Cuomo Says He’ll Outline Gun Proposal Next Month ("Confiscation could be an option...")

NY Times ^ | December 20, 2012 | THOMAS KAPLAN

[neverdem]

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that he had started discussions with leaders of the State Legislature about new gun control measures, and that he planned to propose a package of gun legislation in his State of the State address on Jan. 9.

“There’s a big difference of opinion on these issues,” Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, said in an interview on an Albany radio station.

The New York Assembly, controlled by Democrats, has voted for a number of proposed gun control measures in recent years, only to have the legislation falter in the Senate, which has been controlled by Republicans. (Starting next month, the Senate is to be led by a coalition of Republicans and a breakaway faction of Democrats.)

Mr. Cuomo, speaking on WGDJ-AM, said gun control had not recently been among the most discussed topics in the capital, so he had reached out to lawmakers to gauge where they stood before he...

--snip--

He added that he was focusing his attention on changing state laws restricting the possession of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. The governor described the state’s existing ban on those items as having “more holes than Swiss cheese.”

“I don’t think legitimate sportsmen are going to say, ‘I need an assault weapon to go hunting,’ ” he said. At the same time, he noted that he owns a shotgun that he has used for hunting, and said, “There is a balance here — I understand the rights of gun owners; I understand the rights of hunters.”

In the interview, Mr. Cuomo did not offer specifics about the measures he might propose, but, while discussing assault weapons, he said: “Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.”...

[MeganC]

Confiscation, eh? I’m sure they’ll get the bullets first.

[tet68]

“There is a balance here — I understand the rights of gun owners; I understand the rights of hunters.”

Of the rights of citizens......not a bit.

[svcw]

So in other words, the State of New York is going to go house to house searching for guns.......hum.
I am pretty sure the British tried that once.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m sure this “proposal” has already been “outlined” by Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. If Little Andy had any brains, he’d just “Google” it. It has already been done.

[Sarah Barracuda]

The left wants a civil war, they are gonna get it. I dare them to try to enter the home of gun owners and make them give up their guns I double dog dare them

[matt04]

Let me guess, he has no plans to confiscate any of the guns the criminals use on a daily basis.

[Renegade]

Calling Mr.Cohen?Calling Mr Cohen?

[Delta Dawn]

I am sure that the Gov will knock on the first house and demand their guns himself.

Gun confiscation will lead to a third Obama term.

[Newbomb Turk]

I am at a loss as to who these liberals think they are going to send to round up these weapons. Most military people are pro gun and stand with the constitution.

Any U.N force will be met with a hail for gunfire on day one.

[Rome2000]

This dickheads father vetoed the death penalty all 12 years in a row he was in office. NYC had 2000 murdrs a year under that bozo.

As soon as Pataki signed death penalty legislation, the murder rate fell 50%
.
Anybody living under a socialist dictatorship gets everything they deserve, and NY is a socialist dictatorship.

[Sarah Barracuda]

This is what the left wants, to disarm us..not just “Ban automatic weapons” PLEASE, that is NOT their intention, their intention is to confiscate ALL OF OUR WEAPONS..pistols, shotguns, you name it they want it. My friend on Facebook posted a very disturbing image she saw on Occupy Wall Street’s facebook page, it showed an image of Hitler(with a quote from Hitler) talking about “To control a nation, one must disarm its citizens” its truly scary that is the road we are headed on

[Secret Agent Man]

cuomo’s an arrogant ass and those comments alone ought to get him thrown out of office.

[RedMonqey]

Exactly how would they go about confiscating guns?

What a farce.

This coming from Liberals who said the gov’t couldn’t deport 12 million illegals because it didn’t have the manpower or money...

So how are they going to find something that can be stored in a small space?

It’s not like you can get a small wooden box, dismantle, lubricate, and store in a hole millions of Mexicans for retrieval years later...

Oh wait....

[apillar]

Hope none of you New York Freepers have any boating accidents with your guns before that “involuntary” buyback happens ;-)

[Standing Wolf]

Confiscation could be an option.

Welcome to post-constitutional America.

[driftdiver]

Confiscation isn’t an option Cuomo you idiot, at least according to the Constitution and recent SC rulings.

[ronnie raygun]

Confiscation means they will not be going into lawless area’s of the city and state taking gangbangers guns oh no, they will be coming to suburbia to confiscate lawabiding citizens guns! This is incredible!

