Comments on: Democratic Attorney General Candidate

By: Lysander

Lysander — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:19:06 +0000

Old Dominion that is. Forgot that PA is also a Commonwealth.

Better yet, don’t let PA become like MA. We need to have sanity in most of the Commonwealths around here. ;)

By: Lysander

Lysander — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:18:15 +0000

I agree with LaughingDog - Bitter’ll probably be unhappy to hit reverse on that moving van, but I can’t see how you’d be an unwelcome addition to the Commonwealth.

By: Laughingdog

Laughingdog — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:04:28 +0000

Virginia gun laws are actually better for gun owners than the laws in Texas. Not by a large margin, but they are a bit better. Open carry is also legal here in VA without a permit. We can also carry in places that serve alcohol (assuming the owner doesn’t ask you to leave, which has never happened to me), but you have to do it openly. So, even if you prefer CC, you have a viable option for carry while you wait for your CHP application to go through.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:48:00 +0000

Some years back, Massachusetts AG Harshbarger held a hearing and enacted a bunch of gun restrictions using his authority under MA’s Consumer Protection Law. His actions were not reigned in by the one part Legislator, nor reversed by subsequent Democrat AGs.

The result is that there are many fewer brands and models of handguns available to buy, new, from dealers here. Some guns manufactured here (e.g. Kahr) are not for sale.

FFL dealers risk $5000. fine per sale if they sell something the AG disaproves, will not declare what it does approve of. Dealers, just don’t bother risking their livelihood.

This “chillling effect” is exactly what the “HarshRegs” intended. It’s all very sad.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:46:02 +0000

Thanks Carl. PA is still pretty pro-gun for now… but if we take many more people from New Jersey and New York ….

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:14:57 +0000

wizardpc-Very true, but it’s also next to impossible to get gun control legislation anywhere here. And sooner or later, Jimmy Naifeh will be out of office or the Democrats will lose majority and he won’t be speaker any more…

Sebastian-You’re welcome in TN anytime!

By: kaveman308

kaveman308 — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:39:42 +0000

Jobs???

As a gun owner, don’t you just rob, mug and steal from innocent grunts inbetween hittin’ that crack pipe and snuffin’ out the po-lice?

Sorry, couldn’t resist.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:31:26 +0000

So do the other state, but they also have jobs :)

By: Ahab

Ahab — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:29:06 +0000

Indiana has GREAT gun laws.

By: wizardpc

wizardpc — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:26:42 +0000

As a Tennessean, I’d suggest Texas.

It’s IMPOSSIBLE to get gun rights legislation out of committee here.

By: Kurt "45superman" Hofmann

Kurt "45superman" Hofmann — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:20:06 +0000

One shouldn’t have to care about gun rights issues to see that this guy is bad news–if he thinks the Attorney General’s job is to just make and enforce edicts, without bothering with the pesky process of actually getting laws passed, he is one dangerous hombre.