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The Giffords shooting touched off an attempt to reimpose the nasty "assault weapon" ban on firearms with certain cosmetic features, and a ban on magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The attempt in congress led to a bet between well known freerupublic poster Travis McGee and myself. Travis made the prediction that magazines over 10 rounds would be banned for citizen ownership in the United States by the end of 2011, while I contended that "gun control" had become a toxic issue and that the ban would not happen.

Travis, when he is not posting on freerepubic is the well known and successful author Matthew Bracken. The bet was for a signed case of his new book, Castigo Cay.

I have read Castigo Cay, and I was going to buy a case anyway, as it is a compelling adventure story and cautionary tale. It occurs sometime in the near future in the Carribean, and is a page turner that is very hard to put down. Do yourself a favor, and start reading on a Friday night.

Fortunately for the country, Congress did not impose a ban an magazines of over 10 round capacity, and Matt will be sending me a case of signed copies.

1 posted on 01/23/2012 5:53:19 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Travis McGee

Here is the link to some reviews for Castigo Cay:

http://www.enemiesforeignanddomestic.com/reviews.htm

Here is the Amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Castigo-Cay-ebook/dp/B004Z2CYLC


2 posted on 01/23/2012 5:56:34 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Not to worry, she’s hanging around for the STOU so Hussein can wave her rather than Fast and Furious as another reason to make him Dictator. It will also be a great way to kick off the Political Career of her Libtard husband.


3 posted on 01/23/2012 6:00:35 AM PST by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: marktwain

The Brady Campaign is saddened that they do not have a prop that can be rolled out to fundraise and lobby Congress similar to the prop that was once the man, Jim Brady.


4 posted on 01/23/2012 6:00:47 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
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To: marktwain; Travis McGee

Dude, let Travis out of the bet. He’s a struggling author who can barely make ends meet. Heck, I heard he joined the military cuz times were so hard, and for a while, he couldn’t even afford a house and lived on a boat!!!


5 posted on 01/23/2012 6:01:20 AM PST by Lazamataz (Every single decision Obama makes is to harm America.)
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To: marktwain

I’m happy every time the Brady bunch is say, unhappy, crying, hurt, and disappointed.


6 posted on 01/23/2012 6:01:24 AM PST by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: marktwain

WTH are they sad about?? He just won the championship!


9 posted on 01/23/2012 6:04:47 AM PST by Ken H (Austerity is the irresistible force. Entitlements are the immovable object.)
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To: marktwain

Sarah Brady and her group are the same type of scumbags as the Democrat activists who were the “9/11 Widows” that took a horrible event and used it to promote a radical left agenda. Cindy Sheehan is a another example.

The media gives the cretins a platform they do not deserve.

Jim Brady’s injuries would not have been stopped by any gun control law.

I wish conservatives would wage open war against these types. Every reference to “Sarah Brady” should start with something like “Democrat activist Sarah Brady, a woman so low that she misuses her husband’s tragedy as a political tool, said the following today...”

The same should be done when dealing with all enemies of freedom, including left-wing journalists.

For example, “Democrat Chris Matthews, a former legislative aide to Democrat Tip O’Neill, said he had a tingle running up and down his leg for Democrat Barack Hussein Obama.”

The media wants full disclosure by Republicans? Let’s start forcing the same on them.


10 posted on 01/23/2012 6:06:35 AM PST by peyton randolph (Mitt has more views on an issue than he has pairs of magic underpants)
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To: marktwain
American people now have lost the service of another devoted public servant because of gun violence.

Regarding this particular "devoted public servant," my guess is that fewer than one in a thousand Americans would have recognized her name the day before the shooting.

And since they say "another," I wonder who else it is that they have in mind that came before Giffords.

ML/NJ

11 posted on 01/23/2012 6:09:31 AM PST by ml/nj
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To: marktwain; Eaker; afnamvet; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; An Old Man; APatientMan; ApesForEvolution; ...
Yep, you were right and I was wrong about a high-cap mag ban coming out of the Giffords shooting. Other than losing the bet, this is a solid indication that even with such high-profile shootings, the gun grabboids in congress don't have the juice to push through serious legislation hindering our RKBA. For now.

Maybe it would take a stadium sniper, and mass casualties, after all.

I wouldn't put it past the Obama/Holder team, if they thought they could get away with it. They didn't mind 100s of Mexicans and a few U.S. federal agents being killed by Fast and Furious weapons gunwalked into Mexico.

13 posted on 01/23/2012 6:14:29 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: marktwain; Eaker; afnamvet; AK2KX; Ancesthntr; An Old Man; APatientMan; ApesForEvolution; ...
Yep, you were right and I was wrong about a high-cap mag ban coming out of the Giffords shooting. Other than losing the bet, this is a solid indication that even with such high-profile shootings, the gun grabboids in congress don't have the juice to push through serious legislation hindering our RKBA. For now.

Maybe it would take a stadium sniper, and mass casualties, after all.

I wouldn't put it past the Obama/Holder team, if they thought they could get away with it. They didn't mind 100s of Mexicans and a few U.S. federal agents being killed by Fast and Furious weapons gunwalked into Mexico.

14 posted on 01/23/2012 6:16:26 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: marktwain
...Congress did not impose a ban an magazines of over 10 round capacity, and Matt will be sending me a case of signed copies

It appears in the end you both won. Congratulations!

33 posted on 01/23/2012 6:49:35 AM PST by Gritty (Compromise that is not a solution is a waste of time. We either save this country or we do not-Rubio)
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To: marktwain; Travis McGee
From my cold dead hands.

In 2011 Connecticut attempted not only a ban on the sale of 10+ round magazines, but also the posession thereof. It was smacked down by a flood of 2nd Amendment supporting citizens who testified against it for over 12 hours in a judiciary committee hearing.

41 posted on 01/23/2012 7:10:27 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: marktwain

I was having this discussion the other night with a democrat friend, he was defending her keeping her seat and I was against it. He had no defense for her keeping the seat, just that it’s hers. RME I am glad she finally resigned. Best wishes to her in her recovery.


45 posted on 01/23/2012 7:47:22 AM PST by tioga
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; wku man; SLB; ...
A typical leftist organization shedding it's typical crocodile tears when it loses one of its exhibits.

To hell with them, to hell with everything they stand for. As a self-determined, free-thinking American, I have absolutely no interest in anything they have to say.

Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!

47 posted on 01/23/2012 7:48:33 AM PST by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: marktwain

I’ll never understand how her husband could go on his space mission while she was in the hospital. That seemed very selfish to me. If my wife is almost killed and laying in a hospital bed, I wouldn’t leave town, much less the planet.


68 posted on 01/23/2012 10:10:45 AM PST by Veggie Todd (I don't mind you hitting me, Frank, but take it easy on the Bacardi.)
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To: marktwain

save one for me ;-)


84 posted on 01/23/2012 7:08:42 PM PST by Tubac414 (Just want to ride my Motorcycle)
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To: marktwain

The Brady Campaign did everything they could to make this shooting happen.

It’s hard to take their condolences seriously.


87 posted on 01/23/2012 8:53:49 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: marktwain

Not because of a psychotic killer, but because of the tool the killer used. Nevermind a truck bomb, a kinetic projectile, or a knife. It has to be the tool that’s demonized.


88 posted on 01/23/2012 9:42:26 PM PST by wastedyears (Not too long you devious little parathyroid. Soon I'll be rid of you and I'll be free.)
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