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The meddling twits from Gannett apparently haven’t learned their lesson
after one of their papers, the Journal News, published a list of gun permit
holders in suburban New York recently. You would think since that attempt at
intimidation backfired so disastrously they might reconsider their assault
on the Second Amendment.
Undaunted, now they’re pestering members of Congress whether they own guns,
even though such disclosure is not required. According to the number who’
ve responded there are at least 119 Republicans and 46 Democrats who say
they’re gun owners. Interestingly many who own guns have very poor ratings
from the NRA.
The results show a partisan — and regional — divide. Only 10% of
Republicans who responded said they do not own a gun, while 66% of Democrats
said they are not gun owners.
Michael Hammond, legislative counsel of Gun Owners of America, said he’
s not surprised. In Republican districts, a gun “is a campaign accoutrement
,” he said.
Plotted on a map, the survey results speak to the cultural chasm between
those districts where guns are a talisman of individualism and those where
guns are viewed more as a criminal tool. Only 12 lawmakers from the
Northeast, including Pennsylvania, said they own firearms, while 77
Southerners said they do.
Congress’ gun gap suggests that cultural factors are at least as
important as the influence of the gun lobby in determining where members
stand on President Obama’s package of gun control proposals.
It appears the number of gun-owning Republicans is on the low side since
some of them told USA to go pound sand.
Others — overwhelmingly Southern Republicans — declined to answer,
even suggesting it was “irresponsible” for reporters to ask the question.
Again there is a partisan split: 36 Republicans in the House refused to
say whether they own guns; 11 Democrats refused to say. Across both the
House and Senate, an additional 161 lawmakers did not return repeated phone
calls, e-mails and requests for comment — 97 of those were Republicans.
Those wacky Republicans. How dare they maintain a semblance of privacy when
you have so-called “journalists” sticking their nose into their business? |
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