He currently has a piece up on Huffpo plugging his new book. Just a few choice bits.
"Even most self-identified members of the National Rifle Association support handgun registration and mandatory safety training before purchasing a firearm."Oh look, a paper by the gun control funded Hemenway (16 yrs old to boot) and surveys written by gun control groups. There's a reliable source on NRA members right there.
"President Clinton's skillful handling of the issue was key to passage of the Brady Bill and the assault weapon ban in the early 1990s. He showed that the gun issue does not have to be just another front in the endless "culture wars."And his 'skillful handling cost him congress in '94 and Gore the election in '00. Good job there.
For the NRA, it is all about generating fearFollowed shortly by the statement
it gives the gun lobby an absurd amendment that legalizes loaded AK-47s and concealed weapons in national parks.Pot meet Kettle
Is this the kind of writing Dennis's book is filled with? If this is the highlights, I've read comic books that were more accurate. And they wonder why noone bothers w/ them anymore.
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Ridiculous survey! 77% of NRA members favor waiting periods for handgun purchases? According to the survey itself, most of them already own six or more guns (usually handguns), so what good would a waiting period do? Prevent impulsive acts? Lots of advanced math (confidence intervals, odds ratios) can't hide flawed design. Did it ever occur to these knuckleheads to ask WHY so many people were "speaking against self-interest"? Like public-health experts who oppose seat-belt laws or bicycle helmet laws. Or "Doctors For Smoking". 59% of NRA members for gun registration? Ha!
Sure. . . I'm all for a handgun waiting period.
All of about 10 minutes.
Time enough for the gun shop to do a NICS on me, then for me to either write a check or pull out the plastic, and last, have the gun shop verify payment.
'Bout long enough, I should say.
B Woodman
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Personally, I think the so-called survey is bogus. I think they just made it up because there is no way to prove they actually pulled it out of their asses.
I'll be on the look out for it in the book stores. No, I'm not gonna buy it. But I'm thinking about sneaking a turd into Borders and smearing pages 22, 50, 223 and 308 with it and then carefully putting it back on the shelf.
Stuff from my toilet coming to a store near you!
When all else fails, make stuff up.
It always worked for the anti-rights folks in the past, but, fortunately, they do not seem to have caught up to the concept of universally-accessible information yet...
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