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« Reason commentary on new DC gun laws | Main | Blagojevich -- the movie! »

Jerry Patterson for TX Senate seat

Posted by David Hardy · 20 December 2008 09:22 PM

I've known him, and eaten and drank with him, and this is pure Jerry Patterson:

""After a great deal of consideration, and much soul-searching, I am today formally announcing my intention to join many of my fellow elected officials and not seek the U.S. Senate seat," said Patterson. "I have been urged by many of my fellow Texans to seek this seat . . actually only a few Texans . . . truthfully just a couple members of my staff and a few other officeholders who want my job . . . so I'll sit this one out."

"I will form an unexploratory committee to be sure," said Patterson, " but my heart tells me that I am deeply ambivalent about being a U.S. Senator."

"After all," said Patterson "I don't want to share statewide office with anyone, and D.C. is a tough commute for my thirty-year-old single-engine fabric-covered aerobatic airplane."

Despite the recent D.C. vs. Heller case before the Supreme Court that ruled Washington's prohibition against handguns was unconstitutional, Patterson said he could not live in the Nation's Capital. Patterson is author of the Texas Concealed Handgun Law and a known gun advocate.

"Just like Johnny Cash, I'd definitely take my guns to town," Patterson said. "Living in D.C. would be tough only because of the lack of gun ranges and available ammunition."

Paraphrasing his quote from a recent West Texas land controversy, Patterson added "No guns, no hunting, no Senate.""

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Marcus Poulin | December 21, 2008 10:36 AM | Reply

What was West Texas land controversy?

wolfman | December 22, 2008 5:47 AM | Reply

We need people like him in Washington. Ones that don't want to be there. They do the job they are elected to and then get out.

Guy J. Sagi | December 22, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply

Thank the Lord for those few public officials with the intestinal fortitude to say what they mean, and mean what they say.

Robert | December 22, 2008 10:40 PM | Reply


Like SWAT teams, anyone who WANTS to do it ought to be immediatly disqualified.

Patterson would be a hell of a Senator.

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