OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference.
Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the event's organizers was unable to attend.
The church"s youth pastor, Bob Ross, said it"s a way of trying to encourage young people to attend the event. The church expected hundreds of teenagers from as far away as Canada.
"We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week," Ross said.
A video on the church Web site shows the shooting competition from last year"s conference. A gun giveaway was part of the event last year. This year, organizers included it in their marketing.
"I don"t want people thinking "My goodness, we"re putting a weapon in the hand of somebody that doesn"t respect it who are then going to go out and kill,'" said Ross. "That"s not at all what we"re trying to do."
Ross said the conference isn"t all about guns, but rather about teens finding faith.
"You make a lot of new friends down here," said Vikki Goncharenko, who attended the conference. "You get to meet new people. There's a bunch of things that are going on. It's just, you have a wonderful time."
Friday evening, Ross said the gun giveaway had been canceled. Pastor emeritus Jim Vineyard, who ran the event, injured his foot and wouldn"t be able to attend. The gun giveaway was also removed from the church Web site.
Ross said the church would give the gun away next year instead. He said the church spent $800 buying the gun for the promotion.
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As we all know any semiauto is and should be legal, but you have to wonder why a church would pick an assault rifle. Of course, I think they have the right to choose that gun, but stuff like this is fuel for anti's. I have to wonder what is the underlying Idea.
I could kinda understand giving away a gun maybe, but an ASSAULT RIFLE that would be a confusing message for some younger people.
BUT...... I have seen videos on you tube of other young men that bring and worship with assault rifles at "church" (terrorist)
I say it was a stupid move on the churches part, it would have been much better ( if you had to give away a gun) to give away a shotgun or rifle of a sporting type, not a weapon used in combat.
The term "assault rifle" is a misnomer designed to scare the uneducated and the ignorant. From the description, it sounds to me like they were giving away an AR15. The AR15 IS a "sporting type" rifle (I use mine in shooting matches, and plan to use it for deer hunting this fall), and which IS NOT used in combat (that would be an M16 or M4...).
They shouldn't have backed off. Is this any different then the local fire department holding a raffle giving away a dozen or so guns?
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As we all know any semiauto is and should be legal,
They are? They should? We do know?
You gotta be kidding me. Whats this pinko liberal anti talk. I own an AR-15, and a remington 7400 and browning BAR. They are not illegial, should not be illegal, and no we all don't know.
As we all know any semiauto is and should be legal,
They are? They should? We do know?
You gotta be kidding me. Whats this pinko liberal anti talk. I own an AR-15, and a remington 7400 and browning BAR. They are not illegial, should not be illegal, and no we all don't know.
Maybe you misread his comment... He said semi autos are and should be legal...
As we all know any semiauto is and should be legal,
They are? They should? We do know?
You gotta be kidding me. Whats this pinko liberal anti talk. I own an AR-15, and a remington 7400 and browning BAR. They are not illegial, should not be illegal, and no we all don't know.
Maybe you misread his comment... He said semi autos are and should be legal...
Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway
