07-14-2008, 03:06 AM
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Church cancels teen gun giveaway
Church cancels teen gun giveaway
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An Oklahoma City church called off plans to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle at a weekend gathering of teenagers, the church's pastor said.
Plans called for Windsor Hills Baptist to give away the weapon as a way of encouraging attendance at the gathering but plans changed when one the event's organizers was unable to attend, KOCO 5, Oklahoma City, reported Sunday.
The church's pastor, Bob Ross, said officials anticipated hundreds of teenagers from as far away as Canada would attend.
"We have 21 hours of preaching and teaching throughout the week," Ross told KOCO 5.
The church Web site featured a video showing the shooting competition from last year's conference. A gun was given away last year, but this year organizers decided to highlight the giveaway in promotions for the conference.
Ross told the TV station the church was not "putting a weapon in the hand of somebody that doesn't respect it who are then going to go out and kill."
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That's stretching it pretty far to get some attendance...
MAYBE if the winner was also given a forced training session on it... 
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