Juanita's been documenting the contagion, so I'm just gravy-training.
Let's open with the
AG.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has a message for New Yorkers who don’t like their state’s new gun-control measures. Move to Texas.
On Wednesday, New Yorkers in Manhattan and Albany began seeing two
web ads, paid for with Abbott campaign funds, and designed to tug on
their holster strings. According to The Austin American-Statesman,
the text of one ad reads: “Is Gov. Cuomo looking to take your guns?
Sick of the media outing law abiding gun owners? Are you a lawful NY gun
owner seeking lower taxes?” The second ad reads: “Wanted: Law abiding
New York gun owners looking for lower taxes and greater opportunity.”
His gubernatorial campaign is under way, ladies and gentlemen. Hey, he's gotta spend
that $18 million on something, and I can think of a lot worse things than online advertising.
Let's double down with the
governor.
Gov. Rick Perry recommended prayer rather than changes in gun laws to combat violence
in society, following President Obama’s call for increased gun control
and enforcement.
“There is evil prowling in the world – it shows up in our movies,
video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable
hearts and minds,” Perry said in a statement issued after the
president’s Washington, D.C., news conference on gun violence. “As a
free people, let us choose what kind of people we will be. Laws, the
only redoubt of secularism, will not suffice. Let us all return to our
places of worship and pray for help. Above all, let us pray for our
children.”
You know, because praying
worked so well with ending the statewide drought a couple of summers ago. And finally, let's push all in with
Steve Stockman...
U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood, said in a statement today
that he would “thwart” any executive action by Obama “by any means
necessary including but not limited to eliminating funding for
implementation, defunding the White House and even filing articles of
impeachment.”
Stockman has a history of fighting gun control. He ran for Congress
in 1994 and defeated veteran Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Beaumont, who had
sponsored legislation to ban the sale of automatic assault weapons.
... and
Ted Poe:
Gun control measures discussed in Washington, D.C. are ‘hypocrisy at its highest,” claimed Rep. Ted Poe,
recently in speech on the floor of the House. The Texas Republican
argued that it’s easy for lawmakers to advocate gun control when they
are surrounded by armed officers of the Capitol Police.
The Republican from Humble said:
“As I speak on the House floor, there are guns by the
doors, to the North, to the South, to the East, to the West. On the
roof, on all of the entrances and by the steps. The excellent armed
guards of the excellent Capitol police protecting us. But most of the
citizens don’t have government guards protecting them twenty-four/seven.
Many people feel defenseless. Some people of this Chamber want
protection for themselves, while advocating more restrictions on guns
for the people of America. Hypocrisy at its highest.”
According to Poe, some of his colleagues want to keep special protection for themselves while “red-lining Second Amendment.”
“They say protection for me, but not for thee,” Poe said.
You don't have to be batshit insane to live in Texas. But you certainly are if you voted for any of these wads.
Update: Jon Stewart, as he usually does,
speaks for me.
Update II: I'm also going to work a little harder at taking Rachel's advice and
stop feeding the trolls.
