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April 23, 2009, 12:15 PM | #1 |
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Anti reactions to Nordyke
I haven't seen any yet. And I'm not sure what to make of that.
I've checked the Brady and VPC websites, and I've seen nothing yet. After Heller, they were all over the airwaves, simultaneously decrying the "activist decision" (with nary a trace of irony), and claiming that it didn't really matter all that much. In particular, the limited jurisdiction of the decision was front and center in their arguments. They were all about saying that the State and local laws (that are their real bread-and-butter) weren't affected by the ruling. But regarding Nordyke? chirp... chirp... chirp. What gives? --Shannon |
April 23, 2009, 12:25 PM | #2 |
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I'm not completely read up yet. My first guess would be that there's been virtually no news coverage reporting the decision and its impact. The scope is probably limited right now to those directly involved. I'm sure the outcome might not be what some wanted to hear. When that happens, things are hushed.
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April 23, 2009, 12:34 PM | #3 |
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I know. It' mind numbing. I can only imagine they are trying to re-group, and assess their options for damage control. The near-universal panning of this story by major media outlets is conspicuous, to say the least.
I'm sure the antis would like to see this go en banc, so more of their liberal judges could weigh in. I think it's hopeless for them to overturn this. But, my understanding is that the 9th could elect to review en banc on their own. The court has merely codified what everyone intuitively knew to be true. If this were to be somehow overturned (again very doubtful, in my mind) you can bet that would be widely reported. |
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Probably a good time to email news networks and ask them to get on the report
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April 23, 2009, 12:58 PM | #5 |
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I actually did email CNN.com and asked them where the coverage was.
No response as of this writing.
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April 23, 2009, 01:06 PM | #6 |
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I sent emails to all the alphabet soup news managers. This clearly is not an oversight.
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I'm sure a few are staying as inebriated as possible to dull the pain. Also some may have done free diving off the Golden Gate.
As far as major news outlets, it's probably difficult to understand. I wouldn't have been able to immediately understand it if I hadn't been stduying the issue for a while.
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April 23, 2009, 04:42 PM | #9 |
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I sent emails to several local news organizations. So far no response and no stories. Very wierd considering what a huge story it is.
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April 23, 2009, 05:10 PM | #10 |
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Strange?
How about having no word from even the NRA, yet! |
April 23, 2009, 06:30 PM | #11 |
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There's a blurb on the NRA/ILA page, dated 4/21, but I think it was only posted today.
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April 23, 2009, 11:10 PM | #12 |
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The "blurb" wasn't there as of 11:00pm MDT last night.
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April 24, 2009, 06:08 AM | #13 | |
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Short sentiment from a Brady spokesman Paul Helmke in here...this is from 2 nights ago. He is smiling a little too much to be believable.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bes...gun.rights.cnn
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April 24, 2009, 10:06 AM | #14 |
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I wonder how this decision will factor in to the newly filed bill by Lautenberg and future gun-control attempts. (I've not thought that question through just speaking outloud)
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