Is this a new effort by Team Anti? Obviously the term "gun control" comes with some serious PR baggage and it's pretty old. I mean, the 1968 fed act was actually called the "Gun Control Act" so that term is at least 45 years old or so.
I received a message from Carol Shea-Porter the other day. Being an informed voter I read it all (and disagreed with almost everything in it, of course.) But before I read the entire email, I parsed through the message until I found something on gun rights. It was under the subheading "Gun Safety". Gun safety? I read the associated paragraphs.
There was nothing about gun safety in there. No judicious use of trigger fingers. Keeping the weapon unloaded until ready. Storing your weapon safely. Knowing your target and what's behind your target. None of that. Paraphrasing, "we owe the victims of gun crime a vote" or something to that effect. Nothing about gun safety. It was all about gun control and channeling raw emotion from recent tragedies into stoking gun grabbing efforts like the UBC. Not gun safety.
So when did they start using "gun safety"?
I received a message from Carol Shea-Porter the other day. Being an informed voter I read it all (and disagreed with almost everything in it, of course.) But before I read the entire email, I parsed through the message until I found something on gun rights. It was under the subheading "Gun Safety". Gun safety? I read the associated paragraphs.
There was nothing about gun safety in there. No judicious use of trigger fingers. Keeping the weapon unloaded until ready. Storing your weapon safely. Knowing your target and what's behind your target. None of that. Paraphrasing, "we owe the victims of gun crime a vote" or something to that effect. Nothing about gun safety. It was all about gun control and channeling raw emotion from recent tragedies into stoking gun grabbing efforts like the UBC. Not gun safety.
So when did they start using "gun safety"?