Chap Sets the Record Straight on Guns and Jeannemarie

By: Lowell
Published On: 7/6/2007 1:18:31 PM

We already know that the Davises, Tom Davis and Jeannemarie Devolites Davis (JMDD), will say pretty much whatever it takes to get them elected.  For instance, in front of a pro-Metro-tunnel crowd, they're - shockingly - all for the tunnel.  Behind closed doors with Bechtel?  Well then, their story changes, and the "aerial" starts looking just great!

Now, Chap Petersen addresses JMDD's claims with regard to guns:

No issue in Virginia politics is more prone to misrepresentation than laws involving firearms.  But don't blame the usual suspects this year.

Recently State Senator Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis (R-Oakton) -- having apparently failed as a Republican -- is using the hot-button issue of gun control to reinvent herself as a liberal.

Over the past several months, she has attacked me on my past record relating to firearms.  In her latest newsletter (which arrived with the official State Senate seal), she claims that I voted as a Delegate to wipe out local gun control measures and also to "allow guns back on to school property."

Let's set the record straight.

Chap then proceeds to do just that.  Unfortunately, something tells me we're going to need a lot more "setting the record straight" on JMDD before this State Senate campaign is over.  Fortunately, Chap is on top of it and not letting JMDD's distortions go unchallenged.  To put it in terms of the issue at hand, Chap Petersen is a "straight shooter," and JMDD...well, she's still trying to figure out where to aim the gun.

Comments



JMMD 2.0 (novadem2 - 7/6/2007 2:21:02 PM)
So now she's a gun control liberal? Unbelievable. You never know what you're getting with her.

Can't wait to see the next release of JMMD.



Honestly, who is she kidding? n/t (olbermann08 - 7/6/2007 2:23:51 PM)


Ha. (Eric - 7/6/2007 2:26:58 PM)
How far left can she go until they throw her out of the party?  She'll be pushing the limit this year.


Going on the offensive may be necessary (Rebecca - 7/6/2007 3:21:54 PM)
There are so many things to discuss about the Jeannemarie that soon it may be more effective to go on the offensive rather than being on the defensive. I think Chap is gaging his responses and I trust his judgement.


Chap's blog errs a tad on the desire to liberalize the K-12 school gun ban (opencarry - 7/6/2007 11:57:15 PM)
Chap wrote:  "As far as schools, the state law is clear.  It is a Class 6 felony to possess a firearm on school property.  **No one is seeking to repeal this law.**"

Huh?

Oh yes we are.

Chap needs to understand that that a LOT of VA gun owners & pro-gun groups want to conform VA's law to federal law at 18 USC 922(q) and exempt concealed handgun permit holders from the K-12 school gun ban.  Other states have done this, including California, Alabama, Utah, Delaware, and Oregon.  K-12 schools are not magically exempt from crime - there's no reason to have this artificial gun ban on K-12 schools where permit holders are forbidden to get out of their cars even if a madman attacks.



Well (brimur - 7/7/2007 5:20:28 PM)
I guess I just read his remarks to mean: "No [sane person] is seeking to repeal this law."

Anyway, in the madman case I do believe prosecutorial discretion would pretty well apply to someone getting "out of their cars" to protect the children. Or do you honestly believe that person would be prosecuted?