Big Media and the left seem disappointed that yesterday’s gun rights rally at the Virginia state capitol in Richmond passed not only without incident, but in fact exactly as every *knowledgable* commentator on the subject predicted – utterly peacefully, nothing close to violence, and despite weeks of media gaslighting about “white supremacy”, a crowd that was probably more racially integrated than a “Protect Minnesota” or “Moms Demand Action” or “Minnesota Reformer” meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m getting a feeling of deja vu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This all feels like the Tea Party days, ten years ago – when the establishments on both sides of the aisle, terrified of a unregulated, organic grass roots movement, gaslit the public into thinking the most inclusive, idealistic political movement in my lifetime was either “racist” or “establishment”, depending on the targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gaslighting? Oh ,yeah ,it’s back<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Virginia governor Blackface McMinstrel, presiding over the most ghastly bit of government overreach I can recall, desperately needed to paint the vast, law-abiding majority of gun owners as depraved evildoers<\/a> just waiting for their moment to cut loose<\/p>\n\n\n\n But every last g****mn word of it was a lie. As predicted. A smear. Collective defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you know anything about the subject you predicted this – because nationwide, carry permittees are about 1\/6 as likely to commit *any* kind of crime<\/a>…<\/p>\n\n\n\n …as are the police<\/em>. Who are, themselves, 1\/7 as likely to commit any sort of crime as the general public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Statistically, you are safer in a room full of carry permit holders – people who’ve passed background checks, and in Minnesota, have had to prove they know the law – than you are in a room full of cops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n