Maybe, maybe not

This is just dumb:

“As Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich campaigned in New Hampshire today, the National Association for Gun Rights sent out robo-calls in New Hampshire accusing the former House speaker of being “anti-gun.”  The calls say Gingrich has not returned the organization’s survey, adding, “Maybe it’s because of his past support for gun control.” …”

Maybe.  Maybe it’s because he doesn’t believe NAGR has any creditability and just does not take them seriously.  Given they have a proven history of opposing pro-gun legislation, I believe it is the later.

No confidence in Eric Holder

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar has submitted a resolution of no confidence in A.G. Eric Holder over his handling of the “Fast and Furious” scandal.  Rep. Michael Grimm is the only area co-sponsor so far.

It won’t help one bit

Councilwoman Inez Dickens has pre-filed a resolution in support of Sen. Gillibrand’s bill S-1973, the so-called “Gun Trafficking Prevention Act”, which I believe would make private firearms transfers illegal.  The text of S-1973 is not available yet.

Dickens’ resolution isn’t going to help get S-1973 passed.  It’s just the Clown Council making noise. It is on the Public Safety Committee’s agenda for the 19th.

Showing their desperation

Carolyn McCarthy and Frank Lautenberg ave started a petition website asking for President Obama to veto H.R. 822.

All this desperation move shows is that they don’t have the votes in the Senate to block it.

Antigun lobbyist returns to White House

Fresh off the defeat of Caitlin Halligan’s court nomination comes this report on another noted antigunner returning to the White House:

“The White House press shop will soon have a new edition: Jennifer Palmieri, who will be the deputy communications director.  Palmieri is a veteran of the Clinton White House, where she worked for eight years, including a stint as the deputy press secretary … she was also listed as a lobbyist in 2001 for the advocacy group Americans for Gun Safety …”

AGS was a phony front group that tried masking itself as a “moderate” antigun group more concerned with “gun safety” than “gun control.”  They folded into the far left Third Way group and have largely left public gun control activism to groups like the Bradys and CSGV.

Halligan nomination defeated

Update to my previous Guns and the courts post: Senate Republicans successfully filibustered Caitlin Halligan’s nomination to the D.C. circuit.

“… Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said in remarks on the Senate floor that Halligan’s representation of New York in a case against gun manufacturers and her membership on a New York City Bar Association panel that issued a report criticizing Bush administration detainee policy had given him concerns about Halligan’s “judicial philosophy and her approach to interpreting the Constitution.”  “Based on her record, I simply do not believe she will be able to put aside her long record of liberal advocacy and be a fair and impartial jurist,” Grassley said …”

While guns weren’t the only objection, this is a good sign for our side and demonstrates just how weak the antigun position has become.  It further supports my belief that the Senate will take up and pass H.R. 822.

Dead On Arrival

Following on the heals of Schneiderman’s gun bust, Charles Schumer will be reintroducing Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the private transfer of firearms in the Senate via his butt monkey Kirsten Gillibrand.  The Capital reports:

“… Schumer made guns a defining issue of his tenure in the House, but, as he’s ascended the Senate leadership, and gun control has disappeared from the agenda of the national party, the senior senator has mostly ceded the issue to Gillibrand …”

Yeah and there’s a reason for him doing that:  Schumer knows the issue is bad for Democrats.  He does not want to give the public the impression the Democrat party is pushing for gun control.  If he were serious about this bill, he would intro the bill himself.  All the major bills in Albany are sponsored by legislative leaders, not the rank and file.

“… The last time Gillibrand introduced the bill, it garnered only two co-sponsors—Schumer and New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg—before stalling in committee. …”

Which it will likely do again and Schumer knows it.  This dog and pony show is nothing more than an attempt to delay passage of H.R. 822 in the Senate.

Romney says Holder should resign

Mitt Romney has joined the chorus of Congressmen calling for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation over the “Fast and Furious” scandal:

“… Romney tells reporters after a rally in New Hampshire that Eric Holder has misled Congress and has “brought shame” on the Justice Department through his handling of Operation Fast and Furious …”

Romney is absolutely correct in calling out Holder.  Yes, I’m sure the gun politics aspects of the case weighed in on his decision, but  it was still the right thing to do.

One down, more to come

Herman Cain has dropped out of the presidential race.

No surprise here.  It takes a big organization and vast amounts of cash to run for the top office and he had neither.  I would have preferred he quit under better circumstances, but it is what it is.  He was the first, but he will not be the last to bow out.

Guns and the courts

The next President will likely get to nominate a couple of candidates to the Supreme Court.  Obama’s nominations were stinkers which is why he needs to be defeated in next year’s elections.  While I do not believe he has an antigun litmus test for nominations, this Reuters story underscores the undesirable sort of judicial candidates he chooses:

Senate majority leader Harry Reid has scheduled a cloture vote next week on the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, setting up a likely showdown on the controversial nominee … Halligan, who is currently general counsel for the New York District Attorney’s office, was nominated by Obama in September 2010 … Halligan has been supported by liberal-leaning groups such as the National Women’s Law Center, which is advocating for more women on the bench, and opposed by conservative-leaning groups such as the National Rifle Association, which cited her representation of New York State in litigation against gun manufacturers … The Republican National Lawyers Association has also come out against her nomination, claiming that she made inconsistent statements about her judicial philosophy.  In Senate testimony, the association says, Halligan wasn’t candid about her views on the Constitution as a “living document.” …”