Salazar caves to powerful gun lobby
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I never liked Ken Salazar, not from the minute of his appointment where he showed up for the ceremony wearing a cowboy hat, to this week where he continues to pander to his gun loving buddies out west.
Here’s the story of Ken Salazar’s latest attack on the interior he is sworn to protect:
Score one for gun owners: The Interior Department is backtracking on a plan to restrict target shooting on federal land, reports MSNBC. Interior chief Ken Salazar today ordered that the draft proposal be shelved. It would have curbed the practice in areas deemed to have too many people living nearby. US News & World Report has Salazar’s memo here.
The proposal had drawn heavy criticism from hunting groups, particularly in the West where target shooting on public land is more popular, notes AP. Rep. Denny Rehberg, R-Mont., who helped lead opposition to the plan, said he’s happy with the reversal, “but it would be a lot better for everyone if they stopped doing things to restrict gun rights that require them to back off in the first place.” It probably didn’t hurt that Salazar is a hunter himself.
The appointment of this man, was, in my opinion, yet another failure that has become the hallmark of Obama’s presidency. What do you think about the latest Salazar fiasco.
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Ironically, for 40+ years I supported a ban on guns, but after 911 and the return to a police state due to the Patriot Act, I have no problem with this. Let people own guns, they don’t even need to register them. Practice shooting responsibly, and practice gun safety. But go ahead and own and shoot them.
I don’t see anything remotely resembling a return to a police state and I was the police.