IOC Shoots Down Olympic Handgun Proposal
By: BizarreNews	Published: 12/10/2000
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The Olympic games are big business, and any product with an Olympic endorsement, be it condoms, beer or life insurance (yes, Olympic life insurance) stands to make a fortune. But the International Olympic Committee has drawn the line at an official Olympic handgun. Salt Lake County Sheriff Aaron Kennard spent two years lining up Swiss gun maker SIG Sauer and the Salt Lake Organizing Committee to provide the commemorative side arms. The company made two prototypes, a pair of .40-caliber semiautomatics engraved with the Olympic rings and gold script. But the head of the IOC stopped the whole deal when he saw a sample. IOC spokesman Franklin Servan-Schreiber says guns and world peace don´t mix. The rest of the world would not understand, nor accept, the idea of a firearm with the Olympic rings on it, he said. Why not join the rest of us on the inside and get all of Goofball.com?
More Stupid News...
Search   Advanced Search   This Section

ARTICLE FORUM LIST
You must register to participate in this discussion.

Breath of fresh gun powder (0 replies) started by HostWithTheMost (12.12.2000 10:21:55 PM EST) Great posts. I like it here. Most people's metaphysics and epistemology are all screwed up.

Should have (0 replies) started by hardball (12.11.2000 10:42:18 PM EST) Made a pair of 50cal single shot hand guns.Fucking liberal asswiping shit for brains. Gun's Gun's we need more Gun's, what for, to preserve freedom.Don't ask what you country can do for you. Get off your lazy fat ass and get a fucking job.

Historical revisionism again (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (12.11.2000 8:23:20 PM EST) So what if shooting events have been part of the modern Olympics since 1896? So what that shooting events draw more spectators than any events besides track and field and boxing. Weren't Olympic events originally martial exercises? Wake up.

but wait... (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (12.11.2000 10:57:21 AM EST) How do they start the track races? Do they now have some guy yell "go!"

guns (0 replies) started by Anonymous Goofball (12.10.2000 11:48:05 PM EST) Cheech or Chong? i can never decide!

Hmm.. (3 replies) started by Logan17 (12.10.2000 1:25:20 AM EST) I strongly suggest that Goofball stop with their stupid fucking pop up ads and that annoying bitch's voice saying grab.com or whatever the hell it is. What is the fucking purpose of it all anyway? You really wanna lose your audience Goofball? LoGaN

Frigging UN Clones! (0 replies) started by DogBreath (12.10.2000 1:17:51 AM EST) I'm with you Ollie. IN addition to the shooting events it is all about competition and winning. Where does that fit into world peace? If you want everyone to be the same and get along wouldn't you discourage countrys from competing? Look at Nazzi Germany. Hitler was a big fan of the olympics and devoted considerable German resources in order to win medals. It's all about who is better, faster, stronger. An olympic target pistol is completely appropriate. Sig makes some damn fine handguns. I suppose archery and fencing are next. Better nix hockey, boxing, and soccer also....violent. Not boostong world peace. Maybe there should be an olympic "tollerance for your fellow man" event. Gold is too materialistic. The winning medal will be made of milk-toast. Bah!

Reason for this. (0 replies) started by DeadManWalking (12.10.2000 1:11:28 AM EST) The gun maker, Sauer, must not have offered the International Olympic Committee a large enough of a bribe, like the Salt Lake City people did. I would not do it in a house, I would not do it with a mouse. I would not do it in a box, I would not do it with a fox. I would not do it in a tree, Sam-I-am you let me be!

Makes sense... (0 replies) started by OliverClozoff (12.10.2000 0:16:32 AM EST) ...except that they have about a dozen different shooting events in the Olympics. What a bunch of PC dickheads! Fellow, American Association of Amateur Gynecologists

THATS LIFE (0 replies)   started by donut38 (12.10.2000 0:04:12 AM EST) BUT JUST THINK WHAT THE TWO GUNS ARE WORTH NOW THEIR VALUE JUST WENT THROUGH THE ROOF

Goofball.com is not responsible for any content which individual users post. Goofball.com reserves the right to delete any content which it deems objectionable or in violation of any law or regulation.