Aim at the car, hit your own foot.

I'd have to guess that somebody actually got paid money to come up with this...

"The Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa.—A conservative advocacy group is inviting candidates for Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Senate to a shooting range to fire bullets into a junker that represents policy ideas it opposes."

The other side wants voters to think people who share your views are dangerous hot-heads, and you're going to publicize those views by inviting politicians to shoot up and old car? They'd have to go out of their way to host an event that plays more directly into the caricature that their opponents paint of them. The AP says they'll be smoking cigars during the event, for the perfect photo op maybe they can pay underage minority kids to light them with flaming $100 bills.