Only with an issued-only-to-the-connected license to carry can you open carry in New Jersey. As usual, the New York Times has no idea what it’s talking about when it comes to guns and gun laws.
Category: Guns
Bloomberg’s Price – $257,000
Candidates who cozy up to Mike Bloomberg get a cool quarter million dollars plus in free advertising based on what he’s doing for the anti-gun Attorney General candidate here in Pennsylvania.
A super PAC founded and funded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is spending over $250,000 to boost Democratic Attorney General hopeful Kathleen Kane. …
The ad is airing on cable and broadcast in the Philadelphia market to the tune of $257,000, according to a buy tracked by the Sunlight Foundation’s political ad sleuth.
This race is a problem for Pennsylvania gun owners. Polls show Kane holding a huge lead, but they often have a high margin of error and still show about 1/3 of voters haven’t made up their minds, even this late in the game. The race is still winnable, but gun owners need to help out.
I’m not just talking about knocking on doors or making phone calls. With so many voters not paying any attention to the race, one of the best and easiest things to do would be to talk to any friends and family members and just let them know your choice. You don’t have to get into the gun issue, just make remarks that Freed is your candidate of choice based on his record as a prosecutor and encourage them to join you.
Kane has already promised CeaseFire that she’s going to work on undoing the concealed carry reciprocity agreements with all other states – not just Florida that has been demonized by the media.
Kane received a perfect score on CeaseFirePA’s questionnaire. In particular Kane has committed toa review of all concealed carry reciprocity agreements currently in place between Pennsylvania and other states,including Florida, and renegotiating or terminating those that do not meet Pennsylvania’s standards.
To give you an idea of how extreme you have to be to get a perfect score on CeaseFire’s questionnaire, not even an NRA D-rated Democratic Senator from Philadelphia could get more than an 85% agreement with them in 2010 when he was running for Governor. That’s how anti-gun you have to be – a solid F with gun owners and more extreme than even entrenched urban Democratic politicians.
MAIG Digging in my Old Backyard
Various MAIG mayors are pushing Lost and Stolen in the Delaware County Daily Times. These mayors should be forced to own up to MAIG’s radical positions on issues like concealed carry:
Ambler Mayor Bud Wahl, Hatboro Mayor Norm Hawkes, Jenkintown Mayor Ed Foley, Pottstown Mayor Bonnie Heath, Souderton Mayor John Reynolds and Telford Mayor Jay Stover are members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
If you live in these towns, work to get these mayors out. Exploiting a tragedy to push an unrelated agenda items is above the pale. If “Lost and Stolen” were really effective against criminals, how come there have been zero prosecutions from the towns that claimed this was a necessary ordinance to pass? It’s a useless law, who’s only result is going to be the punishing of people who were legitimately victims of crime. It is not “common sense” legislation. It is useless legislation, as been demonstrated by the lack of effectiveness it’s shown at the local level.
I’m a Gun Guy, But …
Conor Whetsel, a person currently involved with the occupy movement, thinks the Louisiana RKBA measure on the ballot is dangerous, and also unnecessary because there’s already a Second Amendment. He notes:
During my military service, I was highly trained in weapons and tactical shooting, but even I doubt my own abilities to neutralize a threat in a classroom of hundreds of students; therefore, I highly doubt the ability of novice shooters to do the same. No amount of hunting, and practice at the range will prepare a student to make the life or death decisions necessary in a tactical shooting scenario.
I decided to check this guy out, and he did indeed serve in the military. How much do US Navy Petty Officers who work in the mail room of a ship receive advanced firearms training? I do not mean to denigrate service in a mail room aboard a ship; it is a fine and noble service to this country. But if, in the realm of public policy, you pass yourself off as a highly sophisticated military tactical shooter with an expert opinion, you have some ‘splainin to do if your resume says you worked in the mail room. I’m willing to be educated here by those of you with naval experience, if the Navy spends time and money to make their mail clerks expert tactical shooters, but color me skeptical.
I generally tend to be skeptical of anti-gunners claiming gunny credentials. I advise everyone else to do the same. Don’t trust, verify.
Sometimes the Media Surprises You
I’m surprised to see USA Today running an op-ed by Wayne LaPierre before the election that takes issue with a previous anti-gun editorial regarding the election. Traditionally, it’s been rather difficult for NRA to get opinion pieces placed with hostile media outlets. I guess the mainstreaming of the issue has its advantages.
A Journalists Lament
A reporter for the New Republic wonders why, just like shooting tragedies don’t lead to discussions about gun control, why bad storms don’t lead to discussions about climate change. This, of course, makes me greatly amused by this ad:
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That’s worth a laugh, for sure. But you see the attitude that drives it. The gun control crowd says my owning a gun contributes to the climate of mass shootings. That’s just fanciful nonsense to anyone who stops and thinks. That’s about as ridiculous as suggesting that my owning a car contributed to Sandy. Could there be greater societal and climatological processes at work here that we ought to be talking about? Sure. But you can’t point to a single storm, or a single mass shootings, and draw broad conclusions.
Tab Clearing
We seem to have a few dated stories in the tabs from before I started worrying about Frankenstorm, so I’ll dump them all in one post, so we can move on:
Ilya Somin echoes a lot of my sentiments about the candidacy of Gary Johnson.
Voting for Romney, with enthusiasm. I may do it, for some of the reasons mentioned, but it won’t be with enthusiasm.
Pumpkins for Peterson. Also here.
Anti-gun folks are going crazy with love over this piece, by I’m guessing one of their supporters. Because, you know, the vast majority of us believe gun safety is best taught to children by handing them a machine pistol and a beer. Do they even realize this is how a great many gun owners teach safe and responsible gun handling to children? This isn’t exceptional. It’s the responsible thing most responsible parents who own guns do.
Upsetting the CSGV
They don’t like people who compare some fundamental rights to other fundamental rights. Voting is different, you see. There’s no consistency problem there. Nope. None. The Bill of Rights is a buffet to these people. They can take what they like, and leave what they don’t. I particularly love the comments:
“Sebastian and people like him are a HUGE part of the problem in gun sales laws. I hope someone forwards this conversation to the proper authorities.”
That’s defending liberty right there!
“Joan A. Peterson: Sebastian doesn’t have any idea what he is talking about. They make things up.”
No, I think you have me confused with yourself.
“Furthermore if you are as stupid as Sebastian you should not be able to sell guns period.”
Well now, I guess they aren’t prohibitionists after all.
Made
I’ve seen people I’ve suspected of carrying, but not anything this obvious. I’m sure I’ve blared out at full volume before myself, though. Since Bitter has been around, I sometimes get “You’re printing wearing that, just so you know.” No, I didn’t know. I’d worn that before and didn’t think it would be a problem. Sometimes it helps to have an extra pair of eyes for that kind of thing.
Bloomberg Backing King in Maine Senate Race
He’s, of course, expecting Angus King to vote his way, which means against National Reciprocity. But of course, I’m sure he’ll be talking to the hilt about how he supports the Second Amendment and your hunting heritage. These people can’t win without lying.