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friendly_iconoclast's JournalReuters: Virginia set to remove limit on monthly gun purchases
This is certainly a hearty "Fuck You" to Michael Bloomberg
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/13/us-guns-virginia-idUSTRE81C1Y320120213
By Matthew A. Ward
PORTSMOUTH, Va | Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:38pm EST
(Reuters) - Virginia is set to remove a limit of one handgun purchase per month that has been on the books for 19 years, one of a host of pro-gun measures moving through the legislature.
The state Senate voted 21-19 to amend Virginia law to eliminate the prohibition that was enacted in 1993 in an effort to curb gun-smuggling operations.
The vote confirmed a version of the measure passed by the House of Delegates in a 66-32 vote earlier this month, and now sends it to Republican Governor Bob McDonnell's desk.
Governor spokesman Jeff Caldwell told Reuters that McDonnell plans to sign the bill into law...
and the backlash continues...
"L.I. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy’s district on the chopping block." No more shoulder thing that goes up?
Note that it's the Democrats that are throwing her under the bus:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/i-rep-carolyn-mccarthy-district-chopping-block-article-1.1019514?localLinksEnabled=false
State losing two congressional seats based on Census results
By Kenneth Lovett / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 8:59 PM
ALBANY — Democratic Rep. Carolyn McCarthy’s Long Island district is on the chopping block as state leaders begin redrawing congressional boundaries, the Daily News has learned.
State Senate and Assembly negotiators are looking at merging McCarthy’s Nassau County district into a Nassau-Queens district now held by fellow Dem Gary Ackerman, sources close to the planning said.
McCarthy’s current district “collides” with Ackerman’s, making it a perfect candidate for merger, insiders said.
The lines are expected to be drawn in a way that favors Ackerman in a potential primary....
Don't feel *too* put out, Hoyt. I discount lots of other people's opinions, as well.
You're in with Randites, young-Earth creationists, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Fred Phelps, the American Family Association, doctrinaire Marxists,
white supremacists, black supremacists, MecHistas, Pat Robertson, et cetera- a gimcrack carnival of proudly displayed deliberate ignorance...
They were. Apparently you don't want to admit it.
And as for current members, I can produce no better examples than the founder, Mayor 1% Michael Bloomberg and his
union-busting counterpart Rahm Emanuel.
Feel free to explain to us how 'progressive' they are...
Congratulations- You've completed the Fallacy of Kael trifecta:
The erroneous belief that ones' experiences and observations are universal. Named after film critic Pauline Kael's dismayed reaction to Richard Nixon's reelection victory in 1972: "But everyone I know voted for McGovern!"
Or was that a "No true Korean shop owner..."?
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