The claim is that it will attract ‘ultra-conservatives’ to the polls.
Question: Shouldn’t everybody be allowed to vote regardless of their position on the political spectrum? As usual, Democrats don’t think so.
Another question: Won’t having Barack Obama on the ballot attract ultra-liberals, socialists and communists to the polls? That can’t be stopped either.
The votes will cancel each other. However the rest of us ‘normal’ voters will likely support this measure. And that’s what the Democrats fear.
Democrats oppose the initiative that is likely to appear on the November, 2008 California ballot. The proposed initiative has been submitted to the office of the secretary of state with the necessary number of signatures.
Opponents of the “Safe Neighborhoods” act are attempting to spin the issue as targeting Latinos and African Americans, while completely ignoring the intent of the bill, which is to punish criminals. Moreover, they fear that this initiative will attract ‘ultra-conservatives’ to the polls, thereby crippling Democrats on the November ballot. One opponent said “This is about saying ‘boo’ to the people of California.”
It’s violent criminals that say ‘boo’ to the people.
Supporters of the measure say that it is as much about education and prevention as it is about punitive actions. The measure would punish ex-cons carrying loaded or concealed guns in public with new, 10-year terms. It would expand the “10-20-life” law to accomplices as well as actual shooters in crimes where guns are brandished, fired or injure people when shot.
Note that many law enforcement agencies statewide and all 58 county sheriffs support the initiative.
Read the story in the Sacramento Bee.
I suspect most democrats think the criminals are the victims and ‘ultra-conservatives’ are the criminals. “Safe Neighborhoods” are discriminatory to Hispanics and Blacks even though the majority of minorities would support safer neighborhoods.
It puzzles me to no end why people, namely democrats, don’t see the obvious hypocrisy in not supporting efforts to protect people, property, and peace of mind.
Way to go democrats. Support your constituents, the criminals.
It’s the same liberal knee jerk. Whether it is the death penalty, mandatory sentencing or DNA collection, liberals will fight it. But change it around and take firearms away from law biding citizens? They’ll fall over over themselves trying to get it passed. Idiots.
It’s so frustrating to me that the people who keep Democrats in office in California are the very people that stand to benefit by these tough law-and-order positions.
Between politicians lying and the media swearing to it, we’re marking time until we can get to someplace in a red state where we’re among right thinking people.
Soon.