Well stated sir
Whatever his faults, it's important to consider the alternative.
Just as the 2A has been weakened by a century of progressive incrementalism, regaining a semblance of our rights will have to be achieved the same way. As distasteful as Hogan's reluctance to support us may be, he is in a far better position to advance our agenda than any Democrat in that office.
In order to have any effect on a legislature with a supermajority, in a state filled with rabid Alt-Left voters, he must compromise to retain his office. The next four years will find the governor's office taking a leading role in re-drawing boundaries for legislative districts.
This re-districting following the 2020 census is the best hope for returning enough Republicans to the legislature to be able to sustain the governor's veto, which is at present not possible. It's impossible to overstate the importance of this ability, so long as we have a Governor who differs with the General Assembly. (Again, useless if Hogan fails to be re-elected.)
The Perfect is the enemy of the Good. And despite the nattering of the Progressives, nothing in the area of human activity is perfect, especially in the political arena.
Compromise is one thing but hogan goes nearly full throttle dem and agrees with dems more than the dems do with themselves. He doesn’t need to be perfect but he needs our help to get re elected, at least that’s what I think and if it ain’t true why not just abandon him, so he needs to do or say something vaguely resembling a pro 2 a stance. The way he acts I don’t think he thinks he needs us, more like we are a hindrance to what he really wants to do.
Just my opinion he should at the very least say something pro 2a
Let's see whether he exercises his veto on any of the garbage being formulated by the GA this session.
Compromise is one thing but hogan goes nearly full throttle dem and agrees with dems more than the dems do with themselves. He doesn’t need to be perfect but he needs our help to get re elected, at least that’s what I think and if it ain’t true why not just abandon him, so he needs to do or say something vaguely resembling a pro 2 a stance. The way he acts I don’t think he thinks he needs us, more like we are a hindrance to what he really wants to do.
Just my opinion he should at the very least say something pro 2a
Why does he need us to get re-elected? Did we elect him in the first place or did the middle elect him because they could see the true nature of Anthony Brown?
Don't fool yourself into thinking that we (pro 2A) are that strong in this state. If we had anywhere near the power you say we do, the state would not be so far left leaning. We wouldn't need Gun Bill Days in Annapolis or for that matter, a great group like the Patriot Picket.
This state is deeply entrenched in an anti 2A political climate. Until we get local representation that is more pro 2A, we are spinning our wheels.
Do I want Hogan to do something for us? Yes, you better believe I do. Do I expect him to do anything this year? Absolutely not.
It would appear that the 2nd Amendment is aligning to be the battle cry for both parties this November. Hogan would be committing political suicide if he took a pro 2A stance now. The problem he would have is any positive movement on the 2A from him would be pounced on by any democrat opponent.
I personal have always thought that he should have come into office with some pro 2A order. Then it would have had 3-4 years to prove that what he did wouldn't hurt the citizens or the state. But if he were to do something now, the Dems would cry that the sky is falling and Hogan is going to lead the state into armed gangs everywhere in the state (not that this isn't already happening) and that it would be all Hogan's fault. He lost his opportunity. We lost our opportunity.
I hope he gets another chance at doing something in 2019.
Like I said, if he doesn’t need us why not abandon him? If we are of no help no wonder we get shyte on. If he doesn’t veto everything the dems pass that’s anti 2a this session he’s an anti himself, in my eyes. He’s already gone on record saying all the dems have to do is send him a bannthe bumpstock and trigger enhancements bill and he will gladly sign it. With friends like that who needs enemies?
Since he WILL BE the Republican candidate for the governor's race, who would you recommend we put our efforts into getting elected?
If he doesn't meet your expectations, is he any better or any worse than a Democrat sitting in the office?
President Trump and many other Republicans has gone on record that they also want to ban bump stocks and possibly trigger enhancements. Do we have to abandon the Republican party because of these opinions?
Enemies? You don't know enemies. Things could be a lot worse and I guarantee they will be a lot worse if a Dem gets to sit in the Governor's office.
Do I like the direction Governor Hogan has taken, no. Did I expect a pro 2A governor, no. We have 2A folks leaving this state every day. They don't see any help coming and I'm not sure I can disagree with them. But until we get our local representatives thinking about pro 2A laws, we could have Ronald Reagan for governor and it wouldn't help.
Compromise is one thing but hogan goes nearly full throttle dem and agrees with dems more than the dems do with themselves. He doesn’t need to be perfect but he needs our help to get re elected, at least that’s what I think and if it ain’t true why not just abandon him, so he needs to do or say something vaguely resembling a pro 2 a stance. The way he acts I don’t think he thinks he needs us, more like we are a hindrance to what he really wants to do.
Just my opinion he should at the very least say something pro 2a
Whatever his faults, it's important to consider the alternative.
Just as the 2A has been weakened by a century of progressive incrementalism, regaining a semblance of our rights will have to be achieved the same way. As distasteful as Hogan's reluctance to support us may be, he is in a far better position to advance our agenda than any Democrat in that office.
In order to have any effect on a legislature with a supermajority, in a state filled with rabid Alt-Left voters, he must compromise to retain his office. The next four years will find the governor's office taking a leading role in re-drawing boundaries for legislative districts.
This re-districting following the 2020 census is the best hope for returning enough Republicans to the legislature to be able to sustain the governor's veto, which is at present not possible. It's impossible to overstate the importance of this ability, so long as we have a Governor who differs with the General Assembly. (Again, useless if Hogan fails to be re-elected.)
The Perfect is the enemy of the Good. And despite the nattering of the Progressives, nothing in the area of human activity is perfect, especially in the political arena.
No, Hogan just does not go full throttle 2A. As I keep telling a lot of people on here, 2A is not the only topic that everybody thinks about when deciding to vote for a candidate. In fact, a lot probably do not even care about 2A when voting for a candidate. Of course, that is not the case on this board, but it is the case at the voting booth.
For me it’s the case at both places.
The rest of y’all can decide how many of your rights are ok for hogan to give away. My answer is zero. He gives away my rights here in md, he doesn’t get my vote.
How many of your rights are you ok with him giving away?
I understand and respect your position.
That said, you may recall a recent Virginia election that was decided by a toss of a coin. While it's not likely to happen in our gubernatorial election, it would be a sad day if it came to that because of people's annoyance with Hogan's go-slow policies.
If he signs any gun control legilation I'm not voting for him, period.
You'd chose death over a pin-prick and let a Liberal be governor. Then things will be much worst.
*puzzled*
One of my favorites from D.H. Lawrence
"Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks."