Got this in the e-mail:
Melina Kennedy Continues to Promise More Gun Control if Elected Mayor
blah de blah de vote for Ballard de blah.
Sure. But Melina appears to be unaware of the statewide preemption law that passed in the last General Assembly that took away the remaining grandfathered exceptions. Neither she nor the City-County Council has the authority to pass any gun control law.
Given that the NRA was hot to trot about the preemption law last session, it would be nice if they acted like they were aware that it passed.
I’d be surprised if Melina Kennedy is unaware of the statewide preemption law. If she is unaware of it, I’m sure a Republican City County Council member will impolitely remind her.
Are you so sure she will obey that state law? If so, why does our state have Appellate courts? Next thing I know you’ll tell me that the Second Amendment prohibits Chicago and the District of Columbia from passing unconstitutional gun laws.
If Kennedy proposes (and gets passed) an illegal gun control measure, I would not be the least bit surprised if a court overturns it. Why should we risk subjecting a poor citizen of Indiana to proving himself innocent in court?
Better to vote for a better candidate than to risk the chance she’ll make the NRA go to court.
Look: The NRA threw away a freebie that would have made her look like even more of an idiot. Not that I’d rely on the preemption law to keep Melina from doing something stupid that would undoubtedly be overturned. And yes, it would be painful for the person who had to appeal their conviction under the illegal law. But that wasn’t my point.
My point was that the NRA’s email was like a cupcake without icing. Not mentioning the preemption law was an unforced error on the NRA’s part.
If you vote for the Democrat, they might hire some anti-gun New Yorker as Public Safety Director!