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There was some discussion on Facebook among gun blogger folks about this article, which shows that Colin Goddard has made the leap to the MAIG train: He’s transformed the traumatic experience into a drive to action. He is now a senior policy advocate for Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), a national, bipartisan coalition of mayors, … Continue reading “Colin Goddard on the MAIG Wagon?”
Joe Huffman asks the question:Â what happened to Colin Goddard, The darling of the Brady Campaign? Â Good question. Taking a look myself, I notice his dad has been in the news more than he has. I think the biggest question is what happened to the Brady Campaign? It’s pretty obvious that there was some major turmoil … Continue reading “What Happened to Colin Goddard?”
Follow to Left Jab Radio to view segments here and here. It is good strategy to be up on what the opposition is saying, and how they are framing the issue. I am relatively happy Colin brings with himself all the baggage of the Brady Campaign’s past issues, because his rhetoric on the private sale … Continue reading “Colin Goddard on the Radio”
Thirdpower has the details of a Twitter debate that’s been going on this Friday between Colin Goddard and a few gun rights people. Debating on Twitter is kind of like dueling haiku, so it’s impossible to discuss complex topics. The topic at hand is background checks. Goddard’s position can be accurately paraphrased as “The innocent … Continue reading “Some Debate with Colin Goddard”
Colin Goddard gave a lecture offering a narrative that he was just your average everyman, nursing his wounds from Virginia Tech, when Sandy Hook happened, and then he decided he had to do something! Yet he didn’t immediately join the the gun safety movement. It wasn’t until the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, Mass., when he watched … Continue reading “Forbes Accepts an Entirely Manufactured Narrative”
According to Ammoland, Stephanie Soechtig admitted in an interview with Lip TV that she sent a resident of Colorado to Arizona to buy firearms from a private seller. We had this issue come up before when Colin Goddard was working for Brady and was accused of the same thing. The crime is actually transporting the … Continue reading “Did “Under the Gun” Also Violate Federal Law?”
Seems fitting that this week’s gun news post is unlucky thirteen, given how this week is going so far. I’ve got a lot to do this week, so let’s get on with it: Apparently Newspapers in Connecticut don’t realize what NRA’s founding mission is: teaching Yankee soldiers how to shoot straight. This isn’t a “new … Continue reading “Weekly Gun News – Edition 13”
Reactions from around the Internets: Gun nuts and potheads living together. Mass hysteria! “Well, when you try to deny people’s civil rights, there should be swift consequences.” “Victor Head, a plumber who had never been politically active, took down a senator in a district that went Democratic in 2012 by ten points; a group of six concerned men from the AR15.com … Continue reading “Recall Roundup”
The President’s dog and pony show on stripping Americans of their Second Amendment rights. 11:56: Biden gives a callout to Colin Goddard. 11:57: Now it’s Obama’s time at the podium. 11:58: Obama points to the children who wrote him letters. 11:59: Obama says we need to do everything we can to take care of and … Continue reading “Live on C-SPAN”
I meant to get this up yesterday, but there is, allegedly, an annual holiday of some importance coming up, and we headed out to my dad’s immediately after the presser to do an early Christmas. Having initially been sorely disappointed in NRA’s performance, I think I’m ready to offer thoughts, and some constructive criticism. The … Continue reading “Thoughts on the NRA Presser”