[DaveyB]

It’s not confiscation it a tax, so its ok - John Roberts said so!

[apillar]

“Confiscation could be an option. Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option...

All those New York City Gangbangers and Mafia types are going to be so upset that they have to permit their guns or sell them back to the state.../sarcasm

[Rome2000]

This jerkoff Coumo's father was Governor from 1983 to 1994.

Look at the murder rates decline after Pataki signed death penalty legislation in 1995!

By the way if the Newton shooter were to have been arrested, Connecticut has no death penalty, they repealed it this year, so he would get three squares and a warm bed for the rest of his life.

Coumo is a mobbed up douchebag and petty dictator wannabe like the Mayor of NYC.

New York Crime Rates 1960 - 2011

New York Law Enforcement Agency Uniform Crime Reports 1980 to 2005

New York Crime Rates 1960 - 2011

						Forcible		Aggravated		Larceny-	Vehicle
Year	Population	Index	Violent	Property	Murder	Rape	Robbery	assault	Burglary	Theft	Theft
1965	18,073,000	554,050	58,802	495,248	836	2,320	28,182	27,464	183,443	253,353	58,452
1966	18,258,000	609,465	62,561	546,904	882	2,439	30,098	29,142	196,127	286,409	64,368
1967	18,336,000	692,528	75,124	617,404	996	2,665	40,202	31,261	219,157	314,472	83,775
1968	18,113,000	829,453	98,515	730,938	1,185	2,527	59,857	34,946	250,918	375,143	104,877
1969	18,321,000	837,210	105,870	731,340	1,324	2,902	64,754	36,890	248,477	367,463	115,400
1970	18,190,740	904,314	124,613	779,701	1,444	2,875	81,149	39,145	267,474	386,553	125,674
1971	18,391,000	935,022	145,048	789,974	1,823	3,225	97,682	42,318	273,704	388,612	127,658
1972	18,366,000	804,605	138,542	666,063	2,026	4,199	86,391	45,926	239,886	321,096	105,081
1973	18,265,000	814,349	135,468	678,881	2,040	4,852	80,795	47,781	246,246	320,307	112,328
1974	18,111,000	911,703	145,427	766,276	1,919	5,240	86,814	51,454	271,824	390,357	104,095
1975	18,120,000	1,021,197	155,187	866,010	1,996	5,099	93,499	54,593	301,996	447,740	116,274
1976	18,084,000	1,125,739	156,988	968,751	1,969	4,663	95,718	54,638	318,919	516,328	133,504
1977	17,924,000	1,091,144	149,087	942,057	1,919	5,272	84,703	57,193	309,735	498,653	133,669
1978	17,748,000	1,027,993	149,257	878,736	1,820	5,168	83,785	58,484	292,956	466,516	119,264
1979	17,649,000	1,095,140	161,906	933,234	2,092	5,394	93,471	60,949	308,302	500,589	124,343
1980	17,506,690	1,209,984	180,235	1,029,749	2,228	5,405	112,273	60,329	360,925	535,783	133,041
1981	17,594,000	1,214,935	188,178	1,026,757	2,166	5,479	120,344	60,189	350,422	539,486	136,849
1982	17,659,000	1,142,202	174,833	967,369	2,013	5,159	107,843	59,818	295,245	534,244	137,880
1983	17,667,000	1,042,811	161,489	881,322	1,958	5,296	94,783	59,452	249,115	504,346	127,861
1984	17,735,000	989,126	162,157	826,969	1,786	5,599	89,900	64,872	222,956	488,621	115,392
1985	17,783,000	993,811	165,365	828,446	1,683	5,706	89,706	68,270	219,633	502,276	106,537
1986	17,772,000	1,025,037	175,210	849,827	1,907	5,415	91,360	76,528	217,010	519,570	113,247
1987	17,825,000	1,061,021	179,691	881,330	2,016	5,537	89,721	82,417	216,826	539,175	125,329
1988	17,898,000	1,129,241	196,396	932,845	2,244	5,479	97,434	91,239	218,060	560,887	153,898
1989	17,950,000	1,129,638	203,042	926,596	2,246	5,242	103,983	91,571	211,130	544,459	171,007
1990	17,990,455	1,144,874	212,458	932,416	2,605	5,368	112,380	92,105	208,813	536,012	187,591
1991	18,058,000	1,127,651	210,184	917,467	2,571	5,085	112,342	90,186	204,499	531,681	181,287
1992	18,119,000	1,061,489	203,311	858,178	2,397	5,152	108,154	87,608	193,548	495,708	168,922
1993	18,197,000	1,010,176	195,352	814,824	2,420	5,008	102,122	85,802	181,709	481,166	151,949
1994	18,169,000	921,278	175,433	745,845	2,016	4,700	86,617	82,100	164,650	452,322	128,873
1995	18,136,000	827,025	152,683	674,342	1,550	4,290	72,492	74,351	146,562	425,184	102,596
1996	18,185,000	751,456	132,206	619,250	1,353	4,174	61,822	64,857	129,828	399,522	89,900
1997	18,137,000	709,328	124,890	584,438	1,093	4,075	56,094	63,628	118,306	386,435	79,697
1998	18,175,000	652,202	115,915	536,287	924	3,843	49,125	62,023	104,821	363,295	68,171
1999	18,196,601	596,743	107,147	489,596	903	3,563	43,821	58,860	93,217	338,118	58,261
2000	18,976,457	588,189	124,890	483,078	952	3,530	40,539	60,090	87,946	340,901	54,231
2001	19,084,350	556,025	98,022	458,003	960	3,546	36,555	56,961	80,400	329,316	48,287
2002	19,134,293	537,121	95,030	442,091	909	3,885	36,653	53,583	76,700	318,025	47,366
2003	19,212,425	521,565	89,486	432,079	934	3,775	35,790	48,987	75,453	311,422	45,204
2004	19,280,727	507,648	84,914	422,734	889	3,608	33,506	46,911	70,696	311,036	41,002
2005	19,315,721	491,829	85,839	405,990	874	3,636	35,179	46,150	68,034	302,220	35,736
2006	19,306,183	482,270	83,966	396,304	921	3,169	34,489	45,387	68,565	295,605	32,134
2007	19,297,729	461,731	79,915	381,816	801	2,926	31,094	45,094	64,857	288,929	28,030
2008	19,467,789	466,131	77,546	388,585	836	2,799	31,789	42,122	65,537	297,952	25,096
2009	19,541,453	452,647	75,110	377,537	781	2,582	28,141	43,606	62,769	292,897	21,871
2010	19,395,206	456,202	76,492	379,710	868	2,797	28,630	44,197	65,839	293,232	20,639
2011	19,465,197	449,745	77,490	372,255	774	2,752	28,396	45,568	65,397	287,547	19,311

