Felons for Gun Control

Dishonesty is a hallmark of the anti-Second Amendment camp, as proven by the Million Mom March in 2000. This organization:

(1) Used 501(c)(3) tax-exempt money to promote House candidates on its website, and also the Mother’s Day march that the NRA rightly called a thinly-disguised campaign rally for Al Gore.

(2) Solicited donor money, volunteer time, and corporate contributions under fraudulent pretenses, such as the assertion that firearm misuse kills 12 children every day. Numerous members of Congress, along with Senator Dianne Feinstein, made themselves parties to this falsehood. The group also told donors and contributors that the money was going to be used to promote “gun safety.”

(3) Filed a Form 990 tax return that said the group engaged in no efforts to influence legislation, and spent no money to influence legislation or public opinion on legislative issues.

New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, more recently propagated the falsehood that the Second Amendment guarantees only the right to hunt. Barack Obama similarly implied that the Second Amendment has to do with skeet-shooting. Both men are attorneys, which makes these statements willfully dishonest. Cuomo, and former New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, aka Emperor’s Club VIP Client 9, also promoted malicious lawsuits against gun manufacturers. None of these actions were illegal, but plenty of examples show how easy it is for people with their level of character and ethics to step over the line.

Indicted Defendants for Gun Control

Ray Nagin, the former mayor of New Orleans who ordered the illegal confiscation of firearms during Hurricane Katrina, was just indicted on twenty-one federal corruption charges. My position on attempted gun confiscation during natural disasters is, by the way, as follows: don’t lie to a police officer by telling him you have no guns in the house. Say politely instead, “I do not wish to talk to you, Sir” (or Ma’am, or Officer). The officer cannot enter your home without either a warrant or probable cause that a crime is in progress.