“Scoop: Gun control group gives Dems a $10 million midterm assist,” Axios reported Tuesday. “Everytown for Gun Safety, a group that advocates for stricter gun laws, is teaming up with House Democrats on a $10 million ad campaign to boost former gun safety advocates now running for Congress.”
“The candidates boosted by the campaign are all former volunteers for Moms Demand Action,” the report elaborates, identifying them as:
JoAnna Mendoza of Arizona, Pia Dandiya of Florida, Christina Bohannan, Sarah Trone Garriott and Lindsay James of Iowa, Christina Hines and Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet of Michigan, and Paige Cognetti of Pennsylvania.
That they’re all Moms Demand endorsees certainly should tell right to keep and bear arms advocates everything they need to know. What’s interesting, though, is all the other issues Everytown, seeded by billionaire (and presumptive Republican) Michael Bloomberg are willing to enable, all in the name of gutting the Second Amendment.
So, they’re evidently unconcerned about the radical lurch leftward the Democrat Party is taking while its old guard is being challenged – and in some cases replaced – by overt socialists bent on imposing radical changes on more than guns. And there’s more: In case after case, the prohibitionists have backed “candidates of distinction” who certainly are distinct from the mainstream – but as long as they’re against guns, they get the nod.
For all the noise about Republicans being the “party of the rich” and Democrats being the “party of the workin’ man,” you wouldn’t know it from the top 10 midterm money-raisers, nine of whom are Democrats, and all of whom have gun-grabber blessings. Indeed, another Everytown-endorsed “gun sense candidate,” Abdul El-Sayed, who rails against money in politics is the beneficiary of “[t]he Soros family’s political machine [which] has dumped millions into political committees that are supporting El-Sayed’s run for Senate,” and of a “$30 million pledged by the Senate Majority PAC.”
The fast-approaching midterms are going to set the tone for pending attacks against the Second Amendment that Democrats dare to launch, all with the goal of establishing the momentum to take the White House, the House of Representatives, and the Senate in 2028.
If they succeed, look for all the many advances made to date to restore the right to arms to be reversed, including the ATF/Department of Justice rules and positions changing, all of which can be changed back by a Democrat administration on Day One that President Harris or whomever takes office.
Even if the Supreme Court hands gun owners a win soon against “assault weapon” bans, Samuel Alito is broaching the subject of retirement, Clarence Thomas isn’t getting any younger, and Democrats are dead serious when they talk about “packing the court” once they have the power to make it happen.
And past rulings have been overturned before.
Will the Republicans blow their majorities? They certainly are adept at disappointing supporters and taking the fire out of constituent bellies. No one points this out more than gun owners who are sick and tired of “lesser of two evils” choices and legislative gutlessness.
That said, we complain a lot, but be honest—how many of us do more than that (donate, work campaigns, spread the word… vote)?
But – and there’s a word that should get everyone’s suspicions up – like it or not, two parties dominate and the election will be binary. That’s just the way it is, and no amount of arguing is going to change that. If efforts weren’t made to oust the poltroons in the primaries, the choice will be them or the out-and-out gun-grabber (unless the Republican is an out-and out-gun-grabber like Pennsylvania’s Brian Fitzpatrick).
There is a third choice bandied about by some, TINVOWOOT (There is No Voting Our Way Out of This), which will guarantee the Democrats win. Those of us who can see advancements made in “gun rights” over the last few years have reason to believe the remarkable system bequeathed to us by the Framers of the Constitution yet provides a means of redress that will take a lot less personal effort and sacrifice.
We saw what happened in Virginia when too little money was raised and too many gun owners sat on their hands. If that happens nationally, those who won’t lift a finger on a minimal citizenship effort had best be prepared for what will come.
Wouldn’t it be easier just to vote?
About David Codrea:
David Codrea is the winner of multiple journalist awards for investigating/defending the RKBA and a long-time gun owner rights advocate who defiantly challenges the folly of citizen disarmament. He blogs at “The War on Guns: Notes from the Resistance,” is a regularly featured contributor to Firearms News, and posts on Twitter: @dcodrea and Facebook.
