Gun Control Groups Duped By McLovin

Earlier this week, Mother Jones ran a story about Mary McFate, a respected gun-control advocate and board member of groups like Ceasefire PA. Well, ha ha, it turns out she was actually a spy for gun advocacy groups; her real name is Mary Lou Sapone.

So, yes: A bunch of gun control organizations were fooled by a woman who said her last name was McFate. Apparently she thought Fakey McFakerstein would have been a little too obvious. She wasn’t too worried about being caught, apparently, as a reporter from the magazine called Mary McFate’s home number, asked for Mary Lou Sapone and got her on the line.

Meanwhile, Ceasefire PA is holding out hope:

Phil Goldsmith, president of CeaseFire PA, said he had also tried to reach McFate after publication of the Mother Jones article Wednesday, to no avail. He said he would ask the 17-member board to remove McFate in the next 10 days if he did not hear from her.

I’m not quite sure what secret information she could have gleaned from her undercover work. Maybe she just did it for the lulz.

There’s Something About Mary [Mother Jones]
A trusted Pa. gun-control ally… and NRA spy? [Inquirer]

NRA Exec Lets People Know Where To Murder

Oh, that wacky, wacky NRA! Always saying wacky things like this!

In August, Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president, spoke at a rally in Ames, Iowa, and blamed Philadelphia’s murder rate on lax law enforcement rather than the proliferation of guns. “You want to kill people, go to Philadelphia, where only a third of all murderers will even be arrested,” LaPierre was quoted by the Iowa State Daily.

Wait, I thought that was the fault of Stop Snitchin’! This came at the end of an article discussing how the NRA is against one-gun a month laws and blah blah blah blah. I can’t imagine why someone would need more than one handgun a month, but then again I don’t see how limiting Philadelphia gun shops to selling only one gun a month per person is going to actually solve any problems.

Everyone will just argue over things like this over and over and over and over until everyone in Philadelphia is dead.

NRA chief denounces Phila. antigun effort [Inquirer]