Obama’s OSHA Nominee is anti-gun
As reported in Overlawyered (via NRA-ILA), David Michaels is anti gun. The evidence presented links to a blog post he made back in 2007.
In the blog post, Michaels voices his opposition to laws that reaffirm the peoples’ rights to bring firearms with them in the cars to their workplace parking lots. He expands that after tragedies we frequently pass laws to make things safer. He looks at the VA tech shooting and questions why we aren’t passing more anti-gun legislation. He is obviously missing a bit of his history. It was the Luby Massacre in Texas that prompted the passage of their much more lenient CCW laws. Since the CCW reform in Texas, crime (including homicide) has decreased. Like many liberals, he has an agenda against guns, and there is only one solution.
http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/faculty/michaels_david.cfm
If, by getting rid of all guns, we could end all violence and murder then, let’s do it! Unfortunately, things just don’t work that way. People that take advantage of other people (from asshole to psychopath) will tend to take advantage of victims that are more powerless. Gun control disparately reduces the power of honest people. For somebody that pushes the idea of using science to shape public policy, this is an interesting contradiction to hold as truth.
Anyway, why would David Michaels as head of OSHA be bad for gun owners? When I go to a firing range, I am glad that there are laws that require there to be proper ventilation. What if Michaels decided that there is “no safe limit for voluntary exposure to lead”? What if he decided that airport exposure to noise is acceptable, but, “sporting” related exposure to noise is not acceptable. If not for the participants, then, perhaps for the people that work at these establishments? There are definite health risks to people that work in ranges — they should have safe working conditions. But, it is a slippery slope and the right person in the right position should shut down the entire industry….
p.s. FTIW, I really do not know how much guns are on his agenda…