It looks like State Sen. Mike Merrifield has been drinking former boss and Nanny State Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Big Gulps Kool-Aid VitaminWater on guns. Earlier this week, in a hearing on SB159, which would have added to the bureaucratic bloat at the broke down CBI, Merrifield echoed his former employer Mayors Against Illegal Guns’ talking points on guns. MAIG is Bloomberg’s original gun control org for those of you not keeping up at home.
Revealing Politics caught him on tape, and provided some pretty convincing evidence that he’s just wrong. Here’s his damning statement:
“I don’t necessarily agree with those that think concealed carry weapons make them safer, there are certainly those people who do believe that.”
Just watch:
This guy's a special kind of stupid. There just isn't a bus short enough for some folks!
T.v.
Or maybe he should look at the recent study by the CDC (after an Executive Order by Pres. Obama refunded firearms research by the CDC) that shows use of firearms in self defense occurs at least as frequently as criminal misuse…..or that those that resisted violent crimes with firearms suffered few and less severe injuries.
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18319&page=R1
Or maybe he should look at the recent study by the CDC (after an Executive Order by Pres. Obama refunded firearms research by the CDC) that shows use of firearms in self defense occurs at least as frequently as criminal misuse…..
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=18319&page=R1
Well, whether he 'agrees' or not really isn't important. As a politician, we know he only 'agrees' with anything his party leadership says – regardless of whether it is true, makes sense, or is relevant.
Maybe he should ask Chicago what is happening there?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/24/chicago-crime-rate-drops-as-concealed-carry-gun-pe/
Or maybe look at a state that is still 'west' (as opposed to a suburb of New York City as Colorado has become):
http://www.blackhillsfox.com/news/headlines/Panel-approves-plan-to-allowed-concealed-carry-without-permit-291297911.html