Comments on: Remember those SHOT Show arrests?

By: Hognose

Hognose — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 18:52:12 +0000

I think Romney’s campaign was pretty serious. He had the serious gun culture guys in his corner, and people worried about government excesses were not turning out to vote for President Candyman. What we’re seeing is a demographic change, where much of the country WANTS government excesses, because they think they will benefit.

By: Sillystring

Sillystring — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:57:23 +0000

If Mitt Romney’s campaign were serious this story would have been a regular feature in his campaign. It contains all the elements you need – a politically hatched botched scheme carried out by corrupt government thugs. It’s ready made for a winning campaign…if one were ever launched.

By: Hognose

Hognose — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 04:22:32 +0000

I don’t see the election as a factor. The case was pretty much wrapped up in February ’12, definitely stone cold and in the ground a couple of months ago. We were not on top of it. (We, meaning WeaponsMan.com, as well as the gun blogosphere in general). So it was us not noticing that caused the delay in this coming to light.

It’s just the nature of things that the general-purpose media is not going to be as interested in acquittals and dismissals as nice, loud, showy indictments and arrests. The guys who were on top of it were those few law blogs that specialize in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. (As far as I know, we’re the only nation that criminalizes a bribe paid in another country by a citizen of a third country, involving neither US bribe-maker or bribe-taker). From reading those blogs, it looks like the prosecution was a real reach that the DOJ was hoping would be a precedent.

By: Dean Weingarten

Dean Weingarten — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:49:25 +0000

Excellent post and analysis. I notice nothing was made of this until after the election.