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Repubs Misgrade Minnick NRA Record

The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans are staging a protest (see photo above) on Walt Minnick's stand on gun rights, based on false information. They gathered at 2 o'clock today at the corner of Lakewood & Northwest Boulevard to protest the Obama administration's record on gun rights and the D (actually D-plus) score that Minnick received from the National Rifle Association two years ago. Reagan Republican VP Ron Lahr was quoted in the Coeur d'Alene Press online as saying: "Coeur d'Alene Press: “This is a guy who carries a shotgun as a prop in his commercials but would have the Federal Government come into my home and confiscate my guns. It is the definition of hypocrisy.” Lahr didn't do his home work. Huckleberries Online confirmed with the NRA office in Fairfax, Va., that Minnick got that rating based on answers he gave in a 2008 questionnaire. And that he now has a B-plus rating. Minnick received a perfect score for the answers he gave to the latest questionnaire from the NRA. Huckleberries also learned that no one from the Reagan Republicans to confirm Minnick's current grade.

Question: What do you make of the Reagan Republicans staging a protest against Congressman Walt Minnick, based on incorrect information?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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