{"id":4446,"date":"2011-05-06T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T16:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2011\/05\/06\/dont-always-judge-book-by-its-cover\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:14:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:14:27","slug":"dont-always-judge-book-by-its-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=4446","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Always Judge A Book By Its Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:17641,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=TN9&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=40&amp;y=9&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org:443\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17642,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=CA8&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=30&amp;y=5&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org:443\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17643,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=NY4&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=10&amp;y=11&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.progressivepunch.org:443\\\/members.htm?search=selectName&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17644,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/dailycaller.com\\\/2011\\\/01\\\/19\\\/new-tone-rep-steve-cohen-republicans-are-like-nazis&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17645,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.commercialappeal.com\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/jan\\\/11\\\/memphis-rep-steve-cohen-apply-concealed-weapon-per&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110517164230\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.commercialappeal.com:80\\\/news\\\/2011\\\/jan\\\/11\\\/memphis-rep-steve-cohen-apply-concealed-weapon-per\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 12:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 12:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:17646,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rangemaster.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) represents the Memphis area in Congress. His&nbsp;Congressional district is majority African-American and is considered one of the safest&nbsp;Democratic seats in the country. A win in the Democratic primary is tantamount to winning the election.<\/p>\n<p>Cohen is also extremely liberal. According to the website, ProgressivePunch.org, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivepunch.org\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=TN9&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=40&amp;y=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his lifetime score<\/a> is 95.84% which puts him ahead of such liberal icons as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivepunch.org\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=CA8&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=30&amp;y=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> and the Queen Bee of Gun Control, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressivepunch.org\/members.htm?search=selectName&amp;member=NY4&amp;chamber=Senate&amp;zip=&amp;x=10&amp;y=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolyn McCarthy<\/a>. It is hard to find anyone more liberal than Cohen and he tends to wear his politics on his sleeve. Indeed,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/01\/19\/new-tone-rep-steve-cohen-republicans-are-like-nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cohen caused a stir back<\/a> in January when he said &#8220;Republicans are like Nazis&#8221; when discussing healthcare. <\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, Cohen is listed as one of the co-sponsors for Rep. Carolyn McCarthy&#8217;s HR 308 which seeks to ban standard capacity magazines and eliminates the grandfathering that the Clinton-era AWB had. <\/p>\n<p>So you can imagine my surprise when I was checking the co-sponsors of HR 822 &#8211; the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Bill &#8211; and saw his name listed as becoming a co-sponsor this week.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how and I don&#8217;t why he decided to become a co-sponsor but I certainly welcome his support. It may have something to do with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/news\/2011\/jan\/11\/memphis-rep-steve-cohen-apply-concealed-weapon-per\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his comments after the Tucson shooting<\/a> when he said he was planning to apply for his Tennessee CCW permit. According to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, Cohen did vote for right to carry legislation as a State Senator and has said he owns a pistol. I might even&nbsp;suggest he contact Tom Givens at<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rangemaster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> RangeMaster<\/a> for his CCW permit training.<\/p>\n<p>The upshot of all of this is that sometimes strange and unusual coalitions can form around gun rights legislation. It is a mistake to think that all Democrats and all liberals are for each and every gun control measure put forth. Sometimes they are and and sometimes they aren&#8217;t. <\/p>\n<p>As to HR 822, it now has 197 co-sponsors including 26 more so far this week. The leading gun control measure, HR 308, is stuck at 107.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) represents the Memphis area in Congress. 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