Standard Mischief

I posted a comment over at The Warren, then I decided to expand on it as a blog post. Thus this. I’m not planning to have a “gun rant only” blog, other content is coming, promise.

The Warren seems to be defending the NRA because in the past, as the 500 pound RKBA gorilla, they have used their power to get truly awful bills to be transformed into “choke on the way down, but not kill ya” bills. True. Sorta like a holding action.

But right now we supposedly have a pro-RKBA prez and both houses of a “pro-RKBA” congress-things. The NRA is still passing out “A”s. Nothing is happening.

Actually, we have had a “pro-RKBA” congress for years, even during Clinton. Lots of gun control BS has been “snuck-in” to bills and was passed, but, as far as I know, there are ZERO incidents of the reverse ever happening.

How many “must-pass” bills have there been? Bills like the military appropriation bill that REAL-ID got snuck-in on? Why absolutely zero results? Anyone got a good answer?

There are a number of little things that our side could have snuck in to those bills that no one reads. Even little things count.

How about that stupid law that I run into every time I buy ammo at Mal-Wart? If the ammo could be used in a pistol or a longarm, the idiot-savant sales droid always asks me if if it’s for a pistol or a rifle. If I was a 18 year old gang banger that was trying to buy some 9mm for my pistol, I would be tempted to say rifle, but that might be a felony. (As a person that is over 21, the Standard Mischief is to tell them that the first 7 rounds in each box of 20 is for a pistol, the remainder is for a rifle.)

It took a long, long time for the country to get to this level of disgrace with the maze of gun control laws and regulation. It’s actually OK by me if it takes a while for the reverse to happen, but it’s not. It’s not happening at all.

So Bush II came into power with the backing of the NRA. He also had a “pro-RKBA” congress. If he had tossed me ONE FREAKING BONE during his first term I would have voted for the maggot. Saying he will pass the re-up of the so called “assault weapon” ban while begging the congress-things to not send the bill to his desk DOES NOT COUNT as a bone.

I’m still waiting for the feds to arrest Ed Compass and crew. I’m not holding my breath.

So yea, I’m a little ticked at the NRA and the “A” and “B” list congress-things. But I won’t be ripping up my Life Membership a-la Bush the first. It’s already paid for and that would be a pretty pointless gesture without a refund. I’d also lose a life subscription to a great magazine. But not one more penny from me, I’d rather fund other groups.

Hmmm, I guess technically that makes me a compromiser. So flame on.