Dear Ann,
I am soooo tired of being such an ordinary citizen. How can I become extraordinary enough for permission to defend myself?
Despondent in Smugley-On-Lake
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Dear SOL Despondent,
You could certainly become an elected official, although I understand you may not wish to, for reasons of hygiene.
Ann
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In California where firearms official policy for us of the other ranks can best be summed up as "NO," at least three lawmakers have decided that they are entitled to become only ones. Ordinary Californians face nearly prohibitive barriers to firearms possession and use. Their elected leaders find this personally inconvenient and have floated a bill to allow legislators and many other statewide officlals to carry concealed. Even the LA Times is somewhat incredulous.
The surprising thing about this bill isn't just that it has appeared in California, which tends to favor restrictive gun laws, but that its coauthors are all Democrats who in the past have voted to limit gun rights for ordinary citizens.
In Washington D.C., too:
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert told reporters today that his staff is working on a measure to allow members of Congress to carry concealed weapons in the District of Columbia - including in the Capitol itself. D.C. laws bar regular people from carrying concealed weapons for self-defense.
In fairness, Louie is not particularly anti-gun. Nevertheless his bill would ensure that congressthings, like California legisthings, would become legally irregular. Okay, but try to hold it until you get off my lawn. Speaking of hygiene and all.
I am soooo tired of being such an ordinary citizen. How can I become extraordinary enough for permission to defend myself?
Despondent in Smugley-On-Lake
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Dear SOL Despondent,
You could certainly become an elected official, although I understand you may not wish to, for reasons of hygiene.
Ann
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In California where firearms official policy for us of the other ranks can best be summed up as "NO," at least three lawmakers have decided that they are entitled to become only ones. Ordinary Californians face nearly prohibitive barriers to firearms possession and use. Their elected leaders find this personally inconvenient and have floated a bill to allow legislators and many other statewide officlals to carry concealed. Even the LA Times is somewhat incredulous.
The surprising thing about this bill isn't just that it has appeared in California, which tends to favor restrictive gun laws, but that its coauthors are all Democrats who in the past have voted to limit gun rights for ordinary citizens.
In Washington D.C., too:
Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert told reporters today that his staff is working on a measure to allow members of Congress to carry concealed weapons in the District of Columbia - including in the Capitol itself. D.C. laws bar regular people from carrying concealed weapons for self-defense.
In fairness, Louie is not particularly anti-gun. Nevertheless his bill would ensure that congressthings, like California legisthings, would become legally irregular. Okay, but try to hold it until you get off my lawn. Speaking of hygiene and all.
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Typical asshattery! And on St Paddy's day no less!
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