John Cahill:

I like to remind my Republican friends that the roots of the Brady Campaign are Republican to the core. I do it just to get them backpedaling after some dig about Democrats hating guns. I may also remind them that the original 1993 Assault Weapon Ban amendment could not have passed without Republican votes because eight Democrats voted NO and two of the eight were Nevada Senators Reid and Bryan.

He also caught the Brady Bunch lying through their collective teeth:

The Brady Campaign testified on March 15, 2006 [Update: I’m sure they mean 2005 – Ed.], at the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, against H.R. 800. This testimony included opposition to companion Senate legislation S. 397. Part of that testimony was a letter purported to be from several national Law Enforcement organizations opposing Gun Liability reform. The letter was published on the web along with Brady’s record of testimony. The letter carried a list of 66 individually named Sheriffs and Police Chiefs of major cities. Six of the names listed were Nevada Chiefs or Sheriffs. My Sheriff was included.

I made contact with my Sheriff through a ranking officer in the Department. He remembered getting a briefing from the Brady organization at a State meeting but didn’t remember that our Sheriff had signed any letter. Later my Sheriff responded directly and personally to an email saying he was checking facts on the whole matter.

About that time the National Rifle Association’s NRA-ILA issued an alert to email subscribers in Nevada and urged those citizens to contact the Law Enforcement Officers who signed the letter and ask them to reconsider their opposition. Nevada Sheriffs are elected and Chiefs are appointed by elected officials. That’s a good thing.

Following the NRA Alert, all of the feedback I was able to track indicated that not one of the Nevada Law Enforcement Officers listed had signed the letter or authorized the use of his name. My info now is that every one of the six has demanded his name be removed and two penned letters of support for S.397.

Posted in uncategorized on July 25th, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |