Dave Workman:Year opens with two major hurdles for gun prohibitionists

Dave Workman at 2013 GRPC

Two major hurdles have just been thrown in the path of gun prohibitionists including yesterday’s announcement of a new line of “Duck Commander” firearms from Mossberg, and The Gun Mag is reporting today that law enforcement firearms fatalities last year were at the lowest point since 1887, and only six officers were killed with rifles of any kind.

Mossberg is one of the oldest firearms companies in the nation and is renowned for its line of workhorse shotguns that have been used by hunters, law enforcement and the military. The new Duck Commander series includes nine different pump-action and semi-auto shotgun models plus two .22-caliber semi-auto rifles and a .22-caliber semi-auto pistol. The pistol and one of the rifles are sure to alarm anti-gunners because they are patterned after the popular AR-15 platform.

It may be difficult for the anti-gun lobby to make too much noise, however, because right now, the Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty labels are apparently the current gold standard in fly-over America thanks to the recent controversy between the Robertson family and the A&E Network. Details of A&E’s losing disagreement with family patriarch Phil Robertson over remarks he made in a magazine interview have been widely reported. Massive public support for the Robertson family and Phil in particular apparently forced the cable network to back off, and in the process, a devastating setback to political correctness was just handed to the Left.

Add to that the series of commercials Mossberg has produced for the Duck Commander guns, narrated by Phil Robertson. In one, he talks about "certain unalienable rights" with which Americans have been endowed by their Creator: "To live, be free and pursue happiness."

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