Maybe a minor plus for Bernie

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From the AP wire, “Gun Control Issue Not Resonating As Key Issue For NH Primary“:

“… The gun culture is alive and well here, and with a population overwhelmingly familiar with and comfortable with firearms, gun-control issues that have resonated across the nation barely register among voters getting ready for Tuesday’s presidential primary …”

Gun control has not resonated across the nation.  It is being kept alive in a few states (NY, NJ, etc.) and urban areas known for their far Left politicians and institutional corruption (NY, NJ, etc.)

The issue is only getting some attention in the national press because one very wealthy person, Michael Bloomberg, is keeping the gun control movement alive almost by himself by dumping tens of millions of his own dollars into it.  Without him the movement would be largely bankrupt.

The only candidate who might get a little mileage out of it is Bernie Sanders.  His record is slightly less offensive than Hillary Clinton’s and might help him in Monday’s primary.

Strict scrutiny must be applied

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The 4th Circuit Court just ruled the Maryland gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional, saying that strict scrutiny must be applied.

Chuck Michel’s law firm has a copy of the decision in the case of Kolbe v. Hogan.

The antigunners must be shitting themselves over this.

Shuty-MP1

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3D printed firearms take another step forward with the Shuty-MP1, made up of a mix of Glock parts and printed plastics.

You can’t stop the signal …

Rush on seeing Bill at Hillary’s speech

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He’s right. Her campaign is terrible and Bill is not helping.

Paul drops out

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Rand Paul is suspending his presidential campaign. I suspect most of his supporters will gravitate towards either Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio.

Meanwhile, The Donald is losing his shit:

Making America Great Again!

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Ted Cruz spanked The Donald in yesterday’s Iowa primary.  Marco Rubio came in a close third and received the same number of delegates as Trump.

I thought this was going to happen.  Buried in all the crap the media had been spinning over the last few months were reports that Cruz had been working on building a team of volunteers while Trump had put up little money and his campaign was largely run by a handful of staff.  While some pundits theorized that a high turnout would benefit Trump, the record turnout appears to have been largely anti-Trump.

Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for him.

Real grassroots action

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A few days ago I was told that Nassau Co. Republican chairman Joe Mondello had a sleezy deal with Pothole Al to put up Democrat Malverne Mayor Patricia McDonald as the GOP candidate for Dean Skelos’ old seat. That would mean a matchup between Democrat Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (who voted for the SAFE Act) and McDonald (who is an antigun activist and member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.)

Time to activate the grassroots:

It worked:

“Republicans are zeroing in on Christopher McGrath, a private attorney and former head of the Nassau County Bar Association, as their candidate in the race to replace ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, multiple sources said Thursday … The Nassau GOP executive committee was slated to meet Thursday night where it was “likely” it would choose McGrath though nothing had been finalized, one source said … “

People like Mayor Bloomberg may have a lot of money, but they do not not have an activist constituency who can do stuff like this.

Unlikely

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Unlikely:

“… Democrat Zephyr Teachout in a radio interview on Tuesday said she opposes the gun-control legislation known as the SAFE Act, a signature law pushed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  “There’s a bunch of reasons: I come from a family where everybody hunts,” Teachout said in an interview on The Capitol Pressroom. “My brother hunts. All my brothers in law hunts. My dad hunts. I’ve always been around guns.”  She added that she remains supportive of background checks …”

Not a bunch of reasons, just one: It would not go over well in the district to come out in support of it.