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Wasserman Schultz on Colo. recall results: ‘This was voter suppression, pure and simple.’

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So anytime Democrats get their asses handed to them and lose even in districts they control, it’s voter suppression/oppression. News flash Wasserman-Schultz; your buddy Giron sponsored the Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act. It was passed by the legislature and signed into law by Hickenlooper in May. The law was specifically written by Democrats to make it EASIER to vote in Colorado than it ever has been before. If anything, Giron enabled the very voters who fired her! But, Wasserman-Schultz says it was all the fault of the NRA and other “outside interests.” Well let’s see who brought bigger “guns” to the fight.

The National Rifle Associations Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) spend a total of $108,667 through August 28th to buy TV, billboard, and print ads. The Koch brothers, through Americans for Prosperity, bought and distributed “door hangers” for an undisclosed amount. Knowing folks in the printing business, when you buy in bulk, there’s a substantial discount but, let’s just be goofy and spent another $100,000 on that.

Meanwhile, Michael Bloomberg donated some $350,000 Taxpayers for Responsible Democracy, which supported Morse and Giron. In total, the group raise some $708,000 on Morse and Giron’s behalf. But that was before Eli Broad gave them another $250,000 check as Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York issued a fundraising call for Giron in an email to supporters. May be I’m wrong but, At best, I can come up with $250,000 spent by out of state pro-gun, conservatives while out of state anti-gun, liberals spent closer to $1 million. A three to one advantage in favor of liberals at worst. It would seem the majority of money spent by “outside interest” was spent by liberals supporting the Democrats who ultimately lost even after passing laws to make it easier to vote. I fail to see the voter suppression going on hear but, I do find it interesting that most of the people photographed crying and comforting each other at Morse’s concession speech weren’t even residents of Colorado! And yet, Wasserman-Schultz maintains the election result was anything but the will of the people of Colorado.

– Gary

Sandy, left, and Lonnie Phillips, of San Antonio, Texas, comfort each other as Colorado Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, concedes defeat in his legislative recall race in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The couple, who lost their 24-year-old daughter Jessica Ghawi in the Aurora, Colo., theatre shooting of July 2012, came to Colorado to campaign for Morse, who with Sen. Angela Giron, of Pueblo, voted for new firearms restrictions in the state and ended up facing the first legislative recalls in state history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Sandy, left, and Lonnie Phillips, of San Antonio, Texas, comfort each other as Colorado Senate President John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, concedes defeat in his legislative recall race in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The couple, who lost their 24-year-old daughter Jessica Ghawi in the Aurora, Colo., theatre shooting of July 2012, came to Colorado to campaign for Morse, who with Sen. Angela Giron, of Pueblo, voted for new firearms restrictions in the state and ended up facing the first legislative recalls in state history. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Remington creates a stir in New York by checking out sites in Tennessee

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New York gun makers in a squeeze: stay or go? – City & Region – The Buffalo News.

At the height of the controversies following the Sandy Hook Massacre, Remington Arms was viewed as a bit of a turn coat. This was in part, because Remington had recently secured some $80 million in new business producing rifles for the US government and in doing so, issues assurances that they would remain in New York as other NY manufactures planned to move.  This happened at a time that New York’s “SAFE” Act threatened to make it impossible for gun manufacturers to continue operating in the state.  But, the New York legislature saw fit to codify exceptions for Remington Arms that would allow them to continue operations in the state, they simply couldn’t sell many of their products to NY residents.

Well, now it looks like Remington Arms was either holding their cards close to their chest, or may have simply wised up and realized New York’s current political structure will eventually drive them out of business. It seems that Remington has been scouting sites for new facilities in  Tennessee. It is unclear if this location scouting is just company leadership going through motions to appease customers who threaten to stop doing business with a gun company residing in New York, or if Remington is serious about potentially expanding or relocating entirely out of New York. Either way, Remington is commenting publicly.

-Gary

▶ How to Win a Gunfight – Shoot a Gun – Shooting For Survival FBI Training Video – YouTube

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▶ How to Win a Gunfight – Shoot a Gun – Shooting For Survival FBI Training Video – YouTube.

Guns.com posted a link to a pretty cool YouTube video today.  It’s a late 60s early 70s training video from the FBI. There are those who would dismiss advice from the old days but, there’s actually some amazingly relevant info.  Take a look…See if you learn anything.

-Gary

CJ Grisham mentioned in commentary about what’s wrong with our Armed Forces…

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An interesting and worth while read…(http://www.michaelyon-online.com/monkey-business-our-broken-army/All-Pages.htm)

I’d like to say first the article above should NOT be taken as an indictment against open carry or those supporting open carry.  For the record, we firmly believe Texans, all Americans, should have the option to carry openly if they so choose. But the fact is, open carry is not the subject of this article at all.

The article is in fact, commentary on issues of leadership and discipline (or lack thereof) within our Armed Forces. Issues we’ve heard echoed many times among those currently serving and those who left active service in recent years. It happens however, that the article leads off with what can only be described as the ongoing misadventures of one Master Sergeant CJ Grisham, US Army. Apparently Grisham was recently relieved of duty as the Non-commissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of the Army’s Warrior Adventure Quest at Fort Hood.

Grisham has been held out by some as a hero of the 2nd Amendment and Open Carry movement.  And while I know I’ll take heat for this, Grisham’s behavior in the now infamous Temple, TX video didn’t sit any better with me than that of the police officers in said video. I have long wondered if, like those who immediately jumped to holding Trayvon Martin out as a modern martyr of the “Civil Rights Movement” and racial equality, people were jumping to the defense of Grisham with the same sort of blind bias. The article would seem to indicate that this would be “hero” may not be up to the task and is more of an example of a professional victim.

-Gary

It is a sure sign the government is messed up when the NRA backs the ACLU!

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NRA backs ACLU spying lawsuit over gun registry fears | Fox News.
We hear nearly all challenges against the President and his administration being dismissed as little more than fear mongering by bigotted old white men. Well, the ACLU is about as multi-racial, multi-cultural, and multi-ethnic as it gets and most people consider it a largely liberal organization.  Imagine how strange it is then, that the NRA, an organization that is decidedly on the other end of the political spectrum finds itself in agreement with the ACLU and even signing on in support of an ACLU suit against the President they supported for election?

Gary