Joe Manchin - The War on Guns

A ‘Pro-Gun’ Democrat

I hope everyone in West Virginia sees this for what it is….. Joe Manchin is NOT a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. And, assuming he truly believes what he is saying here, he is not very smart on the right to bear arms issue. If you allow ATF to redefine congressional statutes as they please and change course at will, then what’s to prevent ATF from later declaring via regulation that “semi-automatic rifles like AR-15s” are really really “machine guns” that need to be registered under the NFA. [More]

And there are still idiots ostensibly on “our side” out there saying the bump stock ban is “just about a stupid piece of plastic.”

Typically, the same bloviating morons who say “The Second Amendment GIVES us the right” and “Enforce existing gun laws”…

Label Talk

The dark-money effort is called No Labels, and they’ve committed an eye-popping $70 million to put a third-party presidential candidate on the ballot in 2024. On Fox News on Sunday, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin wouldn’t rule out running for president on the No Labels ticket. The very real risk is that Sen. Manchin—or another Republican-funded candidate—would peel away enough votes from the Democratic candidate to hand victory to the Republican candidate… [More]

I’m on MoveOn’s email list to keep apprised of what they’re up to.

This sounds promising!

Quid Pro Joe

“Utterly Brazen!” – Biden sicks DOJ on Republican Senate candidate family just weeks after he announced… Just a day ago a poll came out showing Justice leading Manchin by 22 points. [More]

Keep their Senate majority and get a “maverick” back in line– sounds like a win/win.

[Via Michael G]

Meanwhile, Over at Stupid Party Central

Inside the secret Manchin-Schumer deal: Dems shocked, GOP feels betrayed [More]

What kind of dumb@$$ Republican would feel betrayed by what any rational observer would expect? And do they really think Big Tech is going to support anyone but Democrats with their newfound welfare largesse?

[Via Mack H]

And yep, long past time to jettison Mitch.

[Via Michael G]

Taking It on the Manchin

Manchin wants to raise age to 21 for gun purchases, doesn’t see need for AR-15s [More]

This is my shocked face.

Jeez, you don’t see Gomer for a while, and now all of a sudden you can’t get rid of the guy.

[Via Jess]

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