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UCR Crime Statistics prepared by the:
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New York Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants

						Forcible		Aggravated		Larceny-	Vehicle
Year	Population	Index	Violent	Property	Murder	Rape	Robbery	assault	Burglary	Theft	Theft
1965	18,073,000	3,065.6	325.4	2,740.3	4.6	12.8	155.9	152.0	1,015.0	1,401.8	323.4
1966	18,258,000	3,338.1	342.6	2,995.4	4.8	13.4	164.8	159.6	1,074.2	1,568.7	352.5
1967	18,336,000	3,776.9	409.7	3,367.2	5.4	14.5	219.3	170.5	1,195.2	1,715.1	456.9
1968	18,113,000	4,579.3	543.9	4,035.4	6.5	14.0	330.5	192.9	1,385.3	2,071.1	579.0
1969	18,321,000	4,569.7	577.9	3,991.8	7.2	15.8	353.4	201.4	1,356.2	2,005.7	629.9
1970	18,190,740	4,971.3	685.0	4,286.3	7.9	15.8	446.1	215.2	1,470.4	2,125.0	690.9
1971	18,391,000	5,084.1	788.7	4,295.4	9.9	17.5	531.1	230.1	1,488.2	2,113.1	694.1
1972	18,366,000	4,380.9	754.3	3,626.6	11.0	22.9	470.4	250.1	1,306.1	1,748.3	572.1
1973	18,265,000	4,458.5	741.7	3,716.8	11.2	26.6	442.3	261.6	1,348.2	1,753.7	615.0
1974	18,111,000	5,034.0	803.0	4,231.0	10.6	28.9	479.3	284.1	1,500.9	2,155.4	574.8
1975	18,120,000	5,635.7	856.4	4,779.3	11.0	28.1	516.0	301.3	1,666.6	2,471.0	641.7
1976	18,084,000	6,225.1	868.1	5,357.0	10.9	25.8	529.3	302.1	1,763.5	2,855.2	738.2
1977	17,924,000	6,087.6	831.8	5,255.8	10.7	29.4	472.6	319.1	1,728.0	2,782.0	745.8
1978	17,748,000	5,792.2	841.0	4,951.2	10.3	29.1	472.1	329.5	1,650.6	2,628.6	672.0
1979	17,649,000	6,205.1	917.4	5,287.7	11.9	30.6	529.6	345.3	1,746.9	2,836.4	704.5
1980	17,506,690	6,911.6	1,029.5	5,882.0	12.7	30.9	641.3	344.6	2,061.6	3,060.4	759.9
1981	17,594,000	6,905.4	1,069.6	5,835.8	12.3	31.1	684.0	342.1	1,991.7	3,066.3	777.8
1982	17,659,000	6,468.1	990.1	5,478.1	11.4	29.2	610.7	338.7	1,671.9	3,025.3	780.8
1983	17,667,000	5,902.6	914.1	4,988.5	11.1	30.0	536.5	336.5	1,410.1	2,854.7	723.7
1984	17,735,000	5,577.3	914.3	4,662.9	10.1	31.6	506.9	365.8	1,257.2	2,755.1	650.6
1985	17,783,000	5,588.5	929.9	4,658.6	9.5	32.1	504.4	383.9	1,235.1	2,824.5	599.1
