Everyone, be sure to check out Alphecca's (my blogfather's) Weekly Check on the Bias. Take a good look at that picture of Kerry holding the shotgun (purportedly to show he's on the side of the Second Amendment).

It has just been reported over at Drudge that Kerry sponsored legislation which would have banned the automatic shotgun he's holding!

Can't this guy get anything right?

UPDATE: Lots of discussion and links at InstaPundit, as there seems to be a difference of opinion over whether Kerry would be prosecutable under the law he pushed. (Depends on the exact legal definition of "pistol grip.")

Hmmmm......

Shouldn't ambiguities be resolved against the drafter?

MORE: Dave Kopel explains why the pistol grip language in question would criminalize Kerry's shotgun.

And (also via Glenn Reynolds) Say Uncle has an excellent discussion of the gift transfer of the gun to Kerry, noting that Kerry took advantage of the dread "gun show loophole" -- something Kerry very strongly supports legislation to close. If Kerry had his way, both parties would have had to go through a licensed firearms dealer, and thus, the transfer would have been illegal!

What I want to know is why would Kerry behave in such a cavalier manner as to engage in conduct he wants criminalized? Might he be one of those guys who thinks laws should only apply to the "little people?"