Joan Peterson of the Brady Campaign cracks me up. Certainly appears she’s losing her mind now that Obama has essentially turned his back on them….and a fellow Joyce Shill to boot! Keep your eyes peeled for signs of suicide! Still she posted this comment, and I had to dig deeper.
A Minnesota House of Represenatives committee repeals sensible gun laws already on the books that have been working well to screen out those who should not have guns against vehement opposition of law enforcement— outrage
She linked to this leftist screed, but really the article told me about as much as Joan did.
So I decided to look a little deeper, and found a better article.
Citing a push to reduce Minnesota government mandates, Republicans voted Wednesday to dump a state background check for gun purchases, saying it needlessly duplicates an existing federal system…The bill would repeal a state requirement that anyone buying a handgun or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon from a federally licensed firearms dealer must first get a permit. Potential buyers now can get from police a one-year permit, without charge, after a seven-day waiting period during which background checks are made.
Minnesota is one of 12 states that require a permit to buy a handgun. Thirty-eight others, including Wisconsin and North and South Dakota, do not.
“The bill, again, simply removes an unnecessary, redundant and expensive unfunded local government mandate,” Drazkowski said.
So Joan is “Outraged” at repealing a law that is not only not used in most states, but that intentionally puts a waiting period and government permission slip on a constitutionally protected right. And better yet she calls it “sensible gun laws” despite the fact that all the surrounding states feel no need for any such law at ZERO ill effects.
In the end its the truth we all know, that they hate gun owners and gun ownership and will do ANYTHING they can to oppose it. Not like I’m telling you anything new, but “Common Sense” has ZERO to do with it.
On that note everybody needs to check out “Uncommon Gunsense”, she tried to comment on Joan’s page, but was banned, so now like Sean she will be a thorn in the Brady Campaign’s side from her own blog.
And finally I’ll end on a quote that just amuses me.
While we’re winning court cases at the local, state and federal levels, you and your ilk are busy ringing a bell.
Carry your guns people, because stupid and crazy people don’t want you to!
Last gun I bought: I had an hour to kill. Went to a shop. Saw a gun. Signed the paper. Handed over my money. Walked away with the gun in a bag.
That is the way free commerce should be. Waiting is government intrusion.
Still had 15 minutes to kill…
“Carry your guns people, because stupid and crazy people don’t want you to!”
That’s a good enough reason for me, and it was a good enough reason for the Idaho State Patrolman I had the pleasure of dealing with over Christmas break!
Good for Minnesota. Wait till we hear all the wailing and gnashing of teeth when NC overhauls it’s Jim Crow era permit law.
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Saw that in the Star Tribune in this morning.
The libtard antis in the metro area are having fits and spewing forth gibberish about how blood will run in the streets.
Like it did when they changed it to shall issue and everyone was suddenly carrying and blood was filling the streets…oh wait…that did not happen!!
Hmmm…..
Non-reality (unreality?) Is more real to them than the ground underfoot.
Joan Peterson would be “outraged” at Kalifornistan moving away from bribe-based may-issue concealed carry permits, and thus anything she has to say is inherently meaningless… she probably does not even understand the redundancy of the situation, and if she does, she probably does not care. Quite simply, the woman just has no concept, and would regard any loosening of existing laws to be an “outrage”.
Hell, she was probably “outraged” at Heller and McDonald.
Is it bad that “outrage” makes me smile more than a little, inside and out? 😉