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A Shot in the Arm for the GOP
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| 18 MARCH 2007
| George F. Will
Posted on 03/18/2007 7:07:40 AM PDT by rdb3
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We shall see if it is.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:07:42 AM PDT
by
rdb3
To: rdb3
Heck it'd have an impact on the GOP primaries as well.
To: rdb3
...a federal appeals court may have revived gun control as a political issue. In other words, the press and party bosses are forced to reckon with it yet again.
To: rdb3
What I'm wondering is if all of those who were wrongly prosecuted by D.C. for violating their unconstitutional gun law are going to get fair restitution for the damages they suffered!
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:13:33 AM PDT
by
BMIC
To: rdb3
" It has been mostly dormant since autumn 2000, when Al Gore decided he was less interested in it than in carrying states such as Michigan and Pennsylvania: "Gore Tables Gun Issue as He Courts Midwest" [New York Times, Sept. 20, 2000]."
If that is the case then Al Gore, the NYT, and/or George Will are morons.
Michigan is about as pro-gun as a state could possibly get.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:26:10 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
To: rdb3
The appeals court ruling appalls advocates of gun control laws and should alarm the Democratic Party ... That is not in the interest of the Democratic Party, which is supported by most ardent supporters of gun control.
Hey Georgie, don't forget gun grabbing 'republican' Rudy Julie-Annie.
This ruling 'prolly' gave him nightmares. Heck he's likely still on heavy doses of Prozac. This naturally goes double Rudy's gun grabbing butt buddy, 'republican', Bloomberg.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:26:59 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
To: mainepatsfan
I wonder if there has been any comment on this ruling from Guiliani? He not only thinks that individual citizens shouldn't be allowed firearms, but also thinks that manufacturers should be sued to force them to only produce in quantities required for "sporting purposes and legitimate law enforcement needs". And, of course, he would be the one to decide what those quantities would be.
To: Beagle8U
I think that was his and the Times point. Gore dropped the issue because he feared losing Michigan and Pennsylvania because of it.
To: Condor51
Mitt Romney joined the NRA last August just to try to get ahead of this issue.
To: mainepatsfan
I read it as they were saying guns shouldn't be an issue because they thought that Michigan was for gun control.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:33:28 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
To: Beagle8U
Nah even the Times isn't that out of touch. I remember it got so bad for Gore that unions had to assure their members that he wasn't going to take their guns away.
To: rdb3
If the Supremes take this on, it will be a huge issue in `08.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:37:25 AM PDT
by
Buckeye Battle Cry
(Life is too short to go through it clenched of sphincter and void of humor - it's okay to laugh.)
To: rdb3
This was a surprise, George Will writing about the Second Amendment without making me cringe. Reading the
decision was quite enjoyable.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:37:44 AM PDT
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: Beagle8U
He wasn't less interested in gun control, he just wasn't interested in harping on it while campaigning there. He's still all for it, as far as I can tell.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:38:46 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: Emmett McCarthy
Exactly , if Giuliani was elected , one can only imagine who he would pick for AG . Bloomberg perhaps ?
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:45:45 AM PDT
by
Neu Pragmatist
(LIBERALS : -- ROMNEY DEFEATS THEM -- RUDY EMBRACES THEM !)
To: mainepatsfan
If you check history you will find that NO candidate has been elected as POTUS that was openly hostile to gun rights.
That includes the RATS. Clinton was reelected after signing the AWB but he was never anti-gun before his first election.
After the RAT slaughter in Congress 1994 they vowed to shut-up about guns. Hillary is on the record now as anti-gun and the only way she could win is if that issue is off the table.
Rudy has a worse record and is the only one she could beat.
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:50:59 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super Walmart for news .)
To: rdb3
I doubt this decision will hurt the GOP any. It should only embolden 2nd Amendment advocates.
To: Buckeye Battle Cry
With the current make up of the SCOTUS , i'm not comfortable with the idea of the issue going before them . We really need one or two more Constructionists on that court before it gets heard , if at all .
The way the court has been trying to ride fences in the past few years , I could see a ruling affirming the right , but then also stating that Semi-autos don't fall under said right .
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posted on
03/18/2007 7:52:43 AM PDT
by
Neu Pragmatist
(LIBERALS : -- ROMNEY DEFEATS THEM -- RUDY EMBRACES THEM !)
To: Beagle8U
Heck even the lib pols in Maine know not to touch the gun issue.
To: Neu Pragmatist
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