. I don't have possession of it yet but I'll be turning it over to the Tucson PD when I do.

In February, Kelly told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace that lawmakers need to address "assault weapons." He said the purpose of an "assault weapon" is "to kill a lot of people very quickly," and he lamented that such products were "too readily available."
Kelly has not commented on whether he will also return the .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol he purchased.
Photo: Captain Mark Kelly/Facebook

[Kraven251]

Color me surprised...

idiot.

[blacklabel]

What a tool.

[ChunkyMonkey]

He is definitely an elitist. He can own one but everyone else beneath him... too low to be trusted with the very same tool.

[nzachman]

Do as I say not as I do.

[Troublco]

Hard to believe he was a military officer. But I've seen a few real tools in the military, too, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

[Flatline]

Hard to believe he was a military officer. But I've seen a few real tools in the military, too, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.

It seems to me that the military isn't a big fan of private firearm ownership. Try taking a gun on post sometime.

[scratchy]

Even if he did turn it in to Tuscon PD, that's Arizona. Don't they resell back to the market anyway? He could have just written a check. What a tool.

[Sharpienads]

It seems to me that the military isn't a big fan of private firearm ownership. Try taking a gun on post sometime.

I don't think that has anything to do with the military. I thought that was a federal law.

So, basically Kelley is a straw purchaser for Tucson PD?

[BuffCyclist]

So, basically Kelley is a straw purchaser for Tucson PD?

Oh yea, I thought of this too but forgot to mention it in my earlier post. Its definitely a straw purchase if he plans to turn it over to someone else.