It is truly amazing how during election time the hunter and the 2 Amendment supporter all of a sudden awaken in some well known Dem candidates. Who are they fooling?
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3290
Hunting and Fishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities?
Friday, November 16, 2007
In an attempt to camouflage and deflect criticism from his anti-gun, anti-sportsmen record, former U.S. Senator and current Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards (D-N.C.) last month proposed a Hunting and Fishing Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
Edwards was recently interviewed by Field & Stream regarding his proposal, provoking heated debate about the former Senators true record on issues of concern to gun owners and sportsmen. In responding to the statements Edwards made in the interview, NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris Cox sent the following letter to the editor of Field & Stream to set the record straight:
We all know that during political campaigns, candidates try to present the public with only those images they want them to see. It is up to the voters to figure out who the candidates really are. This is particularly true in Presidential politics, making it even more important to look beyond the spin and find the truth.
In a recent story released by Field & Stream, Presidential candidate John Edwards posed as a supporter of gun owners and hunters. This is a complete political fabrication. The readers of Field & Stream deserve to know the truth about John Edwards.
Even a brief look at Edwards voting record from his single term in the U.S. Senate shows he is no friend of gun owners or sportsmen. Edwards voted to regulate gun shows out of existence and to renew Bill Clintons sweeping gun ban, a gun ban the National Academy of Sciences reported did nothing to curb crime. He opposed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act that protects Americas firearms industry from reckless lawsuits designed to bankrupt them. He apparently believes that gun makers, which hunters depend on for their firearms, should be at the mercy of anti-gun mayors like Michael Bloomberg who want to use the courts to make guns unavailable to the average American.
Edwards, of course, ran on the ticket with John Kerry at a time when Kerry had sponsored legislation that would have banned common semi-automatic hunting shotguns like the Remington 1100, Browning Auto-5 and Benelli SBE. His running mate told Americas hunters that they could not be trusted with these assault weapons.
When he voted on the Senate floor in 2000 to commend the Million Mom March gun-ban crowd for its anti-freedom efforts, was he commending them for their loud calls for gun registration and gun owner licensing? Was he applauding their agenda of gun bans, long waiting periods and gun purchase limits?
Hunters know that for our hunting heritage to survive, the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms must be protected from politicians like John Edwards. Wearing a camo jacket for one weekend during an election year does not make John Edwards a sportsman. Voting for anti-gun legislation time after time does make John Edwards an enemy of gun ownership.
John Edwards knows that educated and motivated gun owners and hunters defeated the Kerry/Edwards ticket in 2004. Now he wants to hide his record to avoid that fate in 2008. He can try to hide behind campaign promises and well-worded spin, but we will not forget his real record. It is time for politicians like John Edwards to finally learn that they will be measured by their actions, not their words.
Spoken like a true trial lawyer out of both sides of his over-sized mouth.
It shocks and dismays me that Americans are ever fooled by him.
To me, he comes off as an oily used-car salesman.
Anybody got a link to Edwards nonsense?
Link to the nonsense: http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=108626
Link to Interview with Field and Stream: http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/news/2007/10/fs-exclusive-jo.html
It's the old divide-and-conquer. Get the Fudds to help spread the FUD.
You know, calling them fudds is not only NOT a good way to get them on our side, but to KEEP them off of our side.
Nobody takes kindly to insults.
Here's an idea: How about instead of elitism and name calling, the next time you see someone who thinks the second amendment is about hunting, you kindly take them aside and explain to them their mistake? Reasoned discourse is much better at changing minds. Frothing at the mouth and hurling insults isn't.
You know, calling them fudds is not only NOT a good way to get them on our side, but to KEEP them off of our side.
Ya, ya, I know all that. But the pun was too irresistible. I'll try to remember only to use insulting epithets to describe liberals and libertarians from now on.