Opinion
Bullock looking at Montana through the rearview mirror.
Montana – -(AmmoLand.com)- Ex-Montana Governor and 2020 Democratic Candidate for U.S Senate, Steve Bullock’s comments came in an August 2018 response to a question posed to him during a CNN State of The Union.
Host Jake Tapper asked Bullock if he would support an “assault weapons ban, a ban on some forms of semiautomatic weapons.”
Bullock answered, “You know, I would, Jake.”
Some people depend for success on being able to fool others – swindlers, con men, fraudsters, and too many political climbers. That applies to Montana’s Governor Steve Bullock (D-Montana) who is term-limited in Montana but now grasping at the straws of a national office. He is running in 2020 to occupy the Senate for Montana and knock out one of the most pro-gun Senators in the USA, Sen. Steve Daines.
In order to get elected to statewide office in Montana, Bullock had to claim enough support for the Second Amendment to fool some swing voters. If he had not successfully asserted support for gun rights, he would not have been elected to any statewide office in Montana.
We are now informed by Bullock himself that he lied to voters to get elected Governor of MT. He has only as much respect for the Second Amendment and the Constitution as is needed to get elected to the next public office on his quest. With his new aspiration to become a Senator, he has abandoned all pretense of supporting the Second Amendment and conveniently argues for wholesale gun control. Bullock’s only perspective on Montana at this point is through his rearview mirror.
Eric Sell, Editor-in-Chief of Statehouse Review picks up on this when he opines: “Even though it may result in the end of a future political career for Bullock in the state of Montana, he apparently no longer cares. Bullock is young, affable, ambitious, and sees anything lower than a presidential cabinet-level appointment as beneath him.”
Chameleon Bullock should be political toast here now that he is moved by political convenience to recant the lies he told to get elected in Montana, but as 2020 has shown you can not count on anything working as planned.
A better question may be, will Bullock’s opportunistic political philosophy affect the Nation? Maybe. Bullock now has a new audience to fool, and he’s good at that. He will talk with conviction about how he may still possess a gun once owned by his great grandfather, and how his ownership of that gun may be respected as long as he keeps it inoperative and government overseers permit. While crafting and telling these new lies, Bullock will be surrounded and protected by government agents carrying exactly the guns Bullock would not allow politically unreliable peasants to have. Bullock will expect these government agents and their swarms of sycophants to stand ready to impose Bullock’s new political philosophy on the rest of us, at gunpoint if necessary.
Listen to Bullock in his own words advocate for a gun-haters wish list of gun control.
As the old saying goes, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Observers on the national stage will do well to know that Bullock has no Montana ethic, shares critical behavior with the common con artist, and will say anything to gain advantage and succeed in his quest for higher office and more power.
That is Bullock’s demonstrated legacy from Montana.
Gary Marbut is President of the Montana Shooting Sports Association, a highly successful political advocate for Montana gun owners. Marbut is accepted as an expert in state and federal courts concerning firearms, self-defense, and use of force, and is the author of Gun Laws of Montana.
Bullock is just another wanna be petty Tyrant.
not in your state, but recall or vote this d-sucker out
Absolutely spot on! Bullock’s record speaks for itself. One need only to look at nearly THIRTY pro-Second Amendment bills in the Montana Legislature that Bullock vetoed, many even after being passed through both sides of the Montana Legislature. The People of Montana spoke, as did our Representatives in Helena, only to have Bullock give us ALL nothing but two middle fingers and one smug face. Despite his obstructionist efforts to block our Right to Keep and Bear Arms, The Montana Shooting Sports Association continues to fight for the RKBA by successfully ushering into law nearly seventy RKBA laws here in… Read more »
We here have said for a LONG time that many Montanan’s appear to be schizophrenic in State politics, Montana appears to be mostly RED, but then they seem to consistently elect these moronic, demon-crat governors. It is definitely an odd anomaly for sure. Now, some may believe that this outing of what many critical thinkers here consider to be the biggest moron governor to ever occupy the seat is going to wake the “people” up to all this. Don’t wager on that one. Stupid tends to become malignant over time.
It was just a matter of time for Bullock to stab Montanans and the 2nd Amendment in the back, for personal financial enrichment. One must ask “why disarm the American citizen” we have not marched on the Swamp with guns drawn, so there must be something the Swamp is thinking or planning to do to us. Considering the Swamp wants to destroy our Constitution, to ensure their lasting authority. America as we know is in peril, since a Republic Democracy is what they want to destroy. The Intelligence Departments have tapped into social medias including cell phones, vehicles and personal… Read more »
This is what you get when you elect Liberal Democrats.