In a headline which ought to shock no one within the Second Modification neighborhood, the Maine Wire is reporting “Gun Management Teams Gave Over Six Figures to Maine Dems in 2024 Election Cycle.”
Why that could be information to anybody within the Pine Tree State appears baffling, as a result of it is not uncommon data that the coffers of gun prohibition lobbying teams appear huge open to Democrats from Capitol Hill on down the chain to state legislatures. Open Secrets and techniques even has a chart which studies the tens of millions of {dollars} which went to Democrats throughout the 2023-2024 election cycle, and none of it went to conservative teams, and little or no went to Republicans.
Alternatively, Open Secrets and techniques famous how anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Security dished out $9,301,552, of which $252,759 went to Democrats, a paltry $1,005 went to Republicans, and $9,145,639 went to liberal teams.
Giffords, a rising anti-gun group, reportedly contributed $3,204,582 throughout the two-year interval, of which $3,188,930 went to liberal teams, $15,592 went on to Democrats, and nothing went to Republicans or conservative teams. The sample is basically the identical as one reads down an inventory of teams, together with the Brady Marketing campaign, Everytown For Gun Security Victory Fund, Ban Assault Weapons Now PAC, and so forth.
As famous by the Maine Wire, “Based on marketing campaign finance studies filed on the Maine Ethics Fee web site, the Senate Democratic Marketing campaign Committee (SDCC) PAC acquired $25,000 from Everytown for Gun Security Motion Fund on October 30 final 12 months, days earlier than the election.”
And Open Secrets and techniques reported, “Gun management advocates have favored Democrats virtually solely with their contributions over time: since 1990, 99% of contributions have gone to Democratic candidates. Exterior spending by new teams shaped within the wake of extremely publicized mass shootings has been a game-changer by way of quantities invested on this facet of the controversy.”
After years of media assaults on such teams because the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation for contributing tens of millions of {dollars} to political campaigns, the silence from the institution media on the problem of huge cash gun management lobbying teams donating solely to Democrats is deafening.
The Boston Globe reported final month how “gun violence prevention advocates” have launched a marketing campaign to defend that state’s strict gun management legal guidelines after a gaggle known as the Civil Rights Coalition collected greater than twice the variety of required signatures to position a difficulty on the poll subsequent 12 months which might repeal final 12 months’s gun laws. Nevertheless, it’s a protected wager to presume the anti-gun-rights “Vote Sure for a Secure Massachusetts” will pull in large cash from across the nation to defend the restrictive legislation.
The Globe quoted Ruth Zakarin, committee chair and CEO of Massachusetts Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, who said, “We’ve actually been bringing lots of of us collectively and speaking about what we have to do to guard this laws. I believe that we now have a fairly broad coalition of oldsters coming collectively who actually wish to see these insurance policies transfer ahead in Massachusetts.”
Previously, in different states, when gun rights teams and grassroots activists attempt to combat restrictive gun legal guidelines, they discovered themselves actually outspent by the gun prohibition foyer, which is supported by rich elitists together with Bloomberg, Microsoft founder Invoice Gates, the late Paul Allen and others. In 2014, a Washington state initiative mandating so-called “common background checks” was on the poll. The Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Duty spent greater than $10 million to go it.
It’s not all politics. Organizations reminiscent of NRA, the Second Modification Basis, Firearms Coverage Coalition and Gun Homeowners of America are taking the combat to the courts, and this additionally prices a small fortune.
As famous by a report at GUNS Journal, preventing “the nice combat” in court docket isn’t any low cost proposition. Court docket fights can take months and even years, and they are often rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court docket if the circumstances make it that far.
However all of this gun management cash flowing into Democrat and liberal coffers might clarify why perennially anti-gun Democrats attempt to spin each dialog in direction of restrictive new gun legal guidelines. Over the weekend, in line with the Washington Examiner, anti-gun Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, was being interviewed in regards to the antisemitic assault on a pro-Isreal demonstration in Boulder, Colorado, and he managed to steer the dialog in direction of weapons.
As described by the Washington Examiner story, “Raskin…known as the assault a symptom of deeper nationwide crises, together with an epidemic of gun violence. He used the second to press for long-standing Democratic priorities on gun coverage reform.”
Nevertheless, the assault allegedly launched by a person recognized as Mohamed Soliman didn’t contain weapons. He’s accused of throwing a firebomb and utilizing incendiary gadgets.
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About Dave Workman
Dave Workman is a senior editor at TheGunMag.com and Liberty Park Press, creator of a number of books on the Proper to Preserve & Bear Arms, and previously an NRA-certified firearms teacher.
