After speaking at length to business people in Lexington last week without once mentioning a looming threat to their Second Amendment rights, Sen. Mitch McConnell turned into a raving conspiracist overnight, sending out emails and recorded phone messages to Kentuckians last weekend warning "they're coming for your guns."
The alarms sounded by McConnell and his Tea Party campaign manager, Jesse Benton, are way over the top and obviously aimed at stirring up fears along with some campaign donations.
... It's irresponsible and cynical of McConnell to fan groundless fears and suspicions.
Friday, January 25, 2013
No threat of 'gun grabbers'
A good editorial from the Herald-Leader:
