Guns and the election
As the dust settles and the Dems take control of Congress, lotsa folks (myself included) feel there’s a new offensive brewing. Gun rights are once again in the crosshairs of those who would disarm us.
Not so fast.
There won’t be a big push for gun control for the next two years.
David Kopel has gun positions broken down by state. The Dems have been running their pro-gun and more conservative folks. I’m not scared. Yet.
For what it’s worth: Dem control of the congress could lead to a Republican maintaining the presidency in 08. I’d almost bet a beer on that but not yet. Speaking of betting beers, my beer post was deleted from Knoxviews. Or at least moved since the p-link still works. Lame. Update: It’s back.
November 8th, 2006 at 11:38 am
No later than March ’07 before the first national attempts to outlaw .50’s start.
And the “AW”B is brought back to national prominence.
The push will be early, and often. They don’t want to try and do this in ’08, with another election brewing, with a Presidency on the line. Early in ’07, with lots of time for other scandals/issues/images to distract the voters, means it will probably work, without getting re-tossed out of office after the last big gun-control push.
Don’t believe the “moderate” hype. Di-Fi will be in charge, and the shes might only have 2 years. Better believe they’re going to make the most of ’em.
November 8th, 2006 at 11:40 am
I’m a little bit more encouraged. Pelosi has a comfortable majority to work with, but she can’t push the moderates too hard. It will depend on if there’s a big Columbine-style incident that will give them political cover.
November 8th, 2006 at 11:43 am
The beer post is still there. Being helpful, as I often am, I made a suggestion for your wager with Andy Axel. No comment from Andy yet.
Uncle if I understand your wager with Andy you get to pick the beer. I suggest Samuel Adams Utopias. Pay up Andy.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
That is lame that it was taken off the front page.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
Utopias! Or maybe a Millenium ?
November 8th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
I was wrong. The beer post is gone. I always use the “Latest Comments” link on the left which still does work. My guess is you will have a hard time getting a warm, flat, Pabst Blue Ribbon in a can and that will require a trip to Nashville.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Your post was restored to the front page. Some apparent confusion among moderators. It’s fixed now.
November 8th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Thanks.
November 8th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
You’ve forgotten something.
Pelosi isn’t working with just Democrats against gun rights. She’s got some Republicans that won’t fight a law against handguns, or any gun that isn’t used for hunting.
She’ll push it, and push it hard, asap. Democrats can’t stop themselves on this matter.