Thursday, January 24, 2013
Senator Joe Manchin - Beckley W.Va - NRA Stooge
BECKLEY, W.Va. — Talk of stricter gun control has stirred up a lot of
unease here, a place where hunters vie for top prize (a 26-inch LED television) in the Big Buck Photo Contest, and ads for a gun-simulator game ask, “Feel like shooting something today?”
Beckley W.Wa Mayor and Police Chief |
Businessmen and community leaders in Beckley, W.Va.,
met with Senator Joe Manchin III last week to discuss gun control.
But before Senator Joe Manchin III
invited a group of 15 businessmen and community leaders to lunch last
week to discuss the topic, he had only a vague idea of how anxious many
of his supporters were.
“How many of you all believe that there is a movement to take away the Second Amendment?” he asked.
As a hunter with an A rating from the National Rifle Association, Mr.
Manchin gave advocates for new weapons laws reason for optimism after he
said last month that gun firepower and magazine capacity might need to
be limited.
But now, Mr. Manchin, who affirmed his support for gun rights by running
a campaign commercial in 2010 showing him firing a rifle into an
environmental bill, says he is not so sure. One of his local offices has
been picketed, and even some of his most thoughtful supporters are
cautioning him that stronger background checks are about all the gun control they can stomach.
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