The fall out on the very controversial Tim McGraw concert continues here in the Un-Constitution State. There are three large local gun rights groups here in CT that operate -- CT Carry, CT Open Carry, and CCDL (Connecticut Civil Defense League).
The Hartford Courant has been very supportive of the anti-gun rhetoric. The CCDL has come out against the Tim McGraw concert benefitting Sandy Hook Promise. The controversy is that Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is a gun control lobby group. It was formed after Sandy Hook. It does not directly benefit the families. A number of the families are active in the group.
There is a anti-gun editorial cartoonist - Bob Englehart - who has used the Courant as his personal platform to get citizens riled up against guns. He put a political cartoon in the paper depicting the members of the CCDL in a stereotype that many members (myself included) found offensive. We began a hashtag trend and answers to his column. Who knows if we did any good to make people see us as neighbors after the ridiculous cartoon this guy drew and the Hartford Courant has printed/posted.
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So, if anyone sees the twitter or facebook #iamCCDL -- circulating in pro gun circles -- that's what it is about.
More fall out on Tim McGraw
1First of all, let's call it what it really is...It's not a gun buy-back, because the government never owned them. It's a gun turn in.