The Liberal, who had already voted, was sure that Obama isn’t going to pass anti-gun legislation, in spite of the semi-automatic weapons ban plank in the Democrat Party Platform and the fourteen or fifteen Democrat anti-gun rights bills already in Congress, one of which is designed to kill gun shows. I don’t know if he thinks Obama was less than truthful when he said that he didn’t like concealed carry and supports the D.C. and Chicago gun bans, or that Obama was lying when he said he supports the Second Amendment. The Second Amendment “supported” by Obama isn’t the one in my Bill of Rights.

The Libertarian, who had already voted, didn’t understand at first that he had wasted his vote on a third party candidate who has no chance to win. His eyes got big when I explained to him the extent of “The Chosen One’s” antipathy toward the individual rights of American Citizens to armed self-defense against crime and tyranny. I don’t think the young man at the show will cast another third party vote, if he gets another chance to vote in a national election.

I educated the undecided gun show patron, who had not yet voted, on Obama’s real position on civilian ownership of firearms and his disrespect for people he thinks are xenophobic rednecks who cling desperately to guns and religion. Hopefully, this young patron will make his vote count.

The man from Eastern Europe assured me that he had voted for John McCain. He said something like, “I came from Europe to this county, so that I could be free. If the Communists take over here, I don’t know where I can go.”

The fourth gun show visitor reminded me of a man that I met in South Vietnam in 1972. We were standing guard together on the roof of a building on a muggy night watching parachute flares light up the sky north of Saigon. This man had escaped from his native Communist North Vietnam after they had imprisoned him. His crime? He had a college education.

Sometimes people from other countries can see our political landscape more clearly than some native-born American Citizens. (See Antonio Sosa’s comment on my last post, “Obama a Marxist? Say it ain’t so, Joe.”

Be safe. Vote wisely.

Def Mech

There is some concern at the national level about the Lautenberg-Reed anti-gun show bill, S. 2755. As I read this bill, it would drive gun shows out of business through excessive regulation. Check it out. You may need to contact your senators.

Def Mech