No, believe me, I'll be here long after the election, I appreciate opencarry and I am here to say. I half wonder if the vast majority of those insulting me will have the guts to say it to my face in person at some of these OC meetups. For my part I've kept my posts here civil and respectful.
I am looking at this from the point of political practicality, because I've found it's usually the most useful.
It's very important when looking at a potential republican governor for a state with a vast majority democrat legislature to know exactly what that candidate values and what he's willing to "give up" in trade.
I want all of you to think of other well-known RINO governors of states with democrat legislatures like: Schwarzeneggar, Romney, etc.
Both of the examples above, and many other New England ones as well, are all GOP Governors who signed anti-gun legislation as a form of trade/barter with their democrat legislatures to get other things they wanted.
Why is this important and relevant here? McKenna himself says he doesn't own many guns and it's been years since he shot one. When making deals with the democrat legislature how much do you think McKenna would protect preemption and open carry if he was looking to make a trade to get something he wanted, like for instance, his biggest issue: education reform (which he will be fighting the WEA Union and all their henchmen) as well as the budget and taxes? For someone as lukewarm and "moderate" as McKenna, I think gun rights would probably be one of the first things he'd offer up just to appease the democrats, not necessarily because they want it all that bad but because it's not as important to him as his other key issues. This is why RINO governors are bad, and just plain dangerous when you are dealing with split government.
Far from keeping quiet about this to attract democratic votes in WA, McKenna may well be keeping very vague on the subject of guns and silent on preemption/OC to avoid having video clips or articles thrown in his face when he gives it up.
Or are you all going to deny what happened in California, Massachusetts, and other places where RINOs backstabbed firearms rights?
Gogogodawgs, I didn't get a written statement from the Inslee campaign, but at this point given the legwork I've put in and the complete avoidance the McKenna campaign has shown to this, it leaves me with a lot of questions. Is there any way you could convince them to issue even a verbal statement to you personally that as governor he'd protect preemption with a veto if necessary? Given your reputation here I'd be willing to trust your word on the matter and change/delete this thread.
