Fact Check: The ‘Gun Lobby’ That Democrats Demagogue Against is You
Note that when antigun politicians like endangered incumbent Bob Casey, Jr, in Pennsylvania, talk about the “gun lobby,” they mean you, not big corporations or gun rights orgs.
Note that when antigun politicians like endangered incumbent Bob Casey, Jr, in Pennsylvania, talk about the “gun lobby,” they mean you, not big corporations or gun rights orgs.
Finally, knowing my father very well, I can assure you he had a profound grasp of how paradoxical human nature is, which accounts for while he made anti-war films, he had a great passion for guns (self-defense not hunting) and he had quite a few!
Paired with her constant new refrain that she and her running mate Tim Walz are gun owners, the Harris campaign wants to send the message to swing state voters that their gun rights are safe. Pardon me if I’m skeptical.
Walz and Harris saw their target: sportsmen and women voters. They didn’t see what was beyond, including that hunters know a fake when they see one, no matter how much camo – or blaze orange – the politician wears for the cameras.
Another video showed that the governor did have his shotgun on site, but he struggled to load the Beretta and said he bought the A400 model to reduce kick so that the gun doesn’t hurt his shoulder.
During a recent interview when Vice President Kamala Harris revealed she owns a GLOCK pistol, and has had it since
“There is not a thing that comes to mind. I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have had impact,” Vice President Harris told Sonny Hostin when The View co-host asked if she would do anything different than President Joe Biden.
The vice president’s opinion in DC v. Heller was that not only could California ban handgun sales and possession, but that the Second Amendment doesn’t preclude total bans on handgun possession.
Indeed, the frequency with which these ardent opponents of “illegal guns” have been themselves charged with, pled guilty to, or were convicted of illegal behavior is something of a self-inflicted joke.
“It won’t get the right-wing male Trump voter,” who makes voting decisions based on NRA endorsements, said the Democratic pollster Celinda Lake. “But I think the freedom narrative is going to bring over a lot of people like the Michigan hunter — and his wife may hunt too — who doesn’t believe you need an AR-15 to hunt a deer.”