1986	17,772,000	5,767.7	985.9	4,781.8	10.7	30.5	514.1	430.6	1,221.1	2,923.5	637.2
1987	17,825,000	5,952.4	1,008.1	4,944.3	11.3	31.1	503.3	462.4	1,216.4	3,024.8	703.1
1988	17,898,000	6,309.3	1,097.3	5,212.0	12.5	30.6	544.4	509.8	1,218.3	3,133.8	859.9
1989	17,950,000	6,293.2	1,131.2	5,162.1	12.5	29.2	579.3	510.1	1,176.2	3,033.2	952.7
1990	17,990,455	6,363.8	1,180.9	5,182.8	14.5	29.8	624.7	512.0	1,160.7	2,979.4	1,042.7
1991	18,058,000	6,244.6	1,163.9	5,080.7	14.2	28.2	622.1	499.4	1,132.5	2,944.3	1,003.9
1992	18,119,000	5,858.4	1,122.1	4,736.3	13.2	28.4	596.9	483.5	1,068.2	2,735.8	932.3
1993	18,197,000	5,551.3	1,073.5	4,477.8	13.3	27.5	561.2	471.5	998.6	2,644.2	835.0
1994	18,169,000	5,070.6	965.6	4,105.0	11.1	25.9	476.7	451.9	906.2	2,489.5	709.3
1995	18,136,000	4,560.1	841.9	3,718.3	8.5	23.7	399.7	410.0	808.1	2,344.4	565.7
1996	18,185,000	4,132.3	727.0	3,405.3	7.4	23.0	340.0	356.7	713.9	2,197.0	494.4
1997	18,137,000	3,910.9	688.6	3,222.4	6.0	22.5	309.3	350.8	652.3	2,130.6	439.4
1998	18,175,000	3,588.5	637.8	2,950.7	5.1	21.1	270.3	341.3	576.7	1,998.9	375.1
1999	18,196,601	3,279.4	588.8	2,690.6	5.0	19.6	240.8	323.5	512.3	1,858.1	320.2
2000	18,976,457	3,099.6	553.9	2,545.7	5.0	18.6	213.6	316.7	463.4	1,796.4	285.8
2001	19,084,350	2,913.5	513.6	2,399.9	5.0	18.6	191.5	298.5	421.3	1,725.6	253.0
2002	19,134,293	2,807.1	496.6	2,310.5	4.8	20.3	191.6	280.0	400.9	1,662.1	247.5
2003	19,212,425	2,714.8	465.8	2,249.0	4.9	19.6	186.3	255.0	392.7	1,620.9	235.3
2004	19,280,727	2,632.9	440.4	2,192.5	4.6	18.7	173.8	243.3	366.7	1,613.2	212.7
2005	19,315,721	2,554.3	444.4	2,101.9	4.5	18.8	182.1	238.9	352.2	1,564.6	185.0
2006	19,306,183	2,487.6	434.9	2,052.7	4.8	16.4	178.6	235.1	355.1	1,531.1	166.4
2007	19,297,729	2,392.7	414.1	1,978.6	4.2	15.2	161.1	233.7	336.1	1,497.2	145.3
2008	19,467,789	2,394.3	398.3	1,996.0	4.3	14.4	163.0	216.4	336.6	1,530.5	128.9
2009	19,541,453	2,316.4	384.4	1,932.0	4.0	13.2	144.0	223.1	321.2	1,498.8	111.9
2010	19,395,206	2,352.2	394.4	1,957.8	4.5	14.4	147.6	227.9	339.5	1,511.9	106.4
2011	19,465,197	2,310.5	398.1	1,912.4	4.0	14.1	145.9	234.1	336.0	1,477.2	99.2

