CCRKBA to Hillary: ‘Thanks for energizing gun owners’ [View all]

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The earth did not stop turning this morning, even though the head of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms actually did thank Democratic presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton for energizing gun owners to vote in 2016 in a press release.

It was somewhat tongue-in-cheek for CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who wrapped up the weekend Gun Rights Policy Conference yesterday by predicting, “Between now and November 2016, we expect Hillary Clinton to try to stigmatize and marginalize gun owners, but in fact she will energize those millions of law-abiding citizens whose votes she fears the most. That’s why we’re grateful for her campaign rhetoric.”

Today’s post-conference press release summed up the thoughts of many of the hundreds of Second Amendment activists who turned out for the 30th annual GRPC in Phoenix. Next year’s event will be held in Tampa, and by then, Gottlieb said, “if there is any apathy within the firearms community, it will have been transformed into activism.”

By contrast, current Republican front runner Donald Trump has already issued a position paper on gun rights, and despite the fact that it appears rock solid, there were some skeptics in the GRPC crowd. It’s a long time between now and November 2016, or even the Republican convention next summer, and much can change. One year in politics can be an eternity.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ccrkba-to-hillary-thanks-for-energizing-gun-owners