She became a leader of Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence and later a board member of Ceasefire Pennsylvania.
So they had a mole, a bigot, and a UFO nut.
They really can pick 'em, can't they?
Bryan Miller says it's a dishonest tactic. I would put it in the same category as intentionally misleading the public on firearms, legislation, and statistics.
Paul's got his knickers in a twist and calls the NRA a bunch of meanies. At the same time he misleads the public on statistics. Go figure. He opines:
Reading the story, one imagines a group of executives over at NRA headquarters huddled around a copy of The Art of War with a flashlight in a dark basement office, hatching a new cloak-and-dagger plot.That's not the image I have. Unlike the BC, VPC, and CF, the NRA has enough money to pay their electric bills and afford copies for everyone.
An interesting comparison:
would this be similar to outspoken anti-gun activist Josh Sugarman (President of the Violence Policy Center) having a Federal Firearms Dealer License? -Zen21Tao
Why does Josh have it? One reason is to have inside access to industry trade shows.
I'm feeling frisky.
ReplyDeleteI might just call Peter Hamm's number tonight and instruct him to tell Doug Pennington...
"The black bird flys at midnight, I REPEAT, the black bird flys at midnight."
What ya wanna bet that there's a whole lotta side ways glances and wispering going on in the gun control world. Even I'll admit that if the NRA hired a mole, they probably hired ten.
Let them canalbilize each other. They're one true strength was a unified message and strategy, a united front, complete with media talking points. I wonder how much they'll be sharing strategy across different orgs now.