New York Law Enforcement Agency Uniform Crime Reports 1980 to 2005

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The table below provides the rank of each State's reported rate of crime as compared to the 50 States and the District of Columbia.  1 = the highest reported crime rate and 51 = the lowest. Going from one year to the next a higher number means, that compared to other States, the relative crime rate is increasing and a lower number means that the relative level of crime is decreasing.  The Index category represents the total number of crimes, and since most crimes involve property crime it is weighted towards these types of crime.  

State	Year	Population	Index	Violent	Property	Murder	Forcible Rape	Robbery	Aggravated assault	Burglary	Larceny- Theft	Vehicle Theft
New York	2008	3	47	25	49	27	50	11	26	48	49	46
New York	2007	3	48	25	48	29	50	11	25	49	48	46
New York	2006	3	47	23	48	27	50	9	25	48	48	44
New York	2005	3	46	22	48	29	49	5	25	48	47	45

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[plain talk]

OK let’s see how well he does going door to door confiscating guns in Harlem.

[Yo-Yo]

“...the right of the people to hunt shall not be infringed...”

[Rome2000]

Coumos father has the blood of at least 12,000 murder victims on his hands with his veto of the death penalty in NY for 12 years in a row.

That’s a fact, and his son and that tyrant in Gracie Mansion are doing their level best to get NYC back up to 2000 murders a year by going after citizens trying to protect themselves and letting the criminals run wild.

[Ouderkirk]

Andrew, Andrew, Andrew.....I will not give up any of my AR’s no matter what any new law says. If you think that I am going to voluntarily surrender them, you have lost what’s left of your small mind.

[RC one]

Their lack of reverence for the constitution should be alarming to anyone who still considers themself an American and should serve as a perfect example of why we have a second amendment in the first place. If this is their attitude when there is shared power, imagine their actions when they have ALL the power. Come and take them. We’ll be right behind you.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

So what will they do after all the ARs are gone when some lunatic kills a bunch of 6 year olds with a 14 shot lever action? Then after they ban that someone uses a gallon of gasoline and a match?

[Gator113]

Confiscation? Not in America, you stupid sonofabitch.

[Lurker]

Look up the Happyland Massacre sometime. A gallon of gas and a match is exactly what was used. 84 dead.

[Americanexpat]

They did it during Katrina and got away with it. Surprised they didn’t do it during Sandy too.

[Americanexpat]

They did it during Katrina and got away with it. Surprised they didn’t do it during Sandy too.

[bmwcyle]

I guess he wants dead people.

[headstamp 2]

Once again. The Second Amendment ain’t about duck hunting.

[McGavin999]

If they do this the states around them need to put up barricades to keep the New Yorkers in. Don’t let them into the other states and just let the criminals teach them a lesson.

[TheBattman]

I am sick and tired of lousy, liberal politicians who keep tying gun ownership rights to hunting. The 2nd Amendment has absolutely NOTHING to do with hunting... but the problem is, if those same politicians were to admit what the 2nd Amendment is REALLY about - they would wake up a bunch of folks who are just as ignorant... that the right is about national defense - from threats both foreign and domestic.

[EandH Dad]

At the very worst they could try confiscation but that would lead to a mass exodus. All of the northeast U S disarmed? Just the manpower to pull that off is incredible. Sorry, I just don’t think it’s possible.

[sergeantdave]

“My friend on Facebook posted a very disturbing image she saw on Occupy Wall Street’s facebook page...”

