Utah State Senator wants to honor gunmaker with holiday...

[Krisken]

On Martin Luthor King day.

Stay classy, Utah!

 

[Twitch]

I see no problem with this, I'd just put it on a different day.

 

[phil]

/facepalm

"If the race baiters are out there looking for an opportunity, I'm not going to give it to them," he said. "I'll walk away and find another day."

Its.... that's just.... It wouldn't be a race thing!

 

[Krisken]

I see no problem with this, I'd just put it on a different day.

Yeah, that would be fine. However, putting it on the same day as MLK day, keeping in mind MLK was shot, seems pretty assholish to me.

 

[North_Ranger]

On the Good Idea - Bad Idea scale I think this is somewhere between taking a dive in a tank full of used syringes and taking nude pictures of the pope.

 

[makare]

On the Good Idea - Bad Idea scale I think this is somewhere between taking a dive in a tank full of used syringes and taking nude pictures of the pope.

hehe that made me laugh.

 

[North_Ranger]

I aim to please.

 

[Dave]

Nude pictures of the Pope? Hawt!

 

[sixpackshaker]

Or a man of peace sharing his special day with a man whose inventions lead to the death of millions.

Utah just can't do it like Texas. MLK day in Texas coincides with Confederate Heroes Day.

 

[AshburnerX]

Or a man of peace sharing his special day with a man whose inventions lead to the death of millions.

Utah just can't do it like Texas. MLK day in Texas coincides with Confederate Heroes Day.

While I agree that he shouldn't share the same day as MLK, I think it's more than a little unfair to call John Brown a monster just because he designed some of the most iconic and useful weapons of the 20th century. MLK may not have approved, but even Ghandi acknowledged that not everyone could or should follow his total pacifism philosophy.

 

[Iaculus]

Ye gods, tell me King wasn't shot with a Browning.

 

[Dave]

The weapon that James Earl Ray is believed to have used in the assassination was a Remington Gamemaster Model 760 .243 caliber rifle.

 

[Krisken]

Nope, it was a Remington that took King's life. -Dave ninja'd.

Still, it's like honoring Marie and Pierre Curie on a day commemorating the bombing if Hiroshima. Just not classy.

 

[Iaculus]

The weapon that James Earl Ray is believed to have used in the assassination was a Remington Gamemaster Model 760 .243 caliber rifle.

Yeah, I figured it wasn't, but the possibility was just too ghastly not to warrant mentioning.

 

[sixpackshaker]

Or a man of peace sharing his special day with a man whose inventions lead to the death of millions.

Utah just can't do it like Texas. MLK day in Texas coincides with Confederate Heroes Day.

While I agree that he shouldn't share the same day as MLK, I think it's more than a little unfair to call John Brown a monster just because he designed some of the most iconic and useful weapons of the 20th century. MLK may not have approved, but even Ghandi acknowledged that not everyone could or should follow his total pacifism philosophy.[/QUOTE]

I am a huge fan of Browning and his inventions. He is one of the true geniuses of all time. But, it just seems a little odd to have a day to celebrate his accomplishments; especially on MLK day, in Utah, to celebrate a white man, in a state with damn few minorities.

 

[SpecialKO]

But, it just seems a little odd to have a day to celebrate his accomplishments; especially on MLK day, in Utah, to celebrate a white man, in a state with damn few minorities.

Admittedly, for several reasons, this part doesn't seem so odd.

 

[Twitch]

The first thing I did when I read this was make sure he wasn't shot with a Browning. I couldn't find the model when I did it but one site said it was a .30-06 (apparently mistaken) and I figured it was safe to bet he didn't use a Browning