LA county sheriff election

[mblat]

I have sent email to Don Meredith election company and receive the following respone:

Mikhail,

Mr. Meredith's position on CCW would be closest to that of Sheriff Carona, in Orange County.

Thank you for contacting Meredith for Sheriff.

Sheila McNichols, Lead Advisor
Meredith for Sheriff

That sounds somewhat promising..... Corona's position on CCW is pretty much "shall issue"..... May be somebody in LA want to get more firm commitment on this, somehow?
May be I(we) should donate some money to his compain?

[CALI-gula]

WAY TO GO MBLAT!!

Thanks for doing that, as so many politicians seem to step around such issues, and it is nice to see their 2nd Amendment views in writing. I'll choose anyone over Lee "Backwards" Baca. Maybe one day we might be able to get a CCW in Los Angeles County again!

[Skammy]

doh' http://meredithforsheriff.com/

You can volunteer at the site and donate money.. we need Lee Baca gone.

I'll call him monday if I have a chance to get some more info

[mblat]

doh' http://meredithforsheriff.com/

You can volunteer at the site and donate money.. we need Lee Baca gone.

I'll call him monday if I have a chance to get some more info

Yes, and after you do that, plz keep us updated. May he is somebody who can turn some of this nonsense around....

[xLusi0n]

Not that I don't trust politicians...ok, I don't. But that sonded like a "safe" answer for someone running a campaign.

[Ford8N]

Not that I don't trust politicians...ok, I don't. But that sonded like a "safe" answer for someone running a campaign.

I've seen a Sheriff say he was a "shall issue" during the campaign and when elected, didn't. One of the reasons I don't believe anything a politician will say during a campaign.

[mblat]

From what I understand, this guy is super good on firearms ownership.

http://kenmasse.com/index.cfm

I'd love to see what his response would be to mblat's questionnaire.

10TH

I'lll make sure to send him email as well.....

[Paladin]

the problem & the solution

I've seen a Sheriff say he was a "shall issue" during the campaign and when elected, didn't. One of the reasons I don't believe anything a politician will say during a campaign.

That is all too true and that is the problem. But nowadays we have the solution, right here w/the internet. This is an alternative way of finding and organizing like-minded individuals to follow up w/the candidate's performance once in office and if he doesn't keep his promises, get the word out and kick him out of office too. "Next!" Pretty soon they'll learn not to mess w/us and that our loyalty is not to the man or the political party (for political offices), but to the issue.

The main problem has been that until talk radio and the internet, once they're in office, the anti-2nd A MSM justified/excused their betraying us or never even reported it. Not anymore. Tell 'em, "Sure, we believe you and we'll support you and if you don't follow thru once in office, we'll support WHOEVER runs against you. Period." And then follow thru.

"Next!"

[Jeff Rambo]

Do not get too excited, as pointed out that was a rather "Safe political answer." I contacted Meredith after hearing him on a talk radio interview on 790AM a few weeks back. My questions (some relating to CCW) were rather detailed to specifically avoid him giving a "safe" answer and as expected, no response.

This is something that needs to be posed during a public debate to at least openly commit him to a platform stance.

Ken Masse will have my support as it currently stands. LASD needs someone who suffered under Baca within the organization to right their ship and Masse is that guy.

[4ME&MYHOUSE]

Ken Masse

I personally spoke with Ken's campaign officer about 3 weeks ago.. I specifically asked him about his postion on CCW, his response...

" Ken Masse is not pay-to-play like Baca, if you are not a criminal, and can pass the the legal requirment to CCW then there is no reason why you should not have a CCW in Los Angeles County..." (paraphrasing)..

From my research since that encounter, and from speaking to friend who also is helping with his campaign, Ken is the man.

I have contact information for his campaign officer if anyone would like to follow-up.

Ken has my suppport..

Pete

[jnojr]

Sometimes, the devil that you don't know is preferable to the one you do.

Instead of trying to pick apart Ken Masse's exact position on this, ask yourself... "Is his position better than Baca's?" The answer is clearly yes.

I would hope that every LA gun owner would commit to voting for Masse (assuming there are no better viable candidates) at the very least, and volunteer for or donate to his election campaign. Get posters made and put up in ever gun store, shooting range, etc.

Oh, but look how well that happened for the RKBA amendment...

[Mute]

In L.A. County the "safe" answer would be to be against CCW. The fact that he's along the lines of Carona is a pretty good indicator that he may actually be even more pro-gun than his stance suggests. Even if I'm wrong, I can't see how he could be much worse than Baca.

[Riodog]

ANYONE is better than Baca HOWEVER do not delude yourselves into thinking that as soon as the election is over he'll be dealing CCW's like a dealer deals cards. Carona is not that hot on handing out permits. His definition of "need" and ours are 2 very different things.
Rio

[ajwells]

Not to be the black sheep here, but I don't think Baca's a bad guy at all. He's friends with some of my family friends and I've seen him at some of their parties and he really isn't that bad at all. Plus he's been in his position for like 25 years, so he's gotta be doin something right.

Of course I would love for LA to be better on CCWs but I'm just saying that in other areas he's a pretty good guy. JMO, don't want to start an arguement.

[markymark]

Not to be the black sheep here, but I don't think Baca's a bad guy at all. He's friends with some of my family friends and I've seen him at some of their parties and he really isn't that bad at all. Plus he's been in his position for like 25 years, so he's gotta be doin something right.

Of course I would love for LA to be better on CCWs but I'm just saying that in other areas he's a pretty good guy. JMO, don't want to start an arguement.

Baca's only been the sheriff for the past 7 or so years.