Standard Mischief

VCDL has the best coverage, and it’s a good feeling, knowing that if the state you are in respects your right to carry, then that inalienable right will be extended to you even when you are in a National Park. The FUD-mongers lost this round, and the Bush administration finally (finally) tossed a bone to their RKBA supporters. [1]

So why does it seem like a cheap trick? A raw deal? I don’t know, maybe I just like to complain.

Somehow this park carry thing reminds me of the waining days of the Clinton administration. After two terms of office and having a bunch of friendlies in Congress for at least part of that time, Bill decides to make his very first gesture towards getting a voting representative in Congress for DC. He removes the proper US government tags from the Presidential limo and slaps on a pair of “taxation without representation” District of Columbia plates. That would either force the new administration drive around with the tags in place or toss the MSM a cheap shot on a silver platter. I’d probably guess that if the election had gone Gore’s way no one would have floated the idea past the Oval Office.

So how long is the President-Elect going to let this policy stand before breaking in that new executive order pen? And how will the lapdog media cover the event?

[1] The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act was a tasty bit of gristle, and very welcome, but it did not directly restore lost rights to individual citizens.