Does this mean Webb has thrown in the towel on a statutory solution to the National Park issue?

[rkbaguy]

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I got this in response to my communication to Senator Webb, asking him to take
congressional legislative action to solve the issue of the Federal Regulation being
torpedoed by the Federal Judge.

Summation of Webb's letter:
"Blah, blah, blah."

Read between the lines, and he's saying the Federal Regulation should govern this issue.
The issue of solving this by CONGRESS passing a law to solve the situation is completely ignored.

Not good.

 

[GWRedDragon]

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The founders would be appalled at the idea of crimes created through regulation by unelected bureaucrats. This is just another example of how it's all about passing the blame...Congress can never be to blame for anything because when something is controversial it gives someone else the power to make the laws.

Article 1, section 1 of the Constitution:

All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

My reading of this is that only Congress can make laws, they cannot give the authority to someone else to make laws.

 

[Citizen]

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(snort)

 

[Citizen]

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He did write, "I hope that you will continue to express your thoughts with me and my staffin the years ahead."

Sounds like an open invitation to give him a piece of your mind. Why wait years?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

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As is the wont of many politicians, they will mealy-mouth the issue and say only Congress can make "laws" so they just empower their various agencies to make "regulations". But if you are arrested and fined for breaking a regulation, how is that any different than breaking a law?

 

[TexasNative]

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I'm confused. Hasn't legislative action to solve the Regulation change being torpedoed by a judge already happened, and takes effect in February? Or were you asking about taking action to make it happen sooner?

Just as I'm confused by Sen Webb not mentioning it in his response to you, rkbaguy, I'm confused by you not mentioning it, either.

~ Boyd

 

[Neplusultra]

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TexasNative wrote:

I'm confused. Hasn't legislative action to solve the Regulation change being torpedoed by a judge already happened, and takes effect in February? Or were you asking about taking action to make it happen sooner?

Just as I'm confused by Sen Webb not mentioning it in his response to you, rkbaguy, I'm confused by you not mentioning it, either.

~ Boyd

Yes, it was an earmark or some such in an unrelated piece of legislation.

 

[Tess]

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Citizen wrote:

He did write, "I hope that you will continue to express your thoughts with me and my staffin the years ahead."

Sounds like an open invitation to give him a piece of your mind. Why wait years?

Webb invites our thoughts.

He then puts them in a room where he can ignore them.

And votes the way the Party leadership tell him to.

And bring his fiction to "rehabilitating" our prison system.

 

[Virginian683]

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Is this really surprising after Webb left his personal aide and "good friend" of several years to rot in jail when he was caught carrying Webb's pistol for him in DC? Do you expect a man like that to stand up for principle?

He did get the nomination of a major party for US Senate, after all. Is it really surprising if he's a lying POS?

 

[TexasNative]

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I don't recall Webb letting him "rot in jail," nor am I aware of anything he could have done to get his aide released any sooner. It's not like he spent a month or even a day in jail.

~ Boyd

 

[Virginian683]

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TexasNative wrote:

I don't recall Webb letting him "rot in jail," nor am I aware of anything he could have done to get his aide released any sooner. It's not like he spent a month or even a day in jail.

~ Boyd

Well he went to jail when they arrested him. Luckily the charges were dropped. The point is Webb refused to even acknowledge that he gave his gun to the guy to transport. I call that leaving your friend out to dry to save your own ass.

 

[Grapeshot]

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Senator Webb claims in his letter to be a "staunch supporter of the Second Amendment." :shock:

I don't think so! A staunch supporter would step up and do the right thing, not duck the issue. :X

Yata hey

 

[Mike]

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Virginian683 wrote:

The point is Webb refused to even acknowledge that he gave his gun to the guy to transport. I call that leaving your friend out to dry to save your own ass.

and that was in his employee's interest - the defense was "what gun"?

 

[Mike]

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TexasNative wrote:

I'm confused. Hasn't legislative action to solve the Regulation change being torpedoed by a judge already happened, and takes effect in February? Or were you asking about taking action to make it happen sooner?

Just as I'm confused by Sen Webb not mentioning it in his response to you, rkbaguy, I'm confused by you not mentioning it, either.

~ Boyd

Right - why was the question even asked unless the issue was acceleration of the legislative solution already enacted!

 

[W.E.G.]

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[W.E.G.]

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double tap

 

[Thundar]

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Does this mean Webb has thrown in the towel on a statutory solution to the National Park issue?

Do you think Webb was ever really in the game?

 

[Virginian683]

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Mike wrote:

Virginian683 wrote:

The point is Webb refused to even acknowledge that he gave his gun to the guy to transport. I call that leaving your friend out to dry to save your own ass.

and that was in his employee's interest - the defense was "what gun"?

Well the way I look at it, if Webb didn't know it was there, who did? It was Webb's gun. Somebody placed it in Thompson's bag. If Webb didn't know it was there Thompson must have, because he must have put it there. If Webb had said he routinely gave it to Thompson to transport but on that occassion forgot to inform him he was doing so, it seems like Thompson could have gotten off much earlier than he did.