Notes From HPS
BY Herschel Smith
10 years ago
Obamacare is still “anti-gun” and a proper concern for gun rights groups to seek repeal of, the question becomes “How?” Even with the new majority, Republicans will still find themselves as many as 13 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override a presidential veto.
That’s where NRA could come in – if Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and ILA Executive Director Chris Cox wanted it to, or could be persuaded to follow through on. NRA political grades are a powerful tool the politicians in all but incontestable “blue states” vie for, and there are so-called “pro-gun Democrats” in states like Montana who are dependent on them to retain their seats. Even those currently rated lower than an “A” would have powerful incentives not to go into their next election with a markedly lower rating than their challenger. It may even take only one or two “defections” to act like a crack in the dam, convincing balkers that their political fortunes are best served by opposing an administration centerpiece that Americans are increasingly rejecting, with approval at “a new numerical low” providing additional cover for crossing party lines.
See also this followup. True enough, Obamacare is anti-gun and intentionally designed that way. Moreover, it is socialist and totalitarian in nature, meaning that the same people who support Obamacare support gun control. This is appropriate ground for the NRA in my opinion. But the NRA endorsed Governor-elect of Maryland, Larry Hogan. You want to know the real bitch in all of this? Hogan didn’t ask for the endorsement, and is dedicated to defending the laws of Maryland against suits to overturn them (yes, the recent Maryland laws infringing on the second amendment). I am in favor of pressing the NRA to get score the Obamacare votes, but does anyone really think that an organization who would whore itself like they did for Hogan is ready for the big time on the national stage?
David takes on Mark Morford. My take is here.
Mike Vanderboegh will be speaking at the We Will Not Comply Rally. Folks, you know how much I loath I-594. If I could be there, I would tell them (the rulers) to kiss my ass. I would not comply either.
Mike notes that a gun-mounted flashlight plays a role in another Denver police shooting. We’ve discussed this here. Folks, gun-mounted lights can be done right (and I have them) as long as you know about and avoid sympathetic muscle reflexes, but I’m opposed to police using gun-mounted lights because I think most of them are so incompetent.
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