Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

Chuck Schumer likes to shoot guns. "It’s a very enjoyable bonding experience," he says, shuttling between campaign finance committee meetings in Washington. He learned to shoot in summer camp ("I won some NRA sharp-shooter badges at the rifle range when I was, like, 12.") and, more recently, went pheasant-shooting with Ben Nelson, his fellow Democratic senator of Nebraska, hiding out in blinds. "I was scared. I said, 'What if I miss? What if I do something wrong?'" Above all, the hunt changed his mind on guns. It reminded him of his Brooklyn boyhood. "I got to appreciate how in large parts of the country [hunting] has the same sort of significance as our basketball park in Marine Park."

There are of course some issues with comparing shooting hoops on the playground and shooting bullets at animals. But Schumer’s latest embrace of gun culture is one way he thinks the Democrats and legislators in Congress could pass any meaningful gun-control bills in the wake of the Newtown elementary-school tragedy — that, in order to pass laws that prohibit guns, the Dems have to first show some love to gun lovers.

FiremanBob wrote:Actually, he said, "Kin I get me a huntin' license here?" which is even worse.