The Gun Control Push in Virginia is About More Than Just Banning ARs and 30-Round Magazines
I’m not saying you shouldn’t. Stock up while you can. But that defiance isn’t enough on its own.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t. Stock up while you can. But that defiance isn’t enough on its own.
Democrat politicians have no reason to listen to liberal gun owners, because at the end of the day, liberal gun owners still show up to vote for them.
That framing is politically clever. It is also misleading and incomplete. It is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, as the saying goes.
Anti-gun goal posts are always moving, and the work of anti-gun legislators is never done.
A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon – so long as there is no answer to it – gives claws to the weak.
The Mayor knew what he was saying and his ‘clarification’ only makes it more obvious that he’s found it politically expedient to blame those who have done no wrong in his city instead of criminals.
Inevitably, having spoken his mind and experiencing the effect his unedited thoughts had on the broader world outside his political bubble, Mayor David LaGrand was forced to backtrack.
A bunch of teenagers who like to shoot clays for sport and are conducting a fundraiser for their club will likely face a passel of hoplophobic harridans and a sprinkling of hen-pecked beta males this weekend.
The goal is to use the threat of devastating civil liability to force the firearms industry to restrict their rights and those of their customers by instituting gun controls that were not enacted through the democratic process.
Politifact’s failure to adjust for population size whitewashes a real threat, prioritizing narrative over data.