Unarmed for the Election (McClintock, Schwartzenegger, and Gun Rights)

National Review ^ | September 30, 2003 | Dave Kopel

[evilsmoker]

I think you meant to say, we shouldn't be "six-issues" voters.

Whether it's guns, gays, taxes, abortion, illegal immigration or the environment, I can't think of one issue where Arnold the Baby Terminator stands with us.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Holy cow, what a blistering article. (I emailed it from NR to my friends, they are gonna blow a gasget about (R)nold more than ever)

Locks on guns, ba! Ban guns is the net effect.

[Itzlzha]

Yea, did Hannity swoon over Michael Bloomberg? What about Lincoln Chafee? Hannity must know something about this liberal Arnold that conservatives don't know.

Yeah...like "How can I get invited to all the SWANKY Hollywierd-type parties...(R)nuld will know"...

Or "How can I get a part in a future feature film...maybe by sucking up to (R)nuld?"...

Or maybe..."How much boot-licking for the (R) party bigwigs (who have sold out Conservatives in MexiCali for a long time, and are beginning to do it all over the country now!) must I do to get the Rush Limbaugh position after he's gone"?

[evilsmoker]

Arnold has made his views clear on a few issues. He'd like to recruit more people into government funded healthcare programs, fund afterschool babysitting programs, and allow the government to continue classifying people based on their race. All that before lunch!

[SierraWasp]

yeah... Like maybe he suffers from "Floating Decimal Syndrome!!!

[Roscoe]

So in other words, the "loophole" that Schwarzenegger "would like to close" was actually closed 14 years ago. How much more contemptuously ignorant can a candidate get? Surrounded by high-priced advisers and consultants, Schwarzenegger apparently cannot hire anyone who will explain to him the elementary facts of California gun law.

I guess Warren and RFK, Jr. just didn't know.

[Itzlzha]

Hmmm...23 posts, and only ONE SchwarzenKennedy supporter shows up?

I'm beginning to think that ALL SchwarzenKennedy supporters are "ducking the issues"...they only show up for negative hit-pieces on McClintock from the LA Slimes!

How soon before the first "McClintock took Indian $$$" defense shows up?

SchwarzenKennedy supporters arte like cheap fabric salesmen...

"Never mind the quality...feel the WIDTH!"

[Theodore R.]

Do you think that Hannity's embrace of Arnold will cost Hannity some listeners? I once listened to a regional talk show but stopped after the host defended Castro (actually he defended "fathers' rights") in regard to the fate of little Elian Gonzalez. Sometimes defining issues cause listeners to drop a talk show, as there are now so many available from which to choose via the Internet.

[pabianice]

Ouch.

[.38sw]

"six-issue voters"

I was thinking it, but since I was being sarcastic, I was making reference to the admonishment of McClintock supporters who speak of gun control or abortion as "one-issue voters".

[Reagan Man]

Arnold doesn't support the 2nd amendement nor does he understand what it means to be a conservative.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Yeah...like "How can I get invited to all the SWANKY Hollywierd-type parties...(R)nuld will know"...
Or "How can I get a part in a future feature film...maybe by sucking up to (R)nuld?"...
Or maybe..."How much boot-licking for the (R) party bigwigs (who have sold out Conservatives in MexiCali for a long time, and are beginning to do it all over the country now!) must I do to get the Rush Limbaugh position after he's gone"?

Well said. Sean "Ad Hominem" Hannity is going to have a whole lot of explain to do when (R)nold Bloomberg raises taxes and destroys CA. Personally, I hope his show eventually gets pulled off of 790 KABC and replaced with 3 hours every day of elevator music because all those "uhs" and blathering to Flipper is a waste of a perfectly good AM station.

[Myrddin]

None of this matters. Arnold is a Republican, and he can win, so we shouldn't be "one-issue" voters.

The never ending effluent of anti-gun laws was one of the key reasons I relocated to Idaho from California. Arnold's ignorance of California gun laws and his professed anti-gun attitude makes him like all the other Democrats in the race. He's a liberal RINO. The only candidate that will put a halt to more anti-gun laws is McClintock. The rest will avidly sign them.

[.38sw]

Do you think that Hannity's embrace of Arnold will cost Hannity some listeners?

Yes. Me.

[Reagan Man]

>>>And Hannity swooned in adoration.

Hannity is a sell out to the conservative cause and is a shill for Arnold. He's allowed his popularity to control his better judgment.

[Puppage]

And also I would like to close the loophole on the gun shows

Yes, I also would like to close things that DON'T EXIST

[going hot]

Just wondering, how many gun laws has Tom Mclintock stopped from passage,or vetoed, or successfully fought against to prevent from enactment during his tenure as a legislator?

[Roscoe]

When Arnold signs his first piece of gun control legislation, Hannity should be there to blow on the ink.

[Roscoe]

September 03, 2003

Gun Owners of America is pleased to endorse State Senator Tom McClintock for Governor of California.

Tom McClintock is THE conservative candidate in this race. Senator McClintock has a perfect voting record on Second Amendment issues and has been a champion of gun owners' rights during his public service career, which reaches back two decades.

[going hot]

I too, am a member of GOA, and understand their endorsement. My question, however, is, "Just wondering, how many gun laws has Tom Mclintock stopped from passage,or vetoed, or successfully fought against to prevent from enactment during his tenure as a legislator?"