Sarah, don’t concern yourself over a page posted by the squeaking mice at occupy wall street. Tuck yourself into bed and enjoy a good night’s sleep.

People sleep peaceably in their beds tonight because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Have a blessed and joyous Christmas, dear lady.

[neverdem]

God have mercy on NY. Spare us from these idiots.

Bloomberg: No One Has ‘Defended the Second Amendment as Much as I Have’(XX BARF)

Public Puts Mental Health, More Police above Gun Control

The New Racial-Derangement Syndrome - What happened to Obama’s post-racial America? (VDH)

John Kerry: Global Warming Is The Next 9/11 (Aug. 31, 2009)

Some noteworthy articles about politics, foreign or military affairs, IMHO, FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.

[neverdem]

God have mercy on NY. Spare us from these idiots.

Bloomberg: No One Has ‘Defended the Second Amendment as Much as I Have’(XX BARF)

Public Puts Mental Health, More Police above Gun Control

The New Racial-Derangement Syndrome - What happened to Obama’s post-racial America? (VDH)

John Kerry: Global Warming Is The Next 9/11 (Aug. 31, 2009)

Some noteworthy articles about politics, foreign or military affairs, IMHO, FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.

[Mr. K]

[MtnMan101]

[Candor7]

Confiscate what, CUOMO? No one will go along with that.

[Road Glide]

“Confiscation, eh? I’m sure they’ll get the bullets first.”

From an email sent to me tonight from a friend across the state line in New York:
“I usually check our Want Ad Digest WEB site every day for guns and ammo for sale.
I now see today they changed the site from “Guns and Ammo” to Firearms, ammo is NO longer listed, nor sold!”

[trebb]

“I don’t think legitimate sportsmen are going to say, ‘I need an assault weapon to go hunting,’ ”

Whenever a politician starts using the words "legitimate/responsible/common sense" it means they are deadly serious about enslaving the People.

[Condor51]

I suggest that the good Gov. Cuomo personally do the confiscation. That way he can lead by example and show how it's to be 'properly' done. He should even wear a blue windbreaker that says GOVERNOR on it in big white letters on the back. That'll show the peons whose the boss!

I also suggest he start his confiscation in NYC (Bloomie won't mind). In the nicer areas like the Bronx, Harlem, Hells Kitchen, and 'certain zip codes' in Queens. I'm suuuuure he'll be a smashing success in those places.

(However, if I was Mrs Cuomo (is there one?) I'd make dam sure his life Insurance premiums are paid to date!)

[Snow Eagle]

The problem is that none of these liberal anti-gun politicians and talking heads defines the term “assault weapon”. It could mean an automatic rifle (already banned) or it could mean a 9mm with more than 10 rounds or it could mean whatever they want it to mean. Unless they define the term, we are in for complete obliteration of our 2nd amendment rights.

[Snow Eagle]

Did anyone else think that the speech by the NRA pres yesterday was... stupid? To make taxpayers put an armed guard in every school in the country? Increase the size and scope of govt... again? He did NOT mention repealing the Gun Free School Zones that put big targets on our schools for every criminal and psycho. I was really disappointed. He could have done so much better. Thoughts?

[longtermmemmory]

there are school districts that already have cops in the schools. nobody compares those school areas.

[RFEngineer]

Let’s be clear: This is not about gun confiscation, this is about full implementation of the liberal/socialist/communist agenda, which requires that the populace be helpless, unarmed, and unable to effectively object.

It is the duty and obligation of Americans in the mould of our founding fathers to react to and overthrow tyranny that will ooze up from time-to-time.

[Mechanicos]

This has nothing to do with crime. That’s proven by the history of where they have implemented strict gun-control laws; violent crime goes up! They also know the last AWB had no positive effect at all, it did nothing it was supposed to do.

So then we are left with why do they want to disarm millions of Americans? Not one democrat has ever refuted or rebuffed Bill Ayers call for killing 25 million Americans. They almost worship the murderous Stalin, Chavez, China, Russia, et al. Not one of them ever says they condemn the mass murders they have done.

Since they have no legitimate reason for their gun control arguments and they have a history of supporting the murderers of political dissidents it follows their reason for this push is to make it hard for us to fight back so as to make it easy for them to round up, kill or imprison people like me.