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Packin’ Perry

I am greatly amused by liberal reporters’ fearful fascination with Governor Perry’s excercise of his Constitutional rights.

When Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry goes for a jog in Texas, the governor doesn’t just throw on a pair of gym shorts and tennis shoes before dashing out the door. He also packs a concealed .380 Ruger loaded with deadly hollow-point bullets, fully equipped with a laser-sight for precise killing. (What, you don’t?)

He says he keeps it on him in case of an attack from wild animals. Last year, the Texas governor sent a coyote to canine heaven with a single shot while he was exercising in Austin, claiming it had threatened his dog.

But if he were elected president, could Perry hypothetically continue to pack heat on his morning run? You’re damn right he could.

The Ticket asked several constitutional scholars and presidential experts if a sitting president would be allowed to carry a gun if he wanted to, even if it meant breaking local law. Since the White House is located in Washington, D.C.—a city that bans carrying firearms—the answer isn’t perfectly simple. As presidential scholar Kenneth R. Mayer of the University of Wisconsin put it, the legal questions would get “big, fat, and hairy in a hurry.”

The short answer is that if the president really wanted to run around Lafayette Park with a revolver strapped to his leg, the legal barriers would be easily surmountable.

Posted by Owen at 1914 hrs
Firearms + Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Texas

1. This appears to be publicity that he doesn’t have to pay for…

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 23, 2011 at 2231 hrs
   
   
   

2. Since he would be commander in chief and probably head of the DOJ, he probably could legally carry without any problems.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 0027 hrs
   
   
   

3. The only thing that concerns me is that he doesn’t appear to be particularly bright.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 0410 hrs
   
   
   

4. “doesn’t appear to be particularly bright”  What makes you say that?  The man was an Air Force pilot, flew C-130s all over the world.  Has served as Texas governor since Bush left.  I think he is a very bright guy and very politically astute. 

   Ya, the media can’t get this carry thing through their heads.  This is America, we have a right to bear arms and MANY of us exercise that right including politicians.  I especially like the part about “deadly hollow-point bullets fully equipped with a laser-sight for precise killing.”  They can’t write about anything to do with firearms without adding crap like that.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 0717 hrs
   
   
   

5. Yeah, they said Dubya wasn’t too smart either, notwithstanding the fact that his undergrad school was Yale and he held an MBA from Harvard. Geez, what the hell do you libs want - does only an art degree from UW Madison count as “smart?!”

   I’m not very familiar with the USAF flight school, but the Navy school has plenty of college grads that can’t hack it. The military doesn’t just hand you the keys to millions of dollars of hardware and tell you to, “...bring it back in one piece.” Flight training is detailed, technical and complicated. And it has nothing to do with sitting in a Piper Cub with a flight instructor.

   I’m not real clear on one thing about Gov. Perry’s education: Is Texas A&M an actual college, or a tech school?

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 0729 hrs
   
   
   

6. If you read the end of the linked article, they attempt equate the security risk of obama carrying his blackberry to the potential security risk of Perry carrying a glock.  The author apparently doesn’t understand the ability to globally track the location of a blackberry and the security risk that involves.  I would argue Perry would be more secure carrying.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1059 hrs
   
   
   

7. I don’t blame him, but a 380 is piss poor round.  357 or above.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1114 hrs
   
   
   

8. Well, RUNNING with a gun does seem pretty stupid.  Also, believing in creationism is definitely stupid.  I agree that people care too much about gun issues, but this guys is a moron.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1531 hrs
   
   
   

9. Evolution is a “theory that’s out there,” AGW is a hoax and trickle-down works. When you stick to your guns in the face of overwhelming evidence, that’s plain dumb.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1550 hrs
   
   
   

10. Jim, you may not think Rick Perry is bright, but I’m sure he can manage to pay his bills on time.

    Just something to ponder.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1819 hrs
    
    
    

11. @ JIJAWM,

    Of course creationism isn’t true.  God wouldn’t create a fuck-up like you.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 24, 2011 at 1821 hrs
    
    
    

12. foo,

    Consider this your last warning. Quit being a jackass in these comments or you will be banned. Whatever personal issue you have with Jim, take it up with him yourself, but stop polluting our comments with personal attacks.

    Yours truly,

    Owen

    Posted by Owen on August 24, 2011 at 2137 hrs
    
    
    

13. Foo,
    What is your basis for suggesting I’m a “fuck-up”?  You’ve never met me.  I have several degrees, I’m gainfully employed, I’m athletic, I own a home, I have a hot girlfriend, and I don’t believe in fairy tales.  I just don’t see how I could be considered a fuck-up. 

    Believing in things without evidence is stupid.  It’s by definition senseless and ignorant.  Some people value ignorance (they call it faith though) but it’s still ignorance.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on August 25, 2011 at 1517 hrs
    
    
    

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