Tuesday, October 31st, 2006...8:20 am
And This Will Win Him Votes Because…?
Last week, a mailer from the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund hit mailboxes in CD 8. The mailer endorsed Randy Graf and Jon Kyl.
By the way, the mailer was a post card that looked like something that a particularly dull neighborhood association would put out. Geez, here I thought the NRA was well funded.
One paragraph on the mailer interested me:
He voted for HB 2218 which would allow concealed carry permit holders into restaurants that serve liquor.
For those of you that remember, this was the bill that Graf was famously ridiculed for on an episode of the Daily Show. You can check it out here. A part that was my particular favorite was when Graf compared the United States Constitution to the rules of golf.
I’m not sure how publicizing his vote on this bill helps him, the bill was roundly criticized even by Republicans. The folks that like it are allready with him. This must be why he hasn’t broken 40% yet.
3 Comments
October 31st, 2006 at 8:57 am
That HB 2218 vote definitely wins him Marco Allatorre’s vote!
Obviously the plan is to get as many rabid gun supporters as possible behind Graf so on election day they can storm the voting locations, accuse those who disagree with them of treason, and lock them up indefinitely without benefit of trial (but at least the waterboardings will be provided gratis).
October 31st, 2006 at 9:23 am
Eh…as I say to good ole Marco…they need to be storming the Republican gates instead. They have empowered the ATF and Homeland Security so much (under Patriot Act) that they are going to be monitored from here to kingdom come on anything related to guns.
The war on terror and lax gun laws are incompatible.
October 31st, 2006 at 5:23 pm
As I understand, the idea of the bill was that, sort of like a designated driver, the designated gunman wouldn’t drink.
Since the six-shooter (or whatever)would be, by definition “concealed”, this might have posed problems for bartenders, just as in the case of the designated driver — you know, “Well, maybe just one.”
What about large black rubber-stamps in the very center of the forehead, to warn bartenders and innocent bystanders alike?
Or would it once more come down to the lawyers vs. the breathalyzers?
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