By Larry Keane
Nationwide gun management activists are having a tough time retaining their messaging to the American individuals straight forward of the Nov. 5 election. Giffords Braveness to Battle Gun Violence is just the most recent instance and the breathless hyperbole and hypocrisy popping out of their press releases and marketing campaign emails makes it abundantly clear. They’re hypocrites.
The presidential election is razor skinny as early voting has began throughout the nation and the campaigns are making their closing pitches to undecided voters. Former President Donald Trump made his Second Modification pitch clear, telling voters in a social media submit his stance.
“Gun house owners should register to Vote, TODAY, if you wish to save your weapons. Our Second Modification is underneath Siege by the Democrats. They need to confiscate your weapons. BE SMART. VOTE!!!,” the previous president messaged.
On the flip aspect of the coin is Vice President Kamala Harris. She supported gun confiscation earlier than she didn’t, together with handgun bans in San Francisco and utilizing unconstitutional government overreach to confiscate Fashionable Sporting Rifles (MSRs) earlier than strolling that again as nicely. Now, she admits she owns a handgun that’s largely off limits to law-abiding Californians on condition that state’s strict gun management. However as at all times, it’s “Gun management for thee, not for me.”
To not be disregarded of the hypocritical enjoyable, Giffords has jumped in.
Blind to Crime
Giffords can’t maintain monitor any extra if crime is down or up and whether or not Individuals are allowed to be involved about their security. Only one month in the past, they joined the refrain in repeating President Joe Biden’s claims that violent crime in America had been enormously lowered due to his gun management agenda.
“President Biden is true: ‘For those who’re attempting to speak about decreasing crime and violence in America, it’s essential speak about weapons in America.’ [President Biden] has taken historic motion to maintain weapons from falling within the flawed arms. Because of his management, violent crime is down,” the gun management group posted on social media.
Because the saying goes – rubbish in, rubbish out. It seems gun management teams and the Biden-Harris administration had been crowing loudly about information that was severely flawed. Final week, a Actual Clear Investigation report revealed the FBI “stealth edited” crime information again in 2021 and 2022 which led to their 2023 report exhibiting crime had in actual fact elevated not too long ago by 4.5 %, in comparison with the initially said 2.1 % lower. Don’t maintain your breath for Giffords or The White Home to subject corrections.
Nonetheless, the “crime is down” narrative regurgitated by Giffords wasn’t the identical message that they not too long ago voiced in a press launch attacking U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.).
“At this time, the nationwide gun violence prevention group GIFFORDS, based by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, criticized Rep. Mike Lawler for accepting monetary assist from the company gun business’s commerce affiliation whereas gun violence stays a menace to households within the Decrease Hudson Valley,” a press launch famous.
The group is attacking Rep. Lawler – one of many most bipartisan Members of Congress – in hopes of knocking him off in favor of their endorsed candidate former U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.).
Apparently, all of the gun management legal guidelines that Giffords pushes on law-abiding New Yorkers haven’t made them any safer, in line with their very own press launch. Don’t overlook former Rep. Gabby Giffords, the founding father of her namesake gun management group, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul throughout a latest gun management invoice signing ceremony.
{Dollars} and Sense
The hypocrisy of Giffords’ newest ploy doesn’t finish there. Additionally they made an extra assault that makes even much less sense. Keep in mind, that is Giffords we’re speaking about. For all intents and functions, they’ve loads of cash to throw round on the candidates they select to assist.
In the identical press launch attacking Rep. Lawler for standing up for his law-abiding constituents, Giffords tries to assert he’s one way or the other “purchased” by the firearm business.
Giffords criticized Rep. Lawler for accepting a contribution from the firearm business commerce affiliation’s political motion committee. “The contribution from NSSF PAC was unearthed in Lawler’s third quarter marketing campaign monetary disclosure with the Federal Election Fee,” the Giffords launch breathlessly reveals.
Giffords makes use of the phrase “unearthed” as a special approach of claiming they seemed on the publicly disclosed marketing campaign finance paperwork that each candidate and political motion committee – like they, themselves – make public. It’s true – NSSF PAC contributed $1,000 to Rep. Lawler.
What did Giffords do for former Rep. Jones?
“Final month, GIFFORDS PAC introduced a $1 million funding within the race to characterize New York’s seventeenth Congressional District as a part of its $15 million dedication to electing and supporting gun security champions in 2024,” their launch said. “The NY-17 effort contains cable and digital advertisements in assist of former Rep. Mondaire Jones and in opposition to Rep. Mike Lawler.”
That was shortly adopted up by Giffords throwing one other $1.8 million to focus on Latino voters for Vice President Harris in each Michigan and Nevada, simply the most recent within the $15 million whole for this election cycle to push gun management. With lower than two weeks till election day, Giffords is spending “bigly.”
Don’t Be Fooled
The New York congressional race will not be the one instance of gun management teams spending tens of millions – within the case of Micheal Bloomberg and his Everytown for Gun Security, it’s billions with a B – for gun management whereas turning a blind eye to their very own hypocrisy. However law-abiding Individuals should be educated once they head to the polls in lower than two weeks or whereas sending of their mail poll.
It’s precisely why NSSF launched its 2024 Congressional Report Card protecting present U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to indicate voters the place their Members of Congress stand on firearm and ammunition business points.
It’s additionally why voters want to go to www.GunVote.org to be educated and #GUNVOTE® on Nov. 5 so that they Don’t Danger Your Rights™. Gun house owners also can assist NSSF’s Shield Liberty PAC by going to www.ProtectLibertyPAC.com. This election, the Second Modification is on the poll.
