So says the Lt. Governor of Georgia, in regards to folks who want to continue to improve Georgia’s carry laws, which doesn’t make Robb Allen too happy.
Month: January 2009
San Francisco Preparing to Settle with NRA
Looks like we might get another win. This doesn’t get us incorporation, but this is why multiple suits were filed.  A win is a win, even if it doesn’t set precedent.
It Was Two Years Ago Today
January 6th, 2007 is when I penned my inaugural post:
This is the inaugural post of this blog, because I think that one of the greatest things we shooters can do for ourselves is to introduce new people to our community. My friend Loretta, who came to visit over the holidays, did not have any existing prejudice towards guns, but I have taken people shooting for the first time who have. There’s nothing that quite opens people’s minds like seeing firearms as the tools that they are, and shooters for the ordinary people that they are, than a trip to the range.
I still think that. I started gun blogging when things were pretty good for us. Now, things aren’t looking as good. I’m expecting that year three is going to be a lot more interesting, and I mean that in the old Chinese sense, than the first two years.
In the past year, Heller is the big news, and probably our greatest card to play moving forward. But while Heller was a great achievement, because it answered the big question, we now will be stuck arguing the scope of the Second Amendment in front of an increasingly unfavorable panel of federal judges appointed by Obama. There will be many challenges, and I’m sure more than a few setbacks and losses, but I am an optimist by nature, and believe we’ll get through them, and start making progress again.
Those Nasty Assault Riffles
AP’s typo, not mine. Note that Assemblyman Reed Gusciora believe that this is an assault rifle.
Target Switzerland
Peter has a pretty good review of Steve Halbrook’s book “Target Switzerland: Swiss Armed Neutrality in World War II“Â Just a reminder, the Second Amendment Book Bomb is still ongoing, and you can now get copies of Steve Halbrook’s current book, “The Founders’ Second Amendment,” from Amazon.
A Harbinger of Things to Come
Nancy Pelosi is stacking the deck, and changing the House Rules to shut out the GOP. This will make it much harder for Republicans to kill gun control bills. Giving Pelosi such a solid majority was going to have consequences. A lot of people gave me grief for fighting with the lesser of two evils last election, well, this is the evil I was fighting. The Bush years are going to look positively rosy compared to what’s coming.
So, Um, You Know, How’s that, You Know, Listening Tour Working Out for You, You Know?
You know, it seems like once anti-gun Caroline Kennedy, you know, started talking to the people of, you know, New York, they stopped like liking her, you know.
PPP says Kennedy’s popularity “has taken a major hit as the result of her public campaign” to get the appointment of New York Gov. David Paterson. Although Kennedy is still regarded by a small plurality, 44 percent of voters say their opinion is less favorable than since she first stated publicly her desire for the seat, while 23 percent say they view her more favorably. Her favorable to unfavorable ratio is 44 percent to 40 percent, while that of Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is 57 percent to 20 percent.
Other articles I’ve seen indicate that her biggest support is coming from Baby Boomer women who believe she deserves it because she’s a Kennedy and just has the DNA to do the job – despite having never held elected office before or having any useful experience.
DC DMV Has Issues With “TRIGGER” Plate
Apparently there’s nothing about guns or the shooting sports that the DC City Government won’t hate on with a burning white passion. Here you will find a letter rejecting the tag “TRIGGER” because they deem it offensive, followed by a letter from one of NRA’s attorneys warning them that it’s a First Amendment violation. Looks like DC decided it wasn’t worth fighting a court case over, and issued the tags.
Be Ready
Another issue you’ll want to contact your Congress Critters about is this. I’m skeptical that anyone knows for sure at this point which direction they will attack us from, but one thing I’m fairly certain of is that an attack on our gun rights is coming. We need to be ready for anything, and writing your reps about opposing any gun control in the 111th Congress is as important as ever.
The last time we were in this situation I was eighteen years old, and there were no blogs, no forums, most people didn’t have e-mail, and the media wasn’t on the verge of going the way of the dodo. If we’re going to come out on top here, we have to use our natural strengths as a movement.
UPDATE: Robb has more. The ironic thing in all this is, if the Democrats were really interested in destroying the NRA, the smartest strategic thing to do would be nothing. It only helps NRA to become the monster that they said you were.
UPDATE: Thirdpower wonders why we’re all surprised. I wouldn’t say we’re surprised, but there has to be some hope we can mobilize against something, even if we expected it. I also had hoped Obama’s move to the center post-election indicated he wasn’t willing to tackle divisive cultural issues, and would govern as a pragmatic centrist. That’s still a key question: how much Obama will push gun control. We know he’ll sign anything Pelosi and Reid send him, so we can’t count on anything. Writing the Critter is important.
So It Begins: The 111th Congress
The blogosphere seems to be pretty effective at creating noise, and making people pay attention. Today is the first day of the 111th Congress, which is the new Democratic Congress that we elected along with Obama. Pretty shortly Congress will take up the issue of Obama’s nominations. Among those people is Eric Holder for Attorney General, who is no friend to gun owners. We’ve made a lot of noise over guys like Jim Zumbo, Dan Cooper, HS Precision, and the like. Let’s make some noise to stop the nomination of Eric Holder. You can contact your elected officials here.