Coyote33 said:
Better yet, can this bill as is and rewrite it to make it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR what his role is. Why is GOAL pussyfooting around and why can't they answer the questions on the previous page here? I can only half heartedly support this if at all, especially when it is poorly worded as suggested on page one here.
If GOAL could get away with doing that, they probably would have.
The problem is, in MA, for this stuff to pass, the wind has to be blowing in
the right direction and the right politicos need to be swansonged to death to
even get them to take a look at it. Most pols don't know a barrel from a firing pin,
so these laws are basically passed by virtue of defeating ignorance
in the legislature. That still doesnt fix the "political overtone" problem.
In MA it is very difficult to get pols to pass gun reg fixes..... they have to
be designed and massaged in such a way as to avoid the liberal brady bunch
radar. Most of the stuff that goal has gotten pushed through in the past
few years has basically been by the "this is common sense and the existing
law is extremely dumb and unfair, and our improvements
will not -actually- lessen gun control measures in any REAL way" mode
of persuasion. The way GOAL has done its work, its impossible for the antis to
go up and talk crap about the improvements without looking like idiots themselves.
The other mode of persuasion, the "We're submitting this bill to you because the
laws here are wholly and completely unconstitutional and in effect,
are SERIOUS civil rights violations, and you should all be jailed for treason" mode
doesn't really fly in communist states. GOAL has to tread carefully
when it pushes laws as to be able to garner adequate support. It's easier
to get the support needed by massaging than it is by peeing in the
cakemix.
-Mike