Going to Get Arrested with Jesse This Time Paul?
Paul Helmke is pimping Jackson’s national day of protest on August 28th. The Brady Campaign keeps telling us they don’t oppose legal gun ownership. Yet the shops they are protesting are operating legally, with a licensing and regulatory oversight by the BATFE. If they are violating our nation’s and the state of Illinois’ gun laws, why haven’t they had their license revoked by the ATF?
Look, Paul, you either support legal gun ownership, or you don’t. If you do, then protesting gun shops which are complying with the many many gun laws your organization supports is disingenuous, because if they are complying with federal law, they are doing their duty to the public. If it’s federal law you have a probelm with, that’s something to take up with Congress, and not a reason to harass licensed gun dealers.
But lobbying Congress is expensive, we know, especially when you have to deal with the NRA. It’s a lot easier to stage publicity stunts, to get the camreas focused on you and your organization. It will certainly help with fund raising efforts wont it?
August 15th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
<snark>Yeah. These people should just boycott all gun stores. Promise not to buy any guns from them. Why protest when you can really hit them where it counts?</snark>
August 15th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
He basically had to leave the state to get any attention anymore. One mayor told him to go away because he was costing the city thousands in police protection and another asked the store to close for the day because they couldn’t afford extra security. The owner complied.
I wonder if the national effort will garner as many people as the IGOLD last March?
August 15th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
[…] points out the hypocrisy inherent in Paul Helmke’s joining Jesse Jackson outside a legitimate gun dealer’s store. I can’t say it better […]
August 15th, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Here in Missouri August 28th is ‘buy a handgun day’. Our PITA Jim-Crow (truly) remnant PTA law (Permit To Acquire) goes away at the stroke of midnight on the 27th.
Gun stores across the state have safes bulging with ‘concealable firearms’ for pick up on the 28th. One I know of has 50 pistols waiting and is setting a cut-off on the number of sales he can do on the 28th – even with bringing in some extra help.
The ever-indulgent wife will be picking up her G26 after work and I’m thinking of hitting a store near work at lunch to see if I can sneak something in.
There’s some thought in Missouri that we may be the reason he chose August 28th.
August 19th, 2007 at 9:06 am
According to Jesse,… and I quote,.. “Raybo Puss Mus Ak”,…. ( Rainbow Push Must Act )