The Attorney General Race I haven't commented on the Virginia races this year. It seems self-evident that the Dem/S are willing to say or do anything to be elected. We're talking state-wide races here. Here is another example from the Washington Times.

With just days to go before the election, Virginia Democrats are getting desperate. In the race to become the commonwealth's next attorney general, state Delegate Stephen Shannon is trying to tar his opponent, state Sen. Ken Cuccinelli, for purportedly giving guns to convicted felons. Mr. Shannon is sending around literature with a scary picture of a violent criminal claiming: "FACT: Ken Cuccinelli, candidate for attorney general, voted to allow violent felons to purchase guns in Virginia."

We hate to break it to Mr. Shannon but this isn't going to be his Willie Horton ad. Mr. Shannon's convoluted logic goes this way: Since Mr. Cuccinelli voted against regulating the private sale of guns at gun shows, that means he supports felons having guns. Never mind that it is still illegal for felons to have guns and the senator supports that ban.

What Mr. Shannon is really referring to is the misleadingly named "gun show loophole." There is in fact no loophole. The rules for buying guns outside a gun show are precisely the same as they are at a gun show. Two types of people sell guns: registered dealers and private individuals. Registered dealers must fill out the same forms and meet the same requirements regardless of where they sell a gun. Private transfers are unregulated, but they are unregulated both inside and outside of gun shows. When pressed, most gun-control advocates admit what they really want is to regulate the private transfer of all guns, whether they are between a father and a son or anyone else.

Mr. Shannon is in fact telling two lies at once. One about the "gun show loophole" and another about Mr. Cuccinelli. I wish I could say that I was surprised. It seems de riguer for Dem/S to tell a lie even if the truth would do.

Mr. Shannon can't say, "I hate guns and gun owners and want to make both go away. Mr. Cuccinelli trusts guns and gun owners. Vote for what I believe is right. Vote for me." That would be the truth.

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  ¶ posted by Hobie 2:23 PM