Gubernatorial candidate just told Old Dominion’s constitutionalists who to vote for
Adan Salazar
Infowars.com
October 25, 2013
Virginia governor candidate Terry McAuliffe, a former DNC chairman, has pledged to wage a full-scale assault against the Bill of Rights should he be elected to office in November.
McAuliffe made the statements yesterday at Virginia Tech University during the final debate against Republican opponent Ken Cuccinelli.
When Cuccinelli stated that increased gun restrictions would have done nothing to prevent the shooting that took place at the campus in 2007, in which a senior student launched a pre-meditated attack on unarmed and unsuspecting peers, killing 32 people, McAuliffe toed the party line that more gun control equals less gun crime.
“Some people should not own guns,” McAuliffe audaciously responded, adding “I don’t care what grade I got from the NRA. I never want to see another Newtown or Aurora or Virginia Tech again.” Of course, the fact that a single person with a gun could have stopped, or at the very least minimized, any of those shooters’ bloodshed didn’t phase his twisted logic.
McAuliffe, the former head of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, was referring to grades handed out by the NRA Political Victory Fund, an educational tool for gun owners which informs voters whether a candidate is pro or anti-gun rights.
McAuliffe received an “F” rating, meaning he is a “True enemy of gun owners’ rights. A consistent anti-gun candidate who always opposes gun owners’ rights and/or actively leads anti-gun legislative efforts, or sponsors anti-gun legislation.”
On the other hand, Cuccinell received an “A,” signifying he is a “Solidly pro-gun candidate. A candidate who has supported NRA positions on key votes in elective office or a candidate with a demonstrated record of support on Second Amendment issues,” according to the NRA-PVF.
McAuliffe might do well to consider statistical facts.
According to a January 2013 article by Virginia’s Richmond Times Dispatch comparing state crime data with state records of gun sales, increased gun ownership actually correlated with a decline in violent crime:
The total number of firearms purchased in Virginia increased 73 percent from 2006 to 2011. When state population increases are factored in, gun purchases per 100,000 Virginians rose 63 percent.
But the total number of gun-related violent crimes fell 24 percent over that period, and when adjusted for population, gun-related offenses dropped more than 27 percent, from 79 crimes per 100,000 in 2006 to 57 crimes in 2011.
McAuliffe may have inadvertently told Virginia gun owners who to put in office.
This article was posted: Friday, October 25, 2013 at 1:47 pm
Tags: constitution, gun rights
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