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A National Assault Weapons Ban is the Next Best Thing – Quote of the Day
The Truth About Guns ^
| 04/29/18
| Dan Zimmerman
Posted on 04/29/2018 10:01:00 AM PDT by Simon Green
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Every day, more and more of the gun grabbers expose their true agenda.
To: Simon Green
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:02:59 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Simon Green
People like Sol Wachtler can ESAD.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:04:40 AM PDT
by
jospehm20
To: Simon Green
The best thing would be the elimination of all the a-hole commies.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:06:05 AM PDT
by
VTenigma
(The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
To: Simon Green

How about a national ban on criminals like these two (yes, and the third one as well)?
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:08:48 AM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
To: Simon Green
There is no question that the Supreme Court in its Heller decision expanded the rights of gun owners against restrictive gun laws. However, the Supreme Court has never held, as the NRA contends, that because the Second Amendment applies to common semi-automatic firearms and magazines, they cannot be banned. In fact, the Supreme Court in the Heller case specifically held that "the right secured by the Second Amendment is not unlimited ... we think that limitation is fairly supported by the historical tradition of prohibiting the carrying of 'dangerous and unusual weapons.'" It also suggested that "weapons that are most useful in military service M-16 rifles and the like may be banned."The more dangerous quote. It extends to semi-automatics - all of them.
I don't know Heller that well. Did he cherry pick section and put them together or is what he wrote a true reflection on what Heller says?
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:09:05 AM PDT
by
raybbr
(That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
To: Simon Green
“Every day, more and more of the gun grabbers expose their true agenda.”
They’re nothing but extra-Constitutional, extra-legal,
tyrannical scu&bags he&&-bent on turning the U.S. into a big re-education camp headed by ex-liberal-turned-communist prison guards.
IMHO
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:12:32 AM PDT
by
ripley
(ose who dis)
To: Simon Green
These people are nuts.
What are they going to ban, assault “Style” weapons?
I’d like to ban Islamist’s that pretend to be in a religion of peace.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:15:00 AM PDT
by
Zeneta
To: raybbr
It also suggested that "weapons that are most useful in military service M-16 rifles and the like may be banned." When Scalia wrote "and the like" he was referring to weapons, not specifically the M16. Think of the weapons an infantry platoon may have. The Squad Automatic Weapon. M240 machine gun. Mortars. M4 Carbines. Grenades. Rockets.
To: Zeneta
What are they going to ban, assault Style weapons? At some point, the Democrats will regain Congress and the WH. An "assault" weapon ban will shortly follow.
To: Simon Green
Yeah but are they willing to actually bleed for what they want?
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:26:30 AM PDT
by
mrmeyer
(You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
To: Simon Green
As long as the Gun Control Act of 1968 is on the books, the 2nd Amendment will be treated as a
PRIVILEGE not a
RIGHT and attacked until it is GONE.
Think about that.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:27:23 AM PDT
by
sailor76
( TRUMP, is still my hero.)
To: Simon Green
What happens should these fascists do so should be “interesting”.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:27:47 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: Simon Green
Someone should inform this numb-nut that we “had” a nation-wide “assault weapons ban”, and it did NOTHING to reduce any measurable parameter of gun violence.
Fortunately, those who passed the original ban were wise enough to include a “sunset clause”. It seems to me that almost all legislation should be forced to undergo a “trial run” with a sunset clause included.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:30:29 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
To: Simon Green
Assault weapon? What assault weapon. Mine were lost at sea.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:33:34 AM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: raybbr
Simon Green “It also suggested that “weapons that are most useful in military service M-16 rifles and the like may be banned.”
That is a complete distortion of the actual words: “It may be objected that if weapons that are most useful in military service—M-16 rifles and the like—may be banned, then the Second Amendment right is completely detached from the prefatory clause. But as we have said, the conception of the militia at the time of the Second Amendment’s ratification was the body of all citizens capable of military service, who would bring the sorts of lawful weapons that they possessed at home to militia duty.”
The only suggestion that this statement allows banning semi-automatic weapons is in the eye of the beholding gun banner.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:33:51 AM PDT
by
DugwayDuke
("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
To: mrmeyer
Yeah but are they willing to actually bleed for what they want?Of course not, and they won't. They'll send the militarized police to do it.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:35:26 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: IndispensableDestiny
It also suggested that "weapons that are most useful in military service M-16 rifles and the like may be banned." Except, that if you look at history and the second amendment, since a well regulated militia is necessary, the right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED.
The presumption then, is that the weapons are going to be used for military purposes.
Therefore, it would not be banning military grade weapons from the populace.
On the contrary, the Founding Fathers seem to have rather expected that the general populace would be well armed with the latest i n weaponry.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:36:26 AM PDT
by
metmom
( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
To: Simon Green
They just love the vague and misleading "assault" adjective.
It sounds menacing, and it means anything they want it to.
If they ever get another assault weapon ban, look for them to continually re-define the meaning (magazine capacity, capability to accept high capacity magazines, appearance, and finally, anything semi-automatic (rifle, pistol, anything semi). Then they would pursue lever action. Ammunition is on their list (just look at Cali re ammo).
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:38:23 AM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: raybbr
Any weapon that isn’t “dangerous” isn’t a weapon.
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posted on
04/29/2018 10:40:25 AM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(" Those who turn their arms in for plowshares will be doing the plowing for those who didnÂ’t.")
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