Bucks Right has the audio of Obama saying he supports banning concealed carry of a firearm federally, despite 40 states allowing concealed carry with a license, and two that do not require any license. I’d love to see Obama tell Alaskans they can’t carry guns. It’s grizzly bear food you can believe in!
Category: Politics
McCain Rally in Southeastern Pennsylvania
John McCain is coming back to Southeastern Pennsylvania for the last time before Tuesday. This should indicate that their data shows the election is much closer than the media is reporting. Ed Rendell’s numbers must be showing that too, or he wouldn’t be telling Obama to get his butt back here. I’m inviting anyone who wants to go to contact me, because if we can turn out 100 sportsmen, we’ll get special (i.e. good) seating.
Road to Victory Rally with John McCain and Tom Manion
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008
Doors Open 12 noon, Program Begins 2pm
Pennridge Regional Airport
1100 North Ridge Road
Perkasie, PA
I know I have a fair number of Pennsylvania readers, so if you’re in the area, or don’t mind a drive, let me know. It’s important for gun people to turn out. Wear your NRA and sportsman’s gear. Make sure the politicians know where their bread gets buttered. It’s important that politicians see the pro-gun vote. So come out if you can. Even if you don’t care about McCain, Tom Manion definitely deserves support.
More from USA Today on Dan Cooper
Here’s another article – not a blog post this time – about the effort to draw attention to Dan Cooper’s efforts working against gun owners by supporting Barack Obama. It not only mentions Peter again, but also quotes me.
Some gun websites had posted the company’s e-mail address and telephone number, encouraging gun owners to boycott the company and contact its top executives.”This needs to get around,” wrote a blogger who calls himself “Sebastian, a thirty something, self professed ‘gun nut’ living somewhere in Pennsylvania.” He added: “Gun owners need to know which companies sell their interests down the river. Here’s contact info for Cooper Firearms. I would talk to them, and be sure they know Obama’s record, why you’re not voting for him, and why you’ll never buy one of their products.”
I love that Bob Ricker calls me a whacko!
USA Today Covers Zumboing of Dan Cooper
USA Today is reporting on the ouster of Dan Cooper. Includes a link to Firearms and Freedom, and credits gun bloggers in helping generate the outrage.
The Day After
World Champions
Eat that suckas. To celebrate, Bitter and I got milkshakes from Wawa. In what the Obama campaign surely would classify as racism, Bitter got Vanilla. A long time coming is right. I barely remember the last World Series win in 1980. I remember 1983, where they went and lost, and 1993, where the same thing happened.
Update on Cooper Firearms Issue
It looks like they are asking Dan Cooper to resign:
The employees, shareholders and board of directors of Cooper Firearms of Montana do not share the personal political views of Dan Cooper.
Although we all believe everyone has a right to vote and donate as they see fit, it has become apparent that the fallout may affect more than just Mr. Cooper. It may also affect the employees and the shareholders of Cooper Firearms.
The board of directors has asked Mr. Cooper to resign as President of Cooper Firearms of Montana, Inc.
Daily operations will continue with the competent staff currently in place in Stevensville, MT producing the finest, most accurate rifles money can buy.
Dan Cooper has spent all of his working life producing the highest quality rifles built here in the USA. He started with nothing but the American Dream and built that into firearms company anyone would be proud of. We firmly believe Dan stands by the 2nd amendment.
We wish him all of the best in his future pursuits.
So Dan has been asked by the board to resign from the company he himself founded. It’s sad that it has to come to things like this, but he’s supporting a candidate who would disarm us all if he could find a way. I might buy the notion that Dan Cooper believes in the Second Amendment, I just don’t think it’s very important to him. It can’t be if you’re voting for a candidate who spent much of his public life trying to destroy it. Cooper Firearms is doing the right thing here. If Dan Cooper does indeed step down, I think we should consider that a satisfactory resolution to this situation.
Funny Business & Cooper Firearms of Montana
Dave Hardy notes that contributions are listed for Daniel Cooper in two states, which are high enough to take him over the legal campaign contribution limit:
Egad; looks as if he might be involved in the reports of Obama illicit donations. Go here to see contributions by Dan or Daniel Cooper. $3,100 to Obama from a Dan Cooper in Montana, president/CEO of Cooper Arms. Plus $3,100 to Obama from a Daniel Cooper in Ohio, also president/CEO of Cooper Firearms of Montana. Got to be the same guy. And why use different names, States, and company names, except to conceal the fact that the cumulative donations are illegal? (The limit is $2,300 for the primary and the same for the general).
This just gets better.
UPDATE: Dave notes in the update that the campaign seems to have refunded the overage, so no harm done here. This kind of thing happens fairly often, since people often don’t know what the contribution limits are, or forgot how much they’ve already given.
UPDATE: It turns out there was nothing illegal or funny going on here. It was a mistake. The other accusations of Cooper’s support of Obama’s candidacy still stand.
Preemption Case Appealed to Supreme Court
The Philadelphia case challenging statewide preemption is being appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. It should be noted that The Court is being asked to turn over a decade old ruling, which confirms well established law. This is merely an appeal, The Court might choose not to hear it, leaving the lower court ruling stand.
The Rest of Dan Cooper’s Donation
Found at the Federal Election Commission, Dan Cooper of Cooper Firearms of Montana did indeed donate $3300 bucks to Obama this election cycle, all in the primaries:
Add that to the $200 from OpenSecrets.org, and you have the amount listed in the USA Today article. Also, conspicuously absent is any donation to John McCain or the Republican National Committee. Pretty clearly Cooper Firearms of Montana is worried about damage to their business. They ought to be. Selling gun rights down river isn’t something we pariticularly appreciate. Just ask Jim Zumbo.