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Sen. Ashford's Gun Legislation

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Jay:
Hey, after a week of misery, I can sit at the computer this morning long enough to type something without having to stop mid sentence to run to the bathroom!  ;D Uggh, I hate being sick!

Jim is right, this monster is not an imaginary one hiding in our closets or under our beds. It is as real as you and I, and it has an appetite for our rights. When I was a kid, I was afraid of monsters and preferred to hide under the covers when confronted with one.

Guess what, I'm not a kid anymore, and there will be no more hiding under the sheets.

Hobbessti:
Lets all keep our fingers crossed. Does anyone know where the Gov stands on this bill??

1hickey:
He's ex military and generally pretty level headed, but after the vote on the smoking ban, I'm starting to wonder.... ???

joemerchant24:
Word from the floor is that this bill is not heavily supported and the senators are feeling the heat from the gunnies.

Which is good.

But we can't let up know. As Jay wisely recommends, keep it polite and civil. Let the antis be the raging emo-heads.

As for the Guv, he's pretty good on gun issues. A friend who used to be the press sec has tried to assure me the Guv is on our side.

But we cannot depend on the pols. We need to act and act now.

If any of you get a response from a senator, please let me know. I have a scorecard up at The Shack and want to keep it fresh. There are a few friendlies on the floor looking to we the gunnies for their intel.

JimP:
I saw this at Lady Tamara's today, and it reminded me of the Judiciary Comittee Hearings, where in answer to all our complaints about the bill,  the Comittee basically said "Do you suggest we do NOTHING?"....... My answer is : "No, I suggest you get out of the way and stop hindering those who would take care of their own security."  Tam quotes Henry David Thoreau:

"I'll leave you with a quote from noted hardcore conservative thinker, Hank Thoreau: "

"Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate. The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way. For government is an expedient, by which men would fain succeed in letting one another alone; and, as has been said, when it is most expedient, the governed are most let alone by it. Trade and commerce, if they were not made of india-rubber, would never manage to bounce over obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way; and if one were to judge these men wholly by the effects of their actions and not partly by their intentions, they would deserve to be classed and punished with those mischievous persons who put obstructions on the railroads.""


Ashford's intentions may well be GOOD intentions. That said, I'll remind you to take a gander at the paving material specifications of the Road to Hell................. the effects of this bill are not a GOOD THING, regardless of the intentions.

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