{"id":2389,"date":"2003-05-07T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2003-05-07T19:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mossback.org\/archives\/2003\/05\/arming-cross-dressers\/"},"modified":"2003-05-07T12:57:02","modified_gmt":"2003-05-07T19:57:02","slug":"arming-cross-dressers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/2003\/05\/07\/arming-cross-dressers\/","title":{"rendered":"Arming cross-dressers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tMatier and Ross report<\/a> on Ray Haynes’ bill granting concealed carry permits to victims of hate crimes and domestic violence:<\/p>\n

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PACKING PINK: After years in San Francisco politics, Democratic state Assemblyman Mark Leno is no stranger to special-interest lobbying. But even he did a double-take when a transsexual from the “Pink Pistols” showed up in Sacramento the other day to lobby for a pro-gun bill. <\/p>\n

The Pink Pistols (their motto: “Armed gays don’t get bashed”) were there to testify for a proposal by Republican Assemblyman Ray Haynes<\/a> of Riverside that would give victims of hate crimes and domestic violence the right to pack concealed weapons. <\/p>\n

As for why Haynes chose a Pink Pistol to make the point? <\/p>\n

“I suppose they were trying to be cute and clever,” said Leno — whose own bill to end job discrimination<\/a> against transsexuals was being heard the same week. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ray’s not only one of the smartest members of the legislature, he’s got a great sense of humor. Go visit his office in the Capitol some time and look for the “Spotted Owl Helper” poster. His bill failed, with gay activists Leno and Jackie Goldberg voting “No”<\/a>. It’s a shame these people have no compassion for the victims of patriarchy.<\/p>\n

Teresa Heinz Kerry<\/a> would add victims of adultery to Ray’s list:<\/p>\n

Teresa Heinz Kerry thinks that Hillary Clinton should have shot her husband for being unfaithful, that plastic surgery is essential, and that rabbit meat provides the best diet for children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seems prudent (Kerry via Tim Blair<\/a>).\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matier and Ross report on Ray Haynes’ bill granting concealed carry permits to victims of hate crimes and domestic violence: PACKING PINK: After years in San Francisco politics, Democratic state Assemblyman Mark Leno is no stranger to special-interest lobbying. But even he did a double-take when a transsexual from the “Pink Pistols” showed up in … Continue reading “Arming cross-dressers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbifyw-Cx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bennett.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}