http://azstarnet.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/az-congressional-candidate-says-mass-shooters-are-democrats/article_fa1efe8e-de13-11e3-a781-001a4bcf887a.html
Arizona
Daily Star
17
May 2014
Becky
Pallack Arizona Daily Star
FLORENCE
— Congressional District 1 candidate Gary Kiehne made extreme comments about
gun rights at a Republican primary debate Saturday.
Asked
how he would protect gun rights, Kiehne said he owns more guns and ammunition
than the other candidates and said everyone should own a gun.
When
it comes to mass shootings, “if you look at all the fiascos that have occurred,
99 percent of them have been by Democrats pulling their guns out and shooting
people,” Kiehne said to an audience of about 60 people. “So I don’t think you
have a problem with the Republicans.” […]
Arizona Daily Star
9 May 2014
By Becky Pallack
Arizona Congressional District 1 candidate Gary Kiehne
issued an apology for the comment he made at a debate in Florence on Saturday.
Kiehne said at the debate: “If you look at all the
fiascos that have occurred, 99 percent of them have been by Democrats pulling
their guns out and shooting people. So I don’t think you have a problem with
the Republicans.”
Here's the full text of Kiehne's apology:
"This past weekend, I made a comment about the
political affiliation of perpetrators of gun violence in the heat of a debate.
I've since learned that the information that I based the comment off of was
inaccurate and incorrect.” […]