{"id":58721,"date":"2015-03-13T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58721"},"modified":"2015-03-12T20:04:28","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T00:04:28","slug":"not-the-joe-manchin-who-got-my-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58721","title":{"rendered":"Not the Joe Manchin who got my vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

I voted for Joe Manchin in 2012 for US Senator from West Virginia. The first Democrat that I’ve voted for national office since Jimmy Carter in 1976. Mostly I voted for him because he introduced a National concealed carry bill to the Senate. I’d hoped that he would be good on guns. A few months after I cast that vote for him he tried to run a gun control bill through the Senate in the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy. <\/p>\n

Now the West Virginia legislature voted overwhelmingly for permitless concealed carry for law abiding West Virginians. Manchin “strongly opposes”<\/a> this legislation; <\/p>\n

In a news release Thursday, Manchin noted that he is a member of the National Rifle Association and considers himself an advocate of the Second Amendment. However, Manchin said allowing a person to carry a concealed weapon without a permit or training is “irresponsible” and “dangerous.” <\/p>\n

“There is not one West Virginian whose Second Amendment rights will be infringed without this bill.With the right to bear arms comes the responsibility to use it in a safe and reasonable manner,” Manchin said in the Thursday news release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are still some reasons to get a Concealed Carry Weapon permit (I have one, by the way). 32 other states recognize West Virginia CCW permits, so, you’ll need one to cross state lines with your weapon. Last year, the legislature changed state laws so that anyone with a current CCW would not have to subject themselves to background checks every time they buy guns. Once every five years to renew your permit is good enough. So, see, it benefits a gun owner to have a CCW permit, but this way, it’s a choice, not a requirement.<\/p>\n

I also don’t see Manchin putting his name on that new National CCW bill in the Senate, you know, even though he was for it before his election.<\/p>\n

But, this Joe “I’m a member of the NRA” Manchin is not the fellow for whom I voted in 2012, so I won’t be making that mistake again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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