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Jeff Klein. He was campaigning at my subway station. Shook his hand, asked him his stance on the 2nd Amendment. He looks at me as if I was speaking a foreign language...and says [all paraphrased]:
"Second...second...amendment??" So I say "Yesssss...the Second Amendment...." He looked confused still, and then his staffer gave him a little help "The right to bear arms", which was also at the same moment that it clicked for him and he realized what I was talking about...
His response was basically, and I paraphrase "I think there should be gun control laws and that people should go thru background checks and if they come out ok then they should be allowed to have handguns and we should keep illegal guns off the streets." So I ask him "Do you not think there are already enough gun control laws?" (I had to make 5 visits to the NYPD and wait four months to get my permit). And this was the most revealing part for me: He said "I think there should be national laws." (As if there aren't already). He continued: "But as far as hunting is concerned I'm all for that and think people should be allowed to have guns for hunting by all means."
I shook his hand and wished him good luck, thinking to myself how conveniently his answered sounded great, and yet if I was to dig deeper into his voting pattern, I'd find he gets, what, an F, from the NRA? I wish I had the copy of the Rifleman with me to show him his failing grade. At least that's what I remember it being, I'll look when I get home tonight.
He did not give me that "Wow, here's a guy I can trust" feeling, that's for sure. Body language, avoidance of eye contact, same thing from his staffers. I used to be an auditor, and I would get the same reaction from people who had something to hide or who were not completely comfortable with the questions I was asking. Coincidence?
"Second...second...amendment??" So I say "Yesssss...the Second Amendment...." He looked confused still, and then his staffer gave him a little help "The right to bear arms", which was also at the same moment that it clicked for him and he realized what I was talking about...
His response was basically, and I paraphrase "I think there should be gun control laws and that people should go thru background checks and if they come out ok then they should be allowed to have handguns and we should keep illegal guns off the streets." So I ask him "Do you not think there are already enough gun control laws?" (I had to make 5 visits to the NYPD and wait four months to get my permit). And this was the most revealing part for me: He said "I think there should be national laws." (As if there aren't already). He continued: "But as far as hunting is concerned I'm all for that and think people should be allowed to have guns for hunting by all means."
I shook his hand and wished him good luck, thinking to myself how conveniently his answered sounded great, and yet if I was to dig deeper into his voting pattern, I'd find he gets, what, an F, from the NRA? I wish I had the copy of the Rifleman with me to show him his failing grade. At least that's what I remember it being, I'll look when I get home tonight.
He did not give me that "Wow, here's a guy I can trust" feeling, that's for sure. Body language, avoidance of eye contact, same thing from his staffers. I used to be an auditor, and I would get the same reaction from people who had something to hide or who were not completely comfortable with the questions I was asking. Coincidence?