The Final Mile

Minnesota's concealed carry law - in a version that should pass even the most anal-retentive legal muster - should be coming to the floor of the State Senate any day now. Keep the phone calls and letters coming.

There was a rally last Saturday, a very successful one given the rain. Joel Rosenberg was there, and says it was successful, allowing for the rain:

We had a good turnout, and the antis didn't even bother with a counter-demonstration this time. I think they know it's going to re-pass, and that it's going to continue to not cause any trouble.

And, besides, they couldn't bus in a bunch of schoolchildren -- at local school district expense, as they did last time -- it being a Saturday. Besides, maybe they remember what happened last time. (A few of the kids came over and talked to us, and found out that we were both willing to listen, and to share some information that had carefully been kept from them.)

I've found that to be true for much of the last decade on this debate; not only can many people who are neutral to mildly-against the bill be switched over given the actual facts (which are never presented in the media, but (as I found the day the original bill passed), many of the antis don't even know their own case that well.

And I love this bit:

And, without the antis there, there was no visible Capitol police presence, a more-than-subtle hint that the Capitol cops know that the risk of violence is proportionate to the presence of hysterical antis, not permit holders. It's not the permit holders they have to worry about -- it's the self-styled peace lovers who are, well, kind of erratic at times.

Speaking of irrationality and incipient violence - has anyone discussed this with Wes "Lying Sack of Filth" Skoglund lately?`

Posted by Mitch at May 11, 2005 07:46 AM | TrackBack