{"id":8179,"date":"2013-04-20T12:18:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8179"},"modified":"2013-04-20T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T16:52:25","slug":"bull-moose-sportsmens-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8179","title":{"rendered":"Bull Moose Sportsmen\u2019s Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yet another astroturf effort, “Hunters’ group tries to chart new course on guns<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“Gaspar Perricone got a child-size .22-caliber rifle for his first birthday. \u00a0In high school, he went duck hunting before class and stowed his shotgun in his pickup. \u00a0Then he went to work for a Democratic U.S. senator<\/strong> and formed a group to promote hunting and fishing issues …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Right off the bat, this is a red flag.<\/p>\n

“… The group Perricone co-founded with another former aide to Sen. Mark Udall<\/a> of Colorado, The Bull Moose Sportsmen’s Alliance<\/a>, took the unusual step this month of releasing a poll that showed wide support among hunters for universal background checks …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Democrat party functionaries release a poll showing support for Democrat proposals. \u00a0Shocking!<\/p>\n

“… Perricone followed up with a piece in the Washington-based publication Politico arguing for such a plan. \u00a0And he met with President Barack Obama<\/a> during the Democrat’s trip to Denver this month to promote Colorado’s state-level gun-control initiatives …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Democrat party functionaries meet with Democrat politicians to promote Democrat proposals. \u00a0Even more shocking!<\/p>\n

“… “We are pro-gun, there’s no two ways about that,” Perricone, 29, said recently in an interview, stressing that his group opposes bans on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines. \u00a0“But we’re also mothers and fathers. … We don’t want to see another Newtown.”…”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the same old I support the 2nd Amendment, but<\/em> … line the antis have been using for years. \u00a0Can’t they come up with something new?<\/p>\n

Notice, too, the typical leftist tactic of changing the subject. \u00a0Instead of explicitly<\/span> stating he is for more gun control, Perricone changes the subject to something which sounds much less controversial, but which still implicitly<\/span> advocates the original hardcore gun control position.<\/p>\n

“…\u00a0Perricone and [Tim] Mauck founded Bull Moose in February 2010. \u00a0Within months, its political wing spent $117,000 to help Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet<\/a> in Colorado fend off a Republican challenger in November … The group spent $17,000 helping Democrat Martin Heinrich<\/a> win a Senate seat in New Mexico last year … Some gun enthusiasts have speculated that Bull Moose is simply a well-funded outfit that pretends to represent grass roots while pushing an agenda favored by its financial backers …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No kidding.<\/p>\n

As if all this wasn’t enough, BMSA is tied to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership<\/a> which was founded by a large grant from Pew Charitable Trusts<\/a>. \u00a0 TRCP had served as incubator<\/a> for the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance<\/a> which itself was founded in part to give political cover<\/a> to pro-union, but often antigun, Democrat candidates.<\/p>\n

How many more of these phony front groups do the antis have to create before it sinks in that gun owners ain’t buying any of this?<\/p>\n