The New Hampshire Presidential Primary is unfolding. As the nation awaits their results, I notice an interesting column by our friend Dave Workman at the Second Amendment Foundation.
Dave doesn’t think gun control will be an issue in the Granite State as much as in some other areas. You’ll recall that during the Democrat candidates’ debates, particularly their first one, it seemed like a race to see which of them could be more anti-gun. Check out Dave’s take on it.
In a ideal world, instead of debates we would instead see pay-per-view events of candidates locked in a room with a knife stuck in the floor in the middle. The ones that survive get to run for office. If only one survives, said victor is given the Presidency for 4 year and 4 years only.
Whatever the outcome, it means fewer politicians still drawing breath and thus lying to us and screwing us and at the very least they would prove they had guts which is more than any in the current field can say.
At least that’s how I see it 😀
Great article, and refreshing to hear. If I remember correctly, several months ago Bernie Sanders was asked why he didn’t talk more about gun control. He said most of the people in New Hampshire are country folks and they use guns for hunting, not crime.
As for the decrease in violent crime, I’m inclined to think it has to do with demographics. There was a crime wave in the years when the Baby Boomers were in their teens, twenties and thirties. Now they are old, and about one-third of the following generations have been aborted since 1973. Fewer people = fewer crimes. The rise in gun ownership shows that it is possible to have lots of guns around, without an increase in crime. This shows that criminals are the problem, not guns.
At the beginning of the Oregon standoff in January, I saw some posters on blogs say that the government was being soft on those white guys with guns. If they had been of another skin shade, the government would have arrested or shot them sooner. I don’t know if that is true or not. What I do know is that those white guys with guns are acting on principle. They believe they are following the Constitution and that the government is breaking its own rules. People who follow principles are not dangerous, even when they are toting large firearms on their backs. Just goes to show that we don’t have to fear principled people who have firepower. Only the lawless are dangerous.
Seems like a reasonable analysis of the situation. I’m glad Sanders is doing so well since it forces all of the Democrats to weigh in on the issues. I believe the worse case would have been Clinton not have to campaign for herself until after the primaries. Does anyone have any thoughts on Bloomberg’s interest in running as a third party candidate? That seems scarier than any GOP vs. Dem. ticket. Not only does he want to restrict magazine size, he wants to restrict soda size. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
RE Bloomberg: That frightens me more than anyone including Sanders. Not unlike a certain goofy-mustachioed lunatic, Bloomberg could sweep into the race as a savior of sorts to salvage the Democrat hopes and be welcomed by the party even if he runs third party. Like Hitler he could provide a soothing balm to the chafed masses of downtrodden Democrat weary of what they’ve been spoon fed by their party machine. BTW, on my own blog I say “Godwin can kiss my ass” whenever I make mention Hitler as a comparison; I detest hearing “Godwin’s Law” spouted at me.
And President Bloomberg scares the crap out of me far more than Hillary or Bernie. Oh my. I just had a horrible thought: Bloomberg/Biden 2016…
Bloomberg running as a third party candidate might be a good thing. He could very well pull votes away from whomever the Democrat nominee is by being virulently anti gun.
And I suppose it’s a good thing Killery Rotten Clinton is so anti gun. Were she not, instead of throwing lamps and crockery (as she has been known to do, One White House spokesman, when asked about a lamp throwing incident replied, “Well, yes…but it wasn’t an antique or anything.”) she could be pulling her piece and gunning down those who annoy her. As it is, those that bother the Clintons seem to have a predilection for committing sudden, convenient (for the Clintons) suicides or meeting with unusual, fatal circumstances.
Tommy, a Bloomberg entry into the race would surely split the Sanders/Clinton vote and ensure a victory for the GOP nominee. The single-issue gun control faction is a very small minority of voters. And perhaps, dare I say, a minority of liberal/Democrat voters too.
@ Tommy Sewall,
Nah, Bloomberg won’t run. He is not a salty enough man for this race! (Sorry, I couldn’t resist.)
Bloomberg/Biden. Yikes! I won’t sleep tonight. @Jaji, It wouldn’t surprise me if Clinton could win a knife fight with all of the above candidates. Trump wasn’t that impressive on WWE but put Palin in with Clinton and you could really reap some money on pay per view. I had better stop my political prognostications. I am going to look at a pellet rifle for my grand daughter tomorrow. That should be fun.
The Democratic candidates will all make some token statements about “common sense, reasonable gun control laws” (i.e., “We don’t want to ban your deer rifle, just that evil AR-15 semi-automatic assault weapon with its shoulder thing that goes up”), but the gun issue will be on the back burner. The real contest between Clinton and Sanders is which one can promise more handouts.
If Hillary loses the nomination, it won’t be because of Benghazi, mishandling classified information, or influence peddling. It will be because Sanders outdoes her promising Free Stuff. And if she gets nominated but loses the election, it will be because Trump attracts more low information voters (people who vote for someone just because they saw him/her on TV a lot).
And I’m sure that the GOP would love to see Bloomberg run as a third party candidate, since he would split the leftist vote. Similarly, if Trump loses the Republican nomination and runs as a third party candidate, it would be a disaster for the GOP.
I would rather not have Bloomberg run but maybe the negative ads about Mr Giant Soda and outing some of the false gun facts will tarnish his credibility. Could be a good thing as long as he doesn’t win. It would be nice to see so blatantly negative ads targeted on him.
Of course, he could not be allowed a protection detail armed with guns. His security detail could carry cell phones so they can draw and dial 911 if his life was in danger. That threat solution is good enough for us.
Bernie is a sort of the lefts version on Ron Paul. The thing that comes through is that he has some personal intgrity. The left is in denial about how rigged their system is with corruption. Hillary lost to Obama for the same reasons. The only question is other than Hillary having an extra 8years to rig the system, is what has changed. Well that and will Humma go to
Jail for her??
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