The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State …
It’s time for another tab clearing. Last week was kind of slow, so I tended to use more stories rather than sit on them. So it’s taken until today to have enough to make a post worthwhile. Thirdpower contrasts the Illinois State Rifle Association, and notes that it outperforms CSGV when it comes to grassroots. … Continue reading “Weekly Tab Clearing: Tales from the Internets”
Bloomberg recently engaged in some yammering about how anti-gun folks need to replicate the strategy of the NRA. I agree with Jacob: Good advice except for one, tiny problem: antigunners do not have a voting constituency. Â The organizations which represent them are largely just front groups for professional politicians and activists which are funded by … Continue reading “Replicating the NRA Strategy”
I have observed previously that our opponents seem to be whipping up some real grassroots opposition to HR822, as evidenced by the high rate of signatures in opposition to the bill. The problem is, I’m not convinced that our opponents are capable of whipping up this kind of opposition, and it has to be coming … Continue reading “More Odd Grassroots”
By now most of you have heard of the flurry of activity appearing in the seldom read lefty blogosphere, with posts promoting gun control bearing this tagline: This post is written as part of the Media Matters Gun Facts fellowship. The purpose of the fellowship is to further Media Matters’ mission to comprehensively monitor, analyze, … Continue reading “What is the Purpose of the Media Matters Tagline?”
John Richardson managed to find Ladd Everitt’s comment on ATF Request for Comment on the multi-sale reporting requirement for long guns. [Fixed an error – Seb] Ladd Everitt is Communication Director for Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, but he did not respond in his official capacity. One interesting note is that he approves of the … Continue reading “Irrelevance”
John Richardson points to some video that shows we are our own worst enemies. Do I think I’ll ever need ten rounds to defend myself? Probably not. Do I think I’ll ever need one round to defend myself? Probably not. But f**k you if you try to throw me in prison for carrying the number … Continue reading “Own Worst Enemies”
The Truth About Guns deserves a lot of credit for breaking this story about the massive set up NPR’s On Point program was about this issue, which we mentioned here and here. I have confirmed through another blogger that other gun blogs received this request, so I reprint it here: From: Matthew Baskin <mdbaskin@gmail.com> To: … Continue reading “How NPR Shuts Out Our Voice”
A bit of a follow-up on the post about astroturfing from yesterday. Today she updated with a post that shows absolutely zero understanding for how we think of rights in this country. Digging around a bit more, she was active with a group called Blue Steel Democrats. Here’s a video where you can see her … Continue reading “Pro Gun Democrats”
Thirdpower is skeptical of one Illinois gun control advocates attempt to get some real grassroots. Eventually this will switch from sodding to astroturfing. They’ve always been better at that anyway.
Anyone curious as to where Americans United for Safe Streets is getting and spending it’s money need to look no further than here. Glenn Reynolds has noted they are an astroturf group. He’s not kidding. Look at the donation numbers and tell me that group isn’t Mike Bloomberg donating his money and doling it out … Continue reading “Follow the Money”
