Monday, February 26, 2007

Getting Rudy Right on Guns   [John Derbyshire]

Here is the best suggestion so far:

"Derb—While many urbanites retire to the countryside to hunt or fish, they are generally a different sort than Rudy. A much more suitable photo op would be for him to shoot an IDPA match, where shooters emulate concealed weapons permit holders acting out real-world bad-guy situations. It fits much better with his tough-on-crime image, and would appeal more to the hard-core 2A [ i.e. Second Amendment] types.

"A problem with the duck hunter crowd is that politicians try to take away our handguns or my black rifles, but insist they'll never go after your over-under. The duck hunters nod and let the confiscation proceed, and before long all that's left are the duck hunters, who have no support as their shotguns are confiscated.

"I agree with your other reader that Rudy could never pull off the photo-op duck hunt. But imagine the fun if he appeared at the IDPA match with his .45ACP under his suit jacket, as if it had been there all along...."

[Derb]  As an elderly Noo Yawker of my acquaintance was wont to exclaim:  "Now yer cookin' wid gas!"  In a similar vein, a different reader offers this:

"Derb—What Rudy needs is for somebody in NYPD to leak that while Rudy was mayor, he always was packing heat.  He won't have to confirm or deny, just have it out there, and when it comes up, say that he want's to talk about the more pressing issues.

"That, or just come out and say that DEATH WISH is his favorite movie."

02/26 09:03 AMShare