Big Sky Cairn

Last night, I was watching Keith Olbermann’s Countdown on MSNBC when I got the shock of my life. Before me was Hillary Clinton telling the story of how her father taught her to shoot a rifle when she was little girl and following the telling with a passionate defense of my right to possess a firearm. Given Hillary Clinton’s record on this issue, a zero from Gun Owners of America, an F from the National Rifle Association and a 100% from the Brady Campaign, I was stunned by her comments.

She considers possession of a firearm a right? She understands my passion about the issue? She respects that many Americans pass the lessons and responsibilities of proper gun ownership onto their children as part of their heritage?

Is this not the same Hillary Clinton who in 2000 wanted every handgun in America registered and the records kept in a national database? Who in 1999 wanted to require that guns and ammo be stored separately (vastly limiting their effectiveness for self-defense)? Who voted against legislation that would have prevented victims of crime from suing gun manufacturers?

The hypocrisy is overwhelming.