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Feinstein the hypocrite. She has a conceal carry permit yet many in CA are unable to get such. I'm really done with her being one of CAs senators. Of the two

Feinstein the hypocrite. She has a conceal carry permit yet many in CA are unable to get such. I'm really done with her being one of CAs senators. Of the two, I don't like either, at least I can respect Boxer for not being the overwhelming hypocrite and self aggrandizer that Feinstein is.

gozur88 11y ago
I'm tired of being lectured on guns by people who have concealed carry permits and armed security. Sulzberger from the NY Times is another - he has the paper in full-throated support for gun control while at the same time he has a concealed carry permit hardly anyone in NYC can get.
- adrtessier 11y ago
  It is rational for Sulzberger to call for more gun control, and to be the only one with a gun. After all, it makes him safer. <insert major American city>'s economic elite are fearful because there are crazies that often have bones to pick with people that are high profile. By the nature of that profile, there's some nutjob that's likely sent them a few death threats. The more people other than their elite friends they can disarm, the safer it makes them. The greater the income inequality divide becomes, the worse it will probably get.
- jeremysmyth 11y ago
  It's generally rational for people who campaign against bad policy to make use of those policies while they exist and are advantageous. Mayday.us is a superpac designed to end superpacs. This is not hypocrisy. See also signatories to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
  - gozur88 11y ago
    It's not hypocritical if you think Sulzberger intends to give up his permit after he gets the gun control he wants. Personally, I don't believe it for a second. I don't blame him for wanting to be the only guy with a gun. I just don't think he should be allowed to arrange that through the government.
tomjakubowski 11y ago
> Feinstein the hypocrite. She has a conceal carry permit yet many in CA are unable to get such. This caught my attention (I love to catch a hypocrite), but I don't think it's actually true today. Various sources indicate she did have a concealed carry permit, due to threats she received from the New World Liberation Front, but that she ditched the revolver she was carrying in her purse, thanks to the permit, at some point in the past (likely in 1982). Here's an article from left-wing biased source MediaMatters, which cites a 1982 WaPo article I couldn't verify (no LexisNexis access): http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/19/hannity-falsely-accuses-sen-feinstein-of-hypocr/193122 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/19/hannity-falsely-accu... If you prefer sources from the other side, here's notorious right-wing blogger and floor-shitter Chuck C. Johnson reporting the same (with an entirely different spin): http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/15/in-feinsteins-harvey-milk-gun-control-speech-no-mention-of-38-special-she-once-carried/ http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/15/in-feinsteins-harvey-milk-... And here's a post from TheHill, whose political bias (if any) I don't know: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/273989-feinstein-doesnt-have-concealed-carry-permit-anymore http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/273989-fein... TheHill's post doesn't mention a date, though.
PhantomGremlin 11y ago
Don't forget Schwarzenegger. Just three days ago on HN we discussed his Facebook stance on "climate change" and "pollution". And yet this clown commuted via private jet, sometimes daily, between LA and Sacramento. Oh, sure, he bought "pollution credits" to offset that. I suppose those credits paid for giant flying bags attached to his jet engines. And then he sequestrated the captured CO2? It doesn't get much more hypocritical than that. Gulfstream liberals put limousine liberals to shame. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/07/local/me-arnold7 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/07/local/me-arnold7

gozur88 11y ago

I'm tired of being lectured on guns by people who have concealed carry permits and armed security. Sulzberger from the NY Times is another - he has the paper in full-throated support for gun control while at the same time he has a concealed carry permit hardly anyone in NYC can get.

adrtessier 11y ago
It is rational for Sulzberger to call for more gun control, and to be the only one with a gun. After all, it makes him safer. <insert major American city>'s economic elite are fearful because there are crazies that often have bones to pick with people that are high profile. By the nature of that profile, there's some nutjob that's likely sent them a few death threats. The more people other than their elite friends they can disarm, the safer it makes them. The greater the income inequality divide becomes, the worse it will probably get.
jeremysmyth 11y ago
It's generally rational for people who campaign against bad policy to make use of those policies while they exist and are advantageous. Mayday.us is a superpac designed to end superpacs. This is not hypocrisy. See also signatories to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
- gozur88 11y ago
  It's not hypocritical if you think Sulzberger intends to give up his permit after he gets the gun control he wants. Personally, I don't believe it for a second. I don't blame him for wanting to be the only guy with a gun. I just don't think he should be allowed to arrange that through the government.

tomjakubowski 11y ago

> Feinstein the hypocrite. She has a conceal carry permit yet many in CA are unable to get such. This caught my attention (I love to catch a hypocrite), but I don't think it's actually true today. Various sources indicate she did have a concealed carry permit, due to threats she received from the New World Liberation Front, but that she ditched the revolver she was carrying in her purse, thanks to the permit, at some point in the past (likely in 1982). Here's an article from left-wing biased source MediaMatters, which cites a 1982 WaPo article I couldn't verify (no LexisNexis access): http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/19/hannity-falsely-accuses-sen-feinstein-of-hypocr/193122 http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/03/19/hannity-falsely-accu... If you prefer sources from the other side, here's notorious right-wing blogger and floor-shitter Chuck C. Johnson reporting the same (with an entirely different spin): http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/15/in-feinsteins-harvey-milk-gun-control-speech-no-mention-of-38-special-she-once-carried/ http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/15/in-feinsteins-harvey-milk-... And here's a post from TheHill, whose political bias (if any) I don't know: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/273989-feinstein-doesnt-have-concealed-carry-permit-anymore http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/273989-fein... TheHill's post doesn't mention a date, though.

PhantomGremlin 11y ago

Don't forget Schwarzenegger. Just three days ago on HN we discussed his Facebook stance on "climate change" and "pollution". And yet this clown commuted via private jet, sometimes daily, between LA and Sacramento. Oh, sure, he bought "pollution credits" to offset that. I suppose those credits paid for giant flying bags attached to his jet engines. And then he sequestrated the captured CO2? It doesn't get much more hypocritical than that. Gulfstream liberals put limousine liberals to shame. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/07/local/me-arnold7 http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/07/local/me-arnold7