Discount Gun Sales has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Foundation to offer a pink version of its popular Walther P-22 handgun in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Komen Foundation, which sponsors pink-ribbon walks and other events to raise money for breast cancer research, is embroiled in controversy following its decision to defund Planned Parenthood.
An undisclosed portion from the sale of each Walther P-22 “Hope Edition” will be donated to the Seattle Branch of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The gun retails for $429.99.
The Hope Edition has “an exclusive DuraCoat Pink slide in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month,” according to the promotion. “Utilizing the same reliable controls and firing mechanism that has made the Walther P-22 America’s top selling handgun, the Hope Edition will be a limited production pistol offered exclusively through Discount Gun Sales.”
Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood supporters are rallying in the face of Komen’s move to defund the group, whose health centers have performed more than 4 million breast exams over the past five years, including nearly 170,000 as a result of Komen grants.
Besides $400,000 in smaller donations from 6,000 people, Planned Parenthood is receiving $250,000 from a family foundation in Dallas and a $250,000 pledge announced Feb. 2 by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to match future donations.
In Washington, 26 U.S. senators – all Democrats except for independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont – signed a letter calling on Komen to reconsider its decision.
“It would be tragic if any woman – let alone thousands of women – lost access to these potentially lifesaving screenings because of a politically motivated attack,” the senators wrote.
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THERE LIFE (BECAUSE IT IS THERE LIFE TO CHOOSE)WHO MADE ANY ONE GOD(I BELIEVE MYSELF IN MOTHERNATURE BUT HEY THATS MY BELIEF AND MY CHOSE)AND GAVE THEM THE RIGHT TO SAY TO ANOTHER HUMAN HOW THEY SHOULD LIVE???????? IF WE DONT HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY HOW WE LIVE ARE OWN LIFE THEN WE REALLY DONT LIVE OUR OWN LIFE DO WE SOMEONE ELSE DOES!!!!!
JUST MY OPINION
IM THANKFUL TO THE WONDER PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR AND AT
PLANNED PARENTHOOD THEY WHERE THERE FOR ME AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE IF THEY WERENT THERE FOR THOSE IN NEED
This is beyond stupid, a charity to help save lives selling a gun to increase awareness? They have lost their minds. These Guns are for one thing - killing people.
I have a number of guns including a P-22 that I enjoy the sport of shooting. None of my gun have killed anyone in over the 35 years that I have owned guns. But if my life or my loved ones are in grave danger then I will be very happy that I live in a country that will allow me to protect myself and family if need be. People don't need guns to kill. It happens all the time all over the world every day.
Certainly they have raised MILLIONS and are a huge marketing machine...and still no closer to a cure than 15 years ago.
I guess you don't know, but I'm from Georgia and I see how this all went down. Our Secretary of State in 2009, karen handel, attempted to manipulate our state's voting rules to favor the Republican candidates. She resigned that post after the election and attempted to run for Governor as a tea party favorite.. What a joke. after that, she took on a high position at the Komen Foundation. This is where all this stuff is coming from, the Far Right Political Nazis. The chew away at any bonds they can find, like rats. They have an agenda, weaken women's health care, more guns. Beware.