TTAG reader Pascal writes:
The Connecticut legislature has passed House Bill 1160, AN ACT CONCERNING GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CHILDREN’S SAFETY. The Senate passed the measure by a margin of 26 – 10. The House passed the measure by a margin of 105 – 44 with two abstentions. The number of Republicans who voted for the CT bill just makes me sick. Paul Doyle has (had) an NRA rating of 92 and he voted for this . . .
On many a TTAG post, Democrats come in for lots of vitriol. But it’s important to understand that Republicans are just as willing to throw gun owners under the bus.
Republicans Larry Cafero and John McKinney are running for Governor next year. They both voted “yes” because they figure they need to draw the “progressive” vote. To me, they have no principles at all. Governor Malloy has low ratings in the state and will be a soft target, but at least he has stuck by his principles, even though many don’t agree with him.
Pretty much all conservative principles have been thrown out along with liberty and the Constitution despite rhetoric to the contrary by Republicans. So, lets be clear, Republicans are not automatically our friends. No one is necessarily our friend. All politicians are willing to change as the political winds do. Gun owners are simply pawns; liberty and the Constitution mean very little in the “Game of Thrones” our politicians play.
Connecticut should be a lesson: your gun rights, all your rights mean nothing to the people in power if you won’t fight to protect them. Connecticut is home to some 270,000 registered pistol permit holders. There are an estimated 1 million gun owners (mostly long guns). Yet only about 5,000 showed up for the final tally. Imagine what the results might have been if 300k gun owners had shown up in Hartford?
We can do better than this.
tend toward sheeple state, maybe we can get sheeple status maps watching the sheep pull the wool over our eyes as the sheeple migrate.
100+. I have been a broken record on the subject of Democrats and Republicans. They are all sleazebags. All the talk of how Democrats are evil and Republicans have our back. Bunch of bull.
Anyone who still believes that their is any difference in the parties is naive. Time to pay attention, get the facts, and ALWAYS remember that we must stay ever vigilant and call them on their lies. Work hard, and never forget.
That is correct. They tell the people what they want to hear and then take everything they can from them.
Remain vigilant indeed we should. Every one of us should be very afraid their rights will be lost. We all need to take a stand for our rights and keep pushing back. Gun control freaks are dangerous. The more I read and think about the murderers, thieves, and sicko sexual deviants the more I’m questioning gun control advocates real motives for wanting gun control. If I were a criminal I know I wouldn’t want my victims or their relatives to have guns. A lot of them are our politicians. Take a look at the recent rash of mayors committing crimes. These are the ones that are standing by Bloomberg. What an embarrassment.
The Republicans (who voted treason) should be destroyed. But make no mistake, this is still a libtard democrat situation. It is the democrats masterbation fantasy (gun grabbing), with a few of the treasonous Republicans going along with it for the corrupting desire for power…..that BOTH parties share.
People are still stuck in the two party paradigm in the fight for liberty. Both parties generally have no problem throwing you under a bus it really just comes down to whether you prefer the guy to be dressed in blue or red.
Half the Republicans in NY punked out and voted in favor of the SAFE act. Then, they back-peddled and made excuses about how they didn’t have time to read it, … blah blah … , there are some good things in the bill , … blah blah …
Funny, I was able to read the abomination of a bill, almost in its entirety on line, before watching the vote live on a community access channel.
A large number of those long gun owners are wealthy FUDD’s, the same ones who probably want to take away our gun rights all while keeping their trap and skeet guns. The problem is outside of OFWG’s we are not doing a very good job engaging younger people and teaching them WHY the 2A is very important, why the ability to defend yourself is important. The NRA needs to work on campaigns of basically deprogramming all of the progressive lies that have been drilled into their heads since Pre-School.
This is why I will be home schooling my kids.
The Republican Party and the Democratic Party both want to limit freedom. They just disagree on which freedoms to limit.
I have always heard that .44 mag(what i carry)is a minimum for a bear gun and you better make sure you can get the bullet through the sinus cavity directly into the cns. I think that you can carry a weapon in a national park in mt but can’t discharge it ( Yellowstone anyways).
Na. I frequently point out that the Democratic party was historically and remains currently the party of slavery. Instead of a couple of rich white guys enslaving the blacks, it is now a couple of government officials (elected or otherwise) enslaving the rest of the U.S. to perpetual debt and excessive regulation. Short of fleeing the country, it is becoming harder and harder to legitimately fight back.
I like Kahr pistols. I just don’t like their price tag enough to go out and buy one. For the same price equal or better can be found (especially for their polymer versions).
This article reminds me of the Canon vs Kodak cameras. Kodak has been around forever, but recently they are so busy trying to suck money out of patent infringements that they forgot about making quality, innovative products. Meanwhile, Canon (basically ignoring patent infringements) is taking all the market and the money by consistently constructing a superior product year after year.
