{"id":2269,"date":"2008-03-17T05:10:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T10:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2008-03-17T05:10:37","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T10:10:37","slug":"counterintuitive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2269","title":{"rendered":"Counterintuitive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guns aren’t\u00a0 the only issue on the conservative docket.\u00a0 Far, far from it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And, truth be told, the rights of the law-abiding gun owner aren’t strictly a “conservative” issue, or at least a Republican Party<\/em> issue, anyway.\u00a0 The Minnesota Personal Protection Act would not <\/em>have passed without support from a solid bloc of DFLers – almost entirely outstate (where, to be fair, the Second Amendment movement has the power to tilt races against the orcs).\u00a0<\/p>\n

And for all his many, many, many faults, former Attorney General Mike Hatch at least seemed to do his best, in most cases I can recall, to do no harm to the law-abiding gun owner.<\/p>\n

This bit here<\/a> was the last thing I expected to read, though; Joel Rosenberg, like a lot of us, is looking and hoping for politicians from both the major parties with integrity on Second Amendment issues:<\/p>\n

Hopes are too often dashed in the light of reality, but sometimes, sometimes . . .<\/p>\n

Sometimes you get Lori Swanson as Attorney General.<\/p>\n

I like that she’s got skeet shooting as a hobby, as I think it’s a cool hobby, and wish I had the time to take it up.\u00a0 That’s cool, but it’s unimportant.<\/p>\n

What’s important is that during her tenure she’s been protecting your rights, under the law, and is taking the silly Appeals court decision in the Edina church case to the Supreme Court.\u00a0 She’s been a major force among the many state AGs who have signed on to the side of truth, justice, and the American way in the DC gun ban case. <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All of this is true, and very much worth noting.\u00a0 Having a “D” after one’s name doesn’t necessarily put someone on the bad side of this issue – outside the metro, at least.<\/p>\n

Of course, I think Joel goes a bit far:<\/p>\n

Me, I’m thinking that Governor Lori Swanson<\/em> has kind of a nice ring to it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let’s not get carried away, here.\u00a0 While the “D” doesn’t necessarily mean “lobotomized as re the Second Amendment”, it comes with some nasty baggage.<\/p>\n

Still, let’s give credit where it’s due.<\/p>\n

Thanks, AG Swanson.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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