[fsjeffrey]

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) is one of the more anti-gun members of Congress.

Before being elected to Congress, her husband was shot and killed on a Long Island commuter train by Colin Ferguson who killed six others and wounded many more.

I wonder if it bothers Rep. McCarthy in knowing that if only one passenger on that train had had a gun, her husband might be alive today.

According to her record in Congress, apparently not.

[Baba Louie]

Rep McCarthy's sole reason for being in the House is due to her stance on Guns, backed by HCI/Brady and various mommies of her district.
It was the Gun's doing, not some crazed criminal type (Look up Colin Ferguson) after all, he was just an average Joe, until he had the POWER OF THE GUN overcome his common, day to day sensibilities and ran amuck under the influence of an eeeevil device used only for killing innocent commuters.

Should some law-abiding citizen who might have had a firearm (legal or not) actually put an end to Fergusons killing spree, we'd never have heard about her.

Remember this and repeat after me, "Its the GUN'S Fault" :rolleyes:

Right.

Adios

[fsjeffrey]

You got it Baba.

[CasualShooter]

BAD GUN!!! :banghead: :what: :rolleyes:

[Frohickey]

If I remember right, its only recently that Carolyn "The Gun Made Him Do It" McCarthy only recently changed parties to be a Democrat.

Doubt it was the Republicans that pushed her. They are just as inclined to violate your rights as the Democrats. :cuss:

[Standing Wolf]

I wonder if it bothers Rep. McCarthy in knowing that if only one passenger on that train had had a gun, her husband might be alive today.

I'm sure it doesn't. Leftists appear to be completely incapable of questioning their assumptions, even when—especially when—the evidence would overwhelm a sensible person.

[Tamara]

Actually, isn't the problem that only one passenger on that train had a gun? :eek:


;)

[jimpeel]

When she was pushing for longer waiting periods, I called her office and told the Chief of Staff that she should consider the facts:

Colin Ferguson bought the firearm in California which, at that time, had a fifteen day waiting period.

He bought the firearm at B&B Guns which, as a store policy, added one day to the waiting period.

Colin Ferguson waited 16 days for the firearm to come into his possession.

He then went back to NY where, SIX MONTHS LATER, he rampaged through the train targeting only non Blacks.

If her husband and son had been Black men, her husband would be alive and her son wouldn't be paralyzed.

Response: "Thank you. I'll be sure to pass that on."

[longeyes]

State Senator Jack Scott here in CA is another anti-gun legislator
who has a personal axe to grind. Scott's son was killed in an
"accident" at a party and he has been crusading against evil guns
ever since. There is no reasoning with these people.

[alan]

The only thing that Representative McCarthy had going for her was THE SYMPATHNY VOTE, combined with a less than effective opposition.

One wonders as to how far the Sympathy Vote can carry anyone. Lack of competent opposition can carry someone, literally, forever, helped along by a compliant media of course.

[Frohickey]

He then went back to NY where, SIX MONTHS LATER, he rampaged through the train targeting only non Blacks.
Was he sentenced/charged with a hate crime? Sure sounds like it.

[emc]

Has ANY non-Caucasian ever been charged with a hate crime? Maybe there has been, but I've not heard of any. How about the rest of you on THR?

emc

[jimpeel]

One wonders as to how far the Sympathy Vote can carry anyone. Ask the Widow Carnahan. Just think, if not for a stinkin' plane crash we likely wouldn't have Ashcroft for an AG.

Strange things happen when strange things happen.

[jimpeel]

Was he sentenced/charged with a hate crime? Sure sounds like it.

Actually, no. It was mentioned as a possibility but they didn't charge him.
After that, it got nearly no mention.

He went on to represent himself in court and proved the old adage about self representation and a fool as a client.

http://massmurder.zyns.com/colin_ferguson.htm

[alan]

Jim Peel:

I'm not certain, but was "the widow Carnahan" elected at all? McCarthy has been enected a couple of times at least.

Who knows but that "universal sufferage" might not have been the best of ideas.

[Combat-wombat]

Wasn't she one of the main authors of HR 2038? You know, the so-called "reenactment" of the "assault weapon" ban, which is much different and bans MANY, MANY more guns.

[jimpeel]

I'm not certain, but was "the widow Carnahan" elected at all? She ran against John Ashcroft in her husband's stead. She won and Ashcroft, in a move that was roundly considered "gentlemanly", conceded; even though there were irregularities in the election.

Here are the results broken down into many sub-classifications.

http://www.cbsnews.com/campaign2000results/state/poll_moos-.html

By county: http://www.cbsnews.com/campaign2000results/county/county_moos-0.html

[alan]

Combat-wombat:

As I recall, McCarthy and John Conyers were the original sponsors of that legislation.

Re proposed legislation, the claimed good endings that would be obtained given proper operation/enforcement of some particular law, must be viewed against the context of the very bad endings obtained as a result of improper operation/enforcement of that same legislation. Also, overly broad grants of power and or authority, sooner or later, are directed against the grantor, by the grantee.