What did you think the kings troops were going to be used for? All the ammo? The fancy troop carriers..etc etc. This guy and his fellow travelers are chomping at the bit to go after all of us….he just needs an excuse…the dance is about to start and yall better have good dancing shoes……
let me see if your a WW2 vet who joined in 1945 at the age of 17, you were born in 1928 making you about 85, figure 40 percent of those are disabled, your elgibilty pool for direct action is minimal, the good news is that you would issue them M1 Garands and you would only have 8 rounds so its not banned.
Only thing I don’t like about my Kahr PM9 is the trigger. It feels like it takes a mile of travel to pull it and a mile to reset. I wish it was more like my Glock.
Anyone taken a pistol into California for a hiking trip? Wife & I are going in mid-May to Redwoods National Park. I’ve read the rules (convoluted as they are) and I think it is ok for me to OC inside the park. Anyone got experience with that?
You know Jefe, Montana will spoil you. Texas may not seem like the place to locate to after some time in Big Sky Country 😉
Bear spray should always be the first choice, but a G20 will be more than enough. Also, Montana has open carry so you don’t need to hide it if you don’t want to.
How do you think the PA RDS would do with a factory GRS on a Mossberg 590, for a slug gun?
Gentlemen,
We need to put the spot light on the elected officials we voted for and either vote for their Democratic opponents or don’t vote. Either way we are not being Represented. In my case Mike McLaughlin and Richard Smith. Both idiots don’t realize they only won in a Blue State is because of us. I say send them home to work for a living and see what is like to not be in the ruling class.
I’ll just go ahead and put my tinfoil hat on and say, he knows something about the Sandyhook shooting that we don’t.
What a piece of work this guy is, his willful ignorance is stunning (and very smooth). He’s become the pied piper of stupid…
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Plato
If anyone cares, I posted this link before. It was circulated a lot after George Clooney mocked Heston when he was suffering from Alzheimers. I think Richard Dreyfuss actually re-posted it and called Clooney out for a complete lack of class.
http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-dreyfuss082002.asp
People who make money fighting to strip others of fundamental rights are beneath contempt.
Odumbass is a Moron. Plain and simple.
*sigh* I loathe saying this because it violates so much of my beliefs, but damn…when it comes to this moron, this is one instance abortion-on-demand would have not been such a bad thing.
I have 6 Steyrs, use 2 M40A1s & 2 M9A1s for steel , IPSC, IDPA & 3 gun matches. Occasionally I carry one, but keep my original M40 in my office. I have another M9A1 set up for a silencer. They run great. The triggers are pretty good. The ergo’s are great. I wish they made a 5″ version and extended capacity mags in .40, but they are excellent combat handguns.
Kimber Eclipse in 10mm and take along my daughter and her moronic boyfriend with the gimpy skateboarder knee and baggy pants. The two of us are faster than he is.
isn’t this two weeks old ?
glocks need 1500 to 2000 to break in. why would a break in period be used to consider the reliabilty of any gun? if you want to shoot some light loads reliably man up and put a few hundred big boy shells through it to loosen it up. or there is parts you can change to allow you to shoot ight loads out the box but then you will have to worry about reliabilty problems later on. guns that need a break in is not a bad thing.
Yellowhammer state?
Another polymer pistol with ejection issues. Yawn.
Again, proud to own a Beretta. Looks like when they said “Berettas don’t bluff” they in fact were not bluffing
Way to go, Beretta! I’m glad to see more manufacturers are refusing to take this kind of bullsh!t lying down. Hit these bastards in the pocketbook by taking your business and taxable revenues to a friendlier climate!
How ’bout comin’ down to Louisiana, chere? We got crawfish!
I’m impressed. Maybe I’ll buy one of those neat lookin’ Beretta .22 pistols, I definitely would love to have a .22 pistol…
So it’s ok that he slanders his constituent’s ancestors with his racist BS? That response alone is enough for me to deem him unfit for further public service. I don’t care what else good he may have done, he’s clearly not a positive representation of… anything.
Just bought one brand new or the door for 325. Find this video, get out my debit card, click the link….. only to find this “19.99” kit is 50 bucks. I’ll stick with the trigger not putting a $50 dollar trigger kit in a $300 gun
The UN can shove it, and while they’re at it, get off my damn lawn!
The OP is in error, this is the real scoop as of yesterday:
https://twitter.com/Beretta_USA/status/319940101809512448
Any chance these two guys were musicians back in the 1960s?
The guy on the left sorta looks like the singer from ‘Paul Revere and the Raiders’ singing ‘Indian Reservation’ (Cherokee People).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ6RjP7MlXk
Once again –> “Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia ” is doing things to take our guns after flip flopping several times. I hope that the people of W. VA will eventually show him the door.
No end in sight here to the great ammunition extinction. In MA and my fave online stores I can’t even find spitballs.