Posted on 01/21/2005 4:58:03 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The arrest of a man identified by Fox News as a bodyguard for anti-gun film director Michael Moore by New York Port Authority Police Wednesday evening proves that Moore is an elitist who thinks it is fine for him to have armed security, while he has endeavored to disarm other law-abiding Americans, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) said today.
Adding to the irony, said SAF Founder Alan M. Gottlieb, is the fact that bodyguard Patrick Burke was arrested for violating the kind of Draconian gun law that Moore and his extremist gun control contemporaries would support. Burke was reportedly arrested at JFK International Airport when he declared his firearm at the ticket counter, as required by law when traveling.
New York authorities habitually arrest private citizens at airports around the state when they declare firearms as required by law, and do not have a New York firearms license. It is a technicality that has tripped up many travelers who may simply be going through the state on their way to or from other destinations.
“Michael Moore is a world-class hypocrite for campaigning against the gun rights of law-abiding citizens, while having an armed bodyguard,” Gottlieb observed. “Unfortunately for Mr. Burke, who is reportedly licensed to carry a firearm in Florida and California, he has been tripped up by the same anti-gun mentality espoused by his elitist employer. Sadly, if criminal charges are pursued, it will be Mr. Burke, not his boss, who takes the fall, possibly losing his gun rights in the process, because possession of an unlicensed gun in New York is a felony.
“Like so many other arrogant Hollywood anti-gunners, Michael Moore obviously considers his life more important than the lives of all the people he would disarm,” Gottlieb stated. “His malevolence toward the rights of gun owners only adds to the hypocrisy of this case.
“Naturally,” Gottlieb concluded, “we would be delighted to recommend a suitable lawyer from the SAF attorney referral list to represent Mr. Burke. And we’re certain Malevolent Michael will happily pick up the tab.”
The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers & an amicus brief & fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.
Anti-gun hypocrisy PING!
Didn't rosie o'fatso have a gun toting body guard problem as well?
this story me reminds me of how it has come out that
John Kerry owns an AK .....I wonder if he uses it for deer
hunting? I wonder if it's registered?
I say we put El Fatso and his ideals in a room with Charlton Heston and his ideals...and...see what happens...
No suprise. Moore is already an established LYING POS. Typical far-left unmitigated HYPOCRISY AND LIES. It is their life-blood.
Yawn. Jabba-The-Hut scores another big "I TOLD YOU SO" --- someone should melt him down and make "UGLY CANDLES" out of him.
Sweet!
And in the case of mega-hypocrite, liar/deceiver, Dr.-Atkins-sworn-enemy-on-this-earth Michael Moore EVERYONE is "liitle people."
Mr. Moore is less than honest about a lot of things.
gun control only applies to us little people. Not to the wannabe ruling class socialist pigs.
hey Mickey..........get your fat ass head out of that big mac and tell us what on earth you bodyguard is doing with that evil evil handgun......I"m shocked.....simply shocked beyond belief...........
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Identical breath taking hypocrisy to Rosie O'Donnell. Another heavily armed body guard in violation of gun laws. AND had just fininished an ambush disgusting hit on guest Tom Selleck, a Second Amendment supporter, on her extinct lame TV show.
My loathing for that fatass propagandist couldn't get any worse (without becoming unhealthy).
I came to the conclusion (long ago) that anyone who wants to disarm me is an enemy.
Excellent question. Did he bring it home as a "war trophy"? If so - and if it is fully automatic - has he paid his transfer tax? On his Form 4 did he state that he has never received a "dishonorable discharge"? Hmmmmmmm........Seems as though the fine folks at BATFE should be able to answer those questions, but would most likely decline to do so.
We already knew that Fat_ss Moore is a hypocrite.
You're so right! Nothing that fathead could do would surprise me......unless it had anything to do with physical activity like running the 50 yard dash without having a major coronary!
yes, Dianne Swinefein carries her own. She has a CCW. Nothing like being a hypocrite!
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