Guest Post by Eric Peters
Yes, I know. This dirty business of elections is just what Bismarck meant when he spoke of sausage making and how you’ll never want to eat one again once you see how they’re made.
But elections do matter.
Consider what just didn’t happen in Virginia, because Glenn Youngkin was elected governor. Youngkin may not be Thomas Jefferson – or even Rand Paul – but he just vetoed 30 (not a typo) “gun control” bills that had been put forward by the Leftists who control the state legislature, who wanted to control people’s right to defend themselves by criminalizing it. If the bills these Leftists put forward had been signed into law, it would have become criminal to possess many kinds of guns as well as illegal to buy or sell “high capacity” magazines, among other things. It would have become a criminal offense to carry a gun in many of the public places where it is currently legal – such as restaurants where alcohol is served. Even if the person isn’t drinking.
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