The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
Senator Tom Coburn proposed an amendment to the credit card bill to restore concealed carry rights in national parks. The amendment needed 60 votes, according to C-SPAN and passed with 67 votes. Interesting observations: Claire McCaskill, AHSA’s pet Senator, changed her vote after initially supporting gun rights to oppose the right to carry in federal … Continue reading “Senate Passes National Park Carry Amendment”
Brian Faughnan at Red State is reporting that Specter seems to be working out a deal on Card Check: A spokesperson for Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the lead sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, confirmed today that an agreement is near that will allow Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) to return to his earlier position … Continue reading “Specter Getting Ready to Flip on Card Check?”
We are told the NRA are a bunch of ineffective weenies, who do nothing to fight for our gun rights, and exhibit demonstrably poor leadership on the issue. Demonstrably poor leadership like capitalizing on Holder’s gaffe to actually ram a repeal of an “assault weapons” ban though an overwhelmingly Democratic controlled Senate. It’s a local … Continue reading “Those Ineffective NRA Weenies”
Kirsten, Kirsten, why have thou forsaken me?  Gillibrand voted no on the DC gun rights amendment. I think at this point, it is safe to say that my public advocacy for her is at an end. In the battle to influence Gilly, and convince her to keep her A rating on the gun issue, gun … Continue reading “Gilly Votes No”
This poll is rather shocking. It shows Kirsten Gillibrand losing in a Democratic primary to Carolyn McCarty, with 34 percent of Democratic voters supporting McCarthy, with only 24 percent supporting Gillibrand. I’m a bit like a kid with an ant farm over this whole topic. A pro-gun politician elevated to represent a staunchly anti-gun state … Continue reading “Gun Control Dynamics in New York”
Countertop was kind enough to give us a rank ordered list of types of people important to politicians: Based on my considerable experience in this area, here’s how – generally speaking – a candidate will prioritize the interests of stakeholders – all in the name of winning elections and diminishing the effort they need to … Continue reading “The Influence Hierarchy”
This is hilarious: Once upon a time, there was a little State called New York. And in this land lived a lot of witches. One day the biggest witch, Hillary Clinton announced that she was leaving and going to the White House where she could personally service the King. That left another witch happy and … Continue reading “The Witches of New York”
Hillary Clinton is being replaced by a pro-gun Congresswoman from upstate New York. Kirsten Gillibrand. That’s one more vote for us, and one less vote for them. I’m also glad that upstate New York will have one of its own in the Senate, which it’s lacked since the 1970s. I do hope Ms. Gillibrand won’t … Continue reading “Good News for Gun Owners”
I was looking back over my archives. This is something I don’t like to do, because my beliefs have evolved somewhat, and my blogging style today isn’t quite the same as it was back then. In some cases I’d like to reach through the screen and smack my then self. But what I was talking … Continue reading “How I Opposed Obama Eight Years Ago”
Via Grassroots PA, it looks like they are clearing the way for Specter on the Democratic side. State Representative Josh Shapiro is ruling out running now, and so is Allyson Schwartz. Grassroots PA also reports Sestak isn’t rulling out a primary challenge, and Sestak is a big enough asshole to do it. Apparently Torsella is … Continue reading “Democrats Clearing the Field for Specter”
