A man with a gun needs no reason. He has absolute power. You’re not truly free unless you can stand on the street waving several guns while shouting angrily.

Remember: before you suck your gun, make sure the barrel has cooled down.

I almost laugh when I hear conservatives whine about harsh rhetoric. As ye sow, so shall ye reap. More poetic than “he hit me first,” which is also true. Aggressive lying from the conservatives goes back at least to Vice Thug Agnew. Are we tired of this shit after 50 years — yes we are. Let conservatives show us what moderation looks like. (They don’t know.) peace, mjh

NRA President Blames Obama For ‘Hundreds’ Of Death Threats | ThinkProgress

Meanwhile, the NRA have been conspicuously absent in issuing condemnations of their own members who have threatened lawmakers who support more gun regulations in the last few weeks.

NRA President Blames Obama For ‘Hundreds’ Of Death Threats | ThinkProgress

» Bill Aims To Disarm Feds’ Gun Controls | ABQ Journal By Dan Boyd / Journal Staff Writer on Fri, Jan 18, 2013

The New Mexico bill – House Bill 114, sponsored by Rep. Nora Espinoza of Roswell – would make it a third-degree felony for any government official or firearm dealer to try to enforce federal gun laws here. …

Republican legislators in Texas, Wyoming and Tennessee have introduced legislation similar to Espinoza’s New Mexico measure in recent weeks. …

Rep. Gail Chasey, D-Albuquerque, the new chairwoman of the House Judiciary Committee, said Thursday that she had not seen Espinoza’s bill but that it likely would raise significant legal questions.

“I don’t know how a state says you can’t enforce a federal law,” Chasey said. “I think secession would have to precede that, but I guess we’ll see.”

» Bill Aims To Disarm Feds’ Gun Controls | ABQ Journal

At the Federal level, we have one idiot (your choice) and two pro-gun Democrats. We can work this out. peace, mjh

» New Mexico Delegation Reacts to Obama Gun Proposals | ABQ Journal By Michael Coleman / Journal Washington Bureau on Wed, Jan 16, 2013

We asked the New Mexico congressional delegation to respond  to the president’s just-announced proposals to help reduce gun violence. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan praised the proposal – or at least parts of it – and Rep. Steve Pearce said it wouldn’t solve the problem. [Rep. Michele Lujan-Grisham supports the proposal.]

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» New Mexico Delegation Reacts to Obama Gun Proposals | ABQ Journal