California: "Recall Opponents Target Issa"

[cuchulainn]

from the KCRA website

http://www.thekcrachannel.com/politics/2306683/detail.html

Recall Opponents Target Issa

Gun Control Groups Say Issa Wants Gun Safety Laws Gone

POSTED: 6:07 p.m. PDT July 1, 2003
UPDATED: 6:55 p.m. PDT July 1, 2003

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis took a negative turn Tuesday, with gun-control groups taking aim at San Diego Congressman Darrell Issa, a key figure in the recall movement. The groups say Issa's real goal is to destroy some of the strongest gun safety laws in the nation.

The agenda of Congressman Issa and his backers is very clear and it's very dangerous to California. It would take us backwards and repeal our gun laws," said Luis Tolley, of the Brady Campaign to Stop Gun Violence.

Recall opponents released a videotape of the Great Western Gun Show, taken at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in 1998, when Issa was running for the U.S. Senate. The show included displays of Nazi flags not far from Issa's own booth.

"We're not making the accusation that Darrell Issa is a Nazi. However, I think it is fair to ask the question why he chose to participate in an event like this," Taxpayers Against the Governor's Recall spokesman Carroll Willis said.

Gun control is a hot-button issue that Davis successfully emphasized in winning the governorship. His backers are repeating that tactic -- part of a plan to shift the focus from Davis to the recall itself.

"Gray Davis runs sleazy campaigns and slimed everyone who ever ran against him. This is his usual campaign of personal attacks, and mine is no exception," Issa said.

"It's difficult for me to understand how Mr. Issa can complain about being demonized, when he's the one who put himself into the arena," Willis said. Recall groups are now threatening to sue Secretary of State Kevin Shelly, claiming he is slowing down the count of petition signatures.

"I'm not charged with the responsibility of either speeding up or slowing down this election process. I'm charged with the responsibility of ensuring it's conducted accurately and fairly," Shelly said.

For Davis, the recall threat hangs like a cloud as Californians await a budget resolution.

"They do expect us to pull together in difficult times. And a recall pulls us in the opposite direction," Davis said.

Recall opponents noted that Issa has voted in the past to give the gun industry immunity from lawsuits, and they claim that he wants to overturn the state's ban on assault weapons.

Issa has been vague on the issue in recent newspaper interviews. An Issa spokesman said Tuesday that "the governor's goon squad is running a political drill."

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[Psssniper]

WHile I appreciate Issa's help in recalling Davis, I am certainly not an Issa fan. Watch him carefully.....

 

[Standing Wolf]

"the governor's goon squad is running a political drill."

Why, how very surprising!

 

[PrudentGT]

The groups say Issa's real goal is to destroy some of the strongest gun safety laws in the nation.

Ha! If only that were true! I might even stay in California...

Face it, most of the people who voted Davis vote that way because they're addicted to welfare, employed in the bloated bureacracy, afraid that conservatives will threaten their lifestyle choices, strong pro-choice, or just because they always vote Dem. I'm sure there are very, very few who voted for him because guns are scary. On the other hand, there are a *lot* of one-issue voters on the pro-RKBA side, and hopefully the rest of them are sending in their recall petitions. Gun control as a political issue is a losing proposition.

 

[Mute]

Prudent got it right. Most of the voters here probably don't care one way or the other about guns. That is unless they're involved in suing some manufacturer for some supposed negligence. Most just want their government handouts or to feel good about helping others by overtaxing anyone that is wealthier.

 

[Monkeyleg]

"Recall opponents released a videotape of the Great Western Gun Show, taken at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in 1998, when Issa was running for the U.S. Senate. The show included displays of Nazi flags not far from Issa's own booth."


Oh, man, that is a low blow. I've yet to attend a gun show where there weren't WWII collectibles, both Allied and Axis.