Assault Weapons Ban? What Assault Weapons Ban?
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DeanC
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Post subject: Assault Weapons Ban? What Assault Weapons Ban? Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:46 am |
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Quote: A Gun Ban Gets Shot DownMichael Isikoff NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Apr 6, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is now the second member of President Obama's cabinet to get shot down by the White House over the politically sensitive issue of assault weapons. After meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderón, Clinton said that reinstating the U.S. ban on assault weapons—which was passed in 1994 and expired in 2004—is one step this country could take to curb the flow of guns to Mexico's drug cartels. "These military-style weapons don't belong on anybody's street," Clinton told NBC. Within hours, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters that he was unaware of "any plans" to push for such a ban—even though Obama had backed one during last year's campaign. Attorney General Eric Holder had a similar experience a few weeks earlier. After he endorsed a ban at a Feb. 25 press conference, Justice officials were instructed by White House aides to drop the issue, according to administration and congressional aides who asked not to be named due to political sensitivities. What's behind the shift? A budding relationship between the gun lobby and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. After Holder mentioned the ban, the National Rifle Association sent out action alerts to its members and bombarded Hill offices with calls. Sixty-five House Dems dashed off a letter to Holder opposing such a ban, while Speaker Nancy Pelosi—echoing the NRA's mantra on all gun-control issues—said she backed "enforcing the laws we have now." NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told NEWSWEEK that Hill Democrats have "learned their lesson" from 1994, when they enacted the ban and subsequently lost control of Congress. They've also learned that cozying up to the NRA can pay big dividends. Last year Democrats received 20 percent of the nearly $1.2 million that the NRA pumped into congressional campaign coffers—more than twice what it gave to Dems just six years earlier. The way things are going, this could be more than a shotgun wedding. URL: http://www.newsweek.com/id/191414© 2009
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:55 am |
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Jeremiah
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:24 pm |
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Andrew Rothman wrote: Quote: NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre told NEWSWEEK that Hill Democrats have "learned their lesson" from 1994, when they enacted the ban and subsequently lost control of Congress. Damn right. And don't you forget it, Dems.
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mrokern
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 12:43 pm |
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Does this mean we'll actually be able to find ammo again soon?
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gunflint
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 2:34 pm |
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It's a trap.
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reaver3
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:18 pm |
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gunflint wrote:
Care to elaborate your theory?
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Carbide Insert
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:35 pm |
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reaver3 wrote: Care to elaborate your theory?
Trap /træp/
–noun
2. any device, stratagem, trick, or the like for catching a person unawares.
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reaver3
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:48 pm |
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I got that part, smartass.
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PocketProtector642
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:04 pm |
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gunflint wrote: It's a trap.
That was my thought too while I was reading the article.
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jdege
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:14 pm |
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PocketProtector642 wrote: gunflint wrote: It's a trap. That was my thought too while I was reading the article.
Yep. They don't want to push the issue now, when they could still lose an election. They'll wait until after they've jiggered the next census, put 20 million illegals on the voter rolls, closed down all the conservative talk radio stations, and made certain that they'll win no matter how badly they piss of the voters.
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joelr
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:20 pm |
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I think there's quite a bit of evidence that a: the antigun wing of the Democrats (the controlling faction) has wised up about what a loser "gun control" is, and that b: even a fair number of the Fudds have figured out that creeping "gun control" goes all the way down the slippery slope to England.
But I'm an optimist.
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PocketProtector642
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:23 pm |
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jdege wrote: PocketProtector642 wrote: gunflint wrote: It's a trap. That was my thought too while I was reading the article. Yep. They don't want to push the issue now, when they could still lose an election.
Either that or they have a gun registration bill ready to go and are waiting for another 1,000 page emergency to hide in in.
Does anyone else's tinfoil itch after wearing it a while?
_________________ Proud owner of 2 wonderful SGH holsters. "If man will not work, he shall not eat" (2 Th 3:14) "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one" -Jesus (Luke 22:36)
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sigman
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:29 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:20 am Posts: 1317 Location: Racine, MN
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Don't stop collecting ARs and hoarding ammo, it is good for business.
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