Misfire: Anti-NRA 'candidate' Mike Dickinson tweets article praising concealed carry

Brett T. | 9:26 PM on May 30, 2014

Reading is fundamental, especially if you’re going to tweet a link to a “great article” that apparently runs contrary to your campaign. Keep in mind that this was pseudo-candidate Mike Dickinson’s stance on guns and the NRA back in April:

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/460283013684035585

So it’s unclear why the NRA could “suck that” when it comes to an article praising concealed carry and its effect on crime in Chicago.

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/472519667076960257

Um, what?

https://twitter.com/Magnafan/status/472525509822525441

@VoteMike2014 is a parody account, correct? No way is someone this stupid.@Liberty92625 @NRA

— ol' Bill Deal (@chrismcm66) May 30, 2014

@DLoesch have you seen this idiotic tweet from @VoteMike2014? Claiming #gunsense victory while citing a pro-gun art. https://t.co/i1rELpuKpI

— Responsibly Armed (@ArmedSTL) May 30, 2014

https://twitter.com/Chris_in_RI/status/472528913084604416

It turns out you Tea Party types don’t understand nuance. When Dickinson said he was declaring war on the NRA, he didn’t mean he had a problem with concealed carry. It turns out he’s a huge fan of gun ownership and owns a gun (or make that a couple guns, or even several guns … he doesn’t seem to recall how many he owns).

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/472528182026207233

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/472528523174088704

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/472528685300719617

https://twitter.com/VoteMike2014/status/472528793299845120