Posted on 01/23/2012 11:17:40 PM PST by RC one
Governor Mitt Romney has signed into law a permanent assault weapons ban that he says will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on these guns.
Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts, Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsman's groups and gun safety advocates. These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.
Like the federal assault weapons ban, the state ban, put in place in 1998, was scheduled to expire in September. The new law ensures these deadly weapons, including AK-47s, UZIs and Mac-10 rifles, are permanently prohibited in Massachusetts no matter what happens on the federal level.
We are pleased to mark an important victory in the fight against crime, said Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey. The most important job of state government is ensuring public safety. Governor Romney and I are determined to do whatever it takes to stop the flood of dangerous weapons into our cities and towns and to make Massachusetts safer for law-abiding citizens.
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“who cares if a gun is designed by a certain military to hunt humans. It can still be used to hunt, plink or target practice.”
Actually the Second Amendment was intended to permit people to own guns that are designed to hunt humans (in a run-away government).
...and our forefathers knew that if civilians had those guns, then there would never be a government that needed to be hunted down.
bttt....
If Newt can get video of Romney saying this, it will make a great campaign ad in "bitter clinger" sections of the country.
BTTT
BTTT
Here in Ohio, the second amendment still has meaning too.
That’s one reason I can’t vote for Romney. The Criminal element will have assault weapons,as will rogue police agencies. But citizens who are law abiding are screwed.
zactly...
do you know what those two douche bags have in common (besides being leftists)? I’ll give you two hints: Leola Anderson and Mary Jo Kopechne.
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