Category Archives: Gun News

Wendy Davis Pro-Gun?

— by on — Leave a reply

Check this out:

AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis says her support of expanding gun rights in Texas includes allowing people with concealed handgun licenses to openly carry their weapons in public.

The concept is known as “open carry” and it essentially allows license holders to carry a pistol on their hip without having to hide it.

The issue has been a popular gun rights position in the Republican primary. Davis’ position aligns her with her Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.

Abbott’s position was well known. Davis gave her support for open carry in a statement to The Associated Press.

Abbott already has a concealed handgun license, and Davis has said she wants to get one.
 Source: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/243900121.html

Before we get too excited about Wendy’s sudden embrace of gun rights, let us remember that Bill Clinton has an A-Rating from the NRA back when he was governor of Arkansas. So Davis’ pro-gun views seems a little self-serving, and I do realize there are Democrats who are pro-gun, but I figure this woman realizes she already has the pro-abortion vote so now she can screw gun-hating liberals and try to please gun owners.

So at this point, Abbott is looking good.

 

Moms Demand Action wants to control anger

— by on — 2 Replies

This is one of the most ridiculous gun-hating memes I have seen:

Source: https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandAction?fref=ts

Really? So how exactly do you ban anger? You’re gonna make everyone count to 10? What history confirms is that unarmed post offices are the perfect hunting grounds for psychopaths. You want to prevent anger? Give everybody a gun and you’ll see how quickly people become more polite.

Pro-Gun/Pro-Pot Bill in Oregon

— by on — Leave a reply

Good news for pro-gun stoners:

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Getting caught with a little marijuana won’t prevent you from getting a concealed handgun license in Oregon. That is, if it happened in the state and after 1973.

Oregon law generally prohibits people with drug convictions from getting a permit to carry a concealed handgun. But it makes an exception for those with one minor pot conviction that occurred in Oregon after the state reduced the severity of possession charges four decades ago.
….
But some gun control advocates question the need for the bill at all.

“I don’t really see how this is going to make Oregonians safer,” said Penny Okamoto, executive director of Ceasefire Oregon, a gun control advocacy organization.

Okamoto said she didn’t know how many people were prevented from getting the licenses under the current law, adding that more than 180,000 Oregonians had concealed handgun licenses as of September 2013.

Fuller said the debate over whether concealed handguns make people safer is “a larger philosophical question” not addressed by the proposed changes.

“It’s not a gun issue, it’s not a marijuana issue,” Fuller said. “It’s a fairness issue.”

Representatives David Gomberg, D-Otis, and Kim Thatcher, R-Keizer, both sponsored the bill, which is HB 4068.
Source: http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Bill-would-allow-gun-license-despite-pot-bust-5207798.php

Fear vs. Freedom: Proposal to Restrict Guns in New Mexico’s Capitol

— by on — 1 Reply

They’re trying to restrict firearms from the New Mexico Capitol, a proposal that cleared the house but failed in the senate, and this comment caught my attention:

Democratic Sen. Peter Wirth of Santa Fe said he proposed the restrictions after constituents told him they were afraid last year to attend legislative proceedings because gun rights supporters were openly carrying handguns and rifles in the Capitol. Rep. Brian Egolf, a Santa Fe, gave a similar explanation for why he was pushing the restrictions in the House.

“When citizens feel that they can’t participate in the democratic process because you’ve got a roomful of people legally carrying firearms, something is not working,” Wirth said.
Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/02/05/3308810/senate-panel-rejects-gun-restrictions.html#storylink=cpy

Cry me a river, when I was a smoker I did not want to participate on jury duty because I feared being without my cigs, yet I doubt my former habit would have been accepted as an excuse to get out of jury duty.

Here’s how real Americans deal with fear:

Rep. Cathrynn Brown, a Carlsbad Republican, said she had received death threats as a legislator.

“There are people who will threaten you because they want you to walk in fear,” she said. “And I have a right, as a woman and as a citizen, to exercise my constitutional right and if I choose to have a firearm, that is my right.”

That’s what separates Republicans from Democrats, we act as individuals, they demand everyone else act like they do. If we’re afraid, we get a gun, if they’re afraid, they do a gun ban and hope criminals will behave themselves.

 

 

Florida bill targets anti-gun insurers

— by on — Leave a reply

The insurance industry judges people based on group membership. If you’re single, you pay more than if you’re married for example because actuaries think single people are unhappier and more likely to die or get hurt.

Other forms of discrimination includes higher rates for airline pilots, people who jump out of planes, etc. So the following bill is a good thing.

Florida has more than 1 million concealed weapons permit holders. In Tallahassee, a proposal is being considered in the House, by the The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, that would prevent a property or auto insurer from refusing to issue or renew a policy based on a person’s legal use, possession or ownership of a firearm. A similar bill is in the Senate.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Farhat said. “I don’t think that just because someone owns — whether it be one gun or several guns — I don’t think someone should just be disqualified or potentially disqualified from home or auto insurance.”
Source: http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/consumer/on-your-side/2014/02/04/bill-insurance-policy-gun-issue/5208267/