Seems there’s a movement afoot to do just that. More here, here, and here. Count me in.
Hat Tip to Instapundit
Month: June 2008
Difficulty of Enforcing the Lead Bullet Ban
The LA Times has <sarcasm>a remarkably pro hunting piece</sarcasm>, describing how difficult it will be to enforce California’s lead ammo ban, and suggests the fact that the bullets being expensive, and gas prices, might end up just making hunters give up the sport, which would be the “condor’s best friend.”
No mention of the billions of dollars that hunters pour into conservation efforts that will end up being lost if the largest state in the union manages to effectively extinguish hunting within its borders.
Quote of the Day
This election brings us what is probably one of the worst match-ups in presidential history. We’re running a conservative democrat against a Marxist, and for some reason I can’t seem to get real excited about our options here.
Read the whole thing.
A Right to Keep and Bear Credit Cards
Barack Obama isn’t too keen on the right to bear arms, but he certainly thinks people who are irresponsible with credit cards deserve some extra “rights”.
Alea iacta est
The VPC are expecting a grand victory against the vile forces of the NRA.
The Reset Button
Kevin Baker talks again about the “reset” button. I’ve said previously, any pressing of said button will have to be instigated by a state government, rather than through actions of individuals or groups of individuals. That gets hard when states basically suckle at the federal teat, but I don’t see any other way to stand up to the federal government that won’t end badly. We already have some examples of states willing to make token gestures. The big problem is, we’re not losing our freedom by the guillotine, but by death of a thousand cuts. It’s hard to convince other people that “This encroachment has to be it. The line has been crossed.”
Personally, I don’t think we’re there yet, but I think it’s not unwise to whip up some resentment of federal meddling in matters they have no business in, within state legislatures. What Oklahoma has done is a start.
Australian Media on the Gun Issue in 2008
Obama needs to pick a veep who is good with gun owners, says news.com.au. He’s not the only one though. Of course, the funny thing about this is the Australian media isn’t to up on a lot of our politicians:
There are two front runners. Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia is just like his state – a mix of progressive ideals and conservative values of the old rural south. A pro-gun, pro-life, Church-going family man from the heartland but also a Harvard educated lawyer and greenie.
Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania is described by his local newspaper as “a laughing, back-slapping, forearm-squeezing, all-pro schmoozer”.
He is a political warhorse, renowned for his love of shooting and football as much as his formidable reputation for fundraising, grass roots organising and delivering his key state to Democratic candidates.
His prowess helped Clinton to a 10-point win in Pennsylvania.
Ed Rendell and Tim Kaine are both gun lovers? That’s news to me. Last I checked Kaine is getting behind a new round of gun control initiatives in Virginia, and Rendell is trying to bulldog the legislature into passing more gun control laws. Let’s also not forget that as Mayor of Philadelphia, Rendell pioneered the idea of suing the gun industry out of existence as a public nuisance.
Guns Obama Doesn’t Like
Here’s the type of guns that Barack Rainbow Brite Obama would like to ban.
Hat tip to Instapundit
Governor Rendell is Many Things …
… but it looks like he keeps his bets, at least.
That’s Dedication
Still holding a trap match when the water is up to the clubhouse.