Sunday, October 19, 2008


Obama Supporters Decry New Mexico Gun Store Ad Lora Bradford got angry when she saw a sign saying, "Pre-Osama bin Biden sale" advertising a sale at a local gun store. The sign outside Southwest Shooting Authority has offended Bradford and other Sen. Barack Obama supporters who complain that the Democratic presidential candidate and his running mate should not be linked with Osama bin Laden, the terrorist behind the Sept. 11 attacks. "If this sign offended people, I am damn proud of it," said Cope Reynolds, owner of the gun store. Kent Salazar, a hunter and former president of New Mexico Wildlife Federation, a hunting and fishing lobby, called Reynolds' comments "a bunch of hooey." Reynolds also bought an Obama mask on which he put a turban. He displays the mask in his store. Reynolds said he supports Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, but only because "he's the lesser of two evils."....

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