Dave, you almost got me. But recalling the election year theatrics of Kerry, as Jim astutely did also, I decided to search for more evidence of Kagan's conversion. I spent the last half hour Googling things like "Kagan gun rights", "Kagan Second Amendment", Kagan antelope", Kagan shooting", etc. Alas, I only found several references to the same speech you quoted, and scores of results that cite Elena Kagan's long anti-gun fervor.
Like Jim, my knee jerk reaction is to think that this is probably an election year ruse. I will concede that there are cases of athiests finding God, and anti-gunners converting to NRA members. But most times, the leopard does not change his spots. I truly hope this is one of those miraculous conversions, but until I see Ms. Kagan rule in favor of gun owners in Second Amendment cases, I will remain skeptical. And, as the saying goes, the Second Amendment ain't about duck (or antelope) hunting.
It would be cool to see Elena Kagan as keynote speaker at an NRA Convention, clutching a rifle and a picture of Charleton Heston, screaming, "...from my cold dead hands." Then there would be a fly-over by an elite squadron of pigs with wings... Damn, there goes the alarm clock, must hit snooze button.
I still have the large Youngstown Vindicator front page color photo and article depicting John Kerry in camo, carrying two dead geese that he alledgedly shot from a Poland, Ohio farm. No reporters were allowed to accompany him on the "hunt". I still consider this to be a Democrat I.Q. Test. Most score pretty low.
And John Kerry continued to be a reliable anti-Second Amendment force. He says he won't seek re-election in 2014. But there will be another anti-gunner to take his place. I say we should be ready to oppose him. jack thinks I am yelling fire in an empty (or full?) theatre. You say we can catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I say don't pet a rattlesnake and act surprised when he bites you.
Nice try though. Good night.
