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Obama's Gun Guru: A Profile of An Uncooperative, Ineffectual Policy Non-Entity
Reason ^ | Brian Doherty | April 12, 2011

Posted on 04/12/2011 6:23:27 PM PDT by neverdem

Curious Washington Post profile today of Obama's gun regulation lead man, Steve Croley. He refused to be interviewed, and the upshot is, thankfully, that even post-Giffords shooting, the Obama administration has little interest in putting much energy behind tougher gun laws, and thus this reputed tort and reg genius has little to do on this topic.

Croley is said to be for forcing all gun sales to run through a federal database (not just those from licensed gun dealers) and not interested in banning high-capacity ammo magazines. But mostly, he is painted as representing an administration mostly hiding from the gun regulation issue.

Cato's Tim Lynch sees media lack of interest in harping on guns as a big part of Obama's and Croley's political equation.

Reason's cover package for April was on the various media and political reactions to the Giffords shooting.

I blogged on Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)'s particularly crazy legislative reaction to those shootings.

For background on the current shape of Second Amendment law, consult my book Gun Control on Trial early and often.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: banglist; croley; stevecroley

1 posted on 04/12/2011 6:23:28 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem
"A Profile of An Uncooperative, Ineffectual Policy Non-Entity"

Could this not be said of everything this limp dick administration has undertaken for the last almost two and a half years?
2 posted on 04/12/2011 6:30:08 PM PDT by NWFLConservative
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To: neverdem

“Obama administration has little interest in putting much energy behind tougher gun laws”

Baloney, he’s just doing it piecemeal and behind the scenes. Refusing import permits and similar strategies. Nothing as honest as an outright ban.


3 posted on 04/12/2011 6:37:22 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: neverdem
(From the article) "...The buzz-cut gun owner with sharp cheekbones and a genius for regulatory law ..."

A limp-wristed liberal pussy if there ever was one.

4 posted on 04/12/2011 6:50:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
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To: rlmorel
A limp-wristed liberal pussy if there ever was one.

Never trust a deeply-read a*hole with "sharp cheekbones" (how about "lizard lips"?).

"Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look; / He reads much."

5 posted on 04/13/2011 4:31:20 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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To: NWFLConservative

‘Could this not be said of everything this limp dick administration has undertaken for the last almost two and a half years?’

Yup.


6 posted on 04/13/2011 5:47:32 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: lentulusgracchus

To liberals, they think that if they get someone who fits a slot, the right color/sex/ethnicity/appearance/whatever then that person will fit the bill.

In this case, they think because the guy is handsome, has a buzz cut and owns a gun, then that is the person to carry out their anti-gun agenda, as if he will be able to “cross the lines” and get things implemented.

Thank God most gun-owners aren’t as shallow as liberals are.


7 posted on 04/13/2011 8:39:13 AM PDT by rlmorel (Capitalism is the Goose that lays The Golden Egg.)
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