Assault Weapons Ban Vote this morning***LIVE Thread

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah, and I'm sure he'll get some floor time to us little people why we don't need to have guns.

[RockChucker]

[Thread drift] As an aside, the gun shops around here are offering sellers of pre-ban weapons the same prices as they do for post-ban guns.

Their rationale... the industry insiders are saying that the AWB is gonna die, and the formerly high prices of pre-ban hardware will drop to be on par with the post-ban stuff.

The dealers are not going to take the chance that the stuff they buy is going to take a nosedive.[/Thread drift]

[mewzilla]

You don't suppose Terayza's packin' any heat, do ya? What a hoot that would be. Hope someone checks...

[Delmarksman]

bump

[OXENinFLA]

Chicago Suntimes

Metro briefs

March 2, 2004

Teen shot to death, 2 wounded

A 16-year-old boy was shot dead and two other men wounded after being ambushed in their vehicle in Bellwood, police said. Three to four men armed with an AK-47 and a semiautomatic handgun ambushed three men in a car in the 300 block of 47th Avenue in Bellwood about 7:20 p.m., said Wilson Pierce, director of public safety for Bellwood Police. When shots rang out, two wounded men got out of the car, but one sped off and stopped at a Citgo gas station by Granville and St. Charles, where he called police, Pierce said. Police found a 16-year-old boy lying on the ground. The teen later died at Loyola University Medical Center, and another man was treated and released.

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OK, who call this in the other thread saying there would be shootings involving "Assault weapons"???

[OXENinFLA]

call=called

[OXENinFLA]

Hold on just one second, People in CHICAGO aren't supposed to have guns. This story must be false.[/dripping sarcasm]

[RockChucker]

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/michigan/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1078203639114031.xml

Three killed, another wounded in Detroit shooting

The Associated Press
3/2/2004, 3:21 a.m. ET

DETROIT (AP) — Four men have been shot, three of them fatally, at an east side house.

Police responded to a 911 call about 6 p.m. EST and found two men inside the home and the other two outside, said police spokesman Officer Glen Woods.

It was unclear if the shooter, who may have used an AK-47, was shooting from inside or outside the home.

Monday night's shooting terrified neighbors.

"I didn't know which way it was coming from, it was so close, I was scared," said neighbor Lorraine Howard.

"It had me plenty nervous," James Hardman, 57, told the Detroit Free Press.

Two of the men were pronounced dead at the scene and the third died after being rushed to a hospital. The surviving man was in stable condition Monday night at a hospital.

"The department is trying its best to prevent things of this nature from happening, but unfortunately it still is," said Officer Malika Nixon.

Police said they did not have a motive or suspects in custody in the shootings.

But Hardman said heavy traffic at the house made it appear to be a drug house.

At least 57 people have died as the result of gun violence in Detroit since the beginning of the year.

"Unless we can get it to its core, we're going to continue to have these kinds of problems," said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who unveiled a two-year plan to combat crime during a community forum last week.

[RockChucker]

Key word "MAY":

"It was unclear if the shooter, who may have used an AK-47, was shooting from inside or outside the home"

[RockChucker]

In the Chicago shooting, they didn't seem to catch anyone.

Who identified the weapons used? How do they know the weapons were AK style? These questions, combined with the Detroit article, make the articles very suspect.

We go for years without a semi-auto shootout and then 2 the morning of the vote.

[OXENinFLA]

Oh good night, ERIC ALTERMAN is on C-span1.

Someone get me a bucket, I'm gona hurl!

[Physicist]

Spector/R - Yes

I am SO looking forward to voting for Toomey...and so help me if I don't vote for Hoeffel over Specter in the Fall!

I just now filled out the form to re-register as a Republican, for the first time. Such are the straits this man has driven me to.

[Vigilantcitizen]

OK, who call this in the other thread saying there would be shootings involving "Assault weapons"???

I believe it was aomagrat.

[aomagrat]

It's only going to get worse.

[OXENinFLA]

IGOTMINE wrote:

Senator Allen of VA has changed his vote on AWB....from SUPPORTING it to OPPOSING IT! He felt theheat and now has seen the light!

Good news, do you have a source for this?

[Bogey78O]

They banned semi-automatic weapons that looked scary.

[ought-six]

"What does that make the total votes then?"

Enough to pass the amendment, unless there are a half dozen Democrats who will vote against it, and I only know of one who would fall in that category (Zell Miller). Our only hope is that the thing dies in the House.

[Bogey78O]

Kerry's gonna vote for the ban? Well write off evey state Gore lost.

[Guillermo]

Hmmm, this happened while the AWB was in force...

I guess that's why we need to extend it.

[Bogey78O]

I'd be more liekly to vote against. him. A guy who changes his vot ebecause of pressure is the type of guy who'd stab you in the back when it conveniences him.