The Manchester Republican Committee is planning to arm supporters next month with Uzis, M-16 rifles and other automatic weapons for a day of target practice at a Pelham firing range.
"The thought just struck me one day: a machine gun shoot. What the heck?" said Jerry Thibodeau, the committee chairman.
Apparently their rivals have invited Republican presidential candidates in the shoot. As fellow shooters? As targets? Too soon to tell.
Each of the Republican Presidential candidates was invited, Thibodeau said, but all declined, saying they'll be busy preparing for the following weekend's much-ballyhooed straw poll in Ames, Iowa.
"I really tried to get Rudy Giuliani there," Thibodeau said. "Because I'll tell you, this is a guy that can't relax."
I don't know about you, but given the aura of resentment and desperation hanging over the Republican Party these days, I'd want to be somewhere other than New Hampshire on the day of the shoot.
