"An ATH 'Empowerment Crew' will be in San Luis Obispo to perform outreach, fund raising, firearm safety training and to distribute donated firearms and ammunition to local homeless people."

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"I was sitting there watching the news and I was thinking, 'Why would someone want to give guns to homeless people?'" said business administration senior Robit Dahwan.

Carlie Johnson agreed. "I thought it was dumb. It's like our crime rate is already high enough as it is. I don't see how giving guns to the homeless would benefit any community," said the recreation administration junior.

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"Just because someone is homeless, doesn't mean they don't need a gun -- quite the contrary," Whippit continued. "That's what Arm the Homeless is all about -- making sure any American who wants a gun has one, whether they can afford it or not."

On March 25, Whippit and five other Phoenix-area gun activists calling themselves Arm the Homeless distributed free, legal firearms to 76 homeless men and women during a three-hour giveaway on the Salt River bed.

The action -- technically a series of transfers between private citizens -- was completely legal under Arizona's loose gun laws (Arm the Homeless required all firearm recipients to sign a form stating they are not convicted felons).

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Arm the Homeless, which is a 501c4 tax-exempt organization, has also received more than $10,000 in direct cash donations from Second Amendment fanatics -- much of that generated through the Arm the Homeless Web site.

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sfweekly.com Web Extra | Beyond the Bay | April 7 - 13, 1999
http://www.sniggle.net/ath.php

Wow. I think the last thing we need to do is give guns to homeless people!

arent most homeless people homeless because of a drug addiction or from being criminals? anyway i can see the end of America coming soon, a homeless person army taking over and we will have hilary clinton in office to sit back and watch it while hiding

A lot seem to be alcoholic, or addicted to some other drug. An awful lot are schizophrenic, and can't manage in regular society. Thank God for right-wing lunatics handing out guns to people that hallucinate!

schizophrenic is multiple personalities right? my cousin had that and was institutionalized for a while

"Arm the Homeless?" Let's legalize cocaine and let minors smoke now! (*sarcasm if anyone doesn't understand.*) What kind of lunatic gives a gun to a homeless person? (*points up to article description* that kind of course!)