Pennsylvania to classify PUMP-ACTION RIFLES as "Assault Weapons" (idiot legislators alert!)

AW ban sunset website forums ^ | 27 March 2004 | Pennsylvania legislators

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Prepare to have your blood pressure rise. Is there no end to the idiocy of those who live in abject fear of guns?

Wh, oh why, does no national leader call this for the nonsense that it is?

[Fiddlstix]

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I've been meaning to get a copy. John Ross's Unintended Consequences occupies a place of honor on my bookshelf.

[GrandEagle]

I'd favor a law stating that any firearm is EXEMPT from ANY bans except for those convicted of violent crimes or mentally insane.
Oh yeah... Wait a minute, that is the law of the land.

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

They would just ignore it too...

Gotta run for now my friends..
Have a great day!

[WestSylvanian]

If Bush plays his cards right, Jean-Claude Kerry will not win Pennsylvania. Hunting is a second religion in western Pennsylvania.

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Let's hope you're right. However, the President has remained somewhat detached from the 2A issues, and Kerry HAS had himself photographed whilst duck hunting. I know, it's just for show, and most Dims do likewise, but we can't simply write it off so easily.

It needs to be widely publicised that Kerry has NEVER opposed ANY gungrabbing legislation, EVER.

[El Gato]

According to the Second Amendment -- the Federal Government should be encouraging and sponsoring general public ownership and expert use of assault weapons. That is the clearest and most honest interpretation of that first clause.

Actually according to the main body of the Constitution. Art. I section 8 "Congress shall have the power to ... To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"

[El Gato]

the Left seems to be able to conjure marches and demos every day of the week at whim. Why can't we, especially since we are so well organized and informed?

Because the vast majority of us have jobs or are self employed and cannot get away "at a whim". Their constitutency tends to come from the parasitic classes, and from "students", who have much more flexible schedules.

But, we tend to vote in higher percentages than they do.

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Oh, and don't forget that PA's governor is Ed Rendell, former chairman of the Democrat national Comittee, and who is as ruthless and powerful as they come in big-city and state political machines.

Furthermore, Philly and the other urban areas will likely go for Kerry, and their population is more than the rural areas.

PA will be a tough battle for the President.

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We should be able to put up at least ONE good, well-attended demo or march a year, at least.

[VOA]

This is now, according to PA lgislators, an "Assault Rifle"...

Of course it is. Many a thug have had their self-esteem assaulted when
hearing that stark clacking sound from a potential victim's 12 gauge pump
being brought to action stations!

[Vision]

I hope one day a headline reads...

Pennsylvania to classify liberal politicians as terrorists

[Joe Hadenuf]

I should have become obvious to everyone that regardless of what state you may reside, the relentless, incremental attacks from those in government on our freedoms, our borders, sovereignty and our Constitution are endless, and their objects are disturbing.

It's proceeding slowly, one step at a time. To the point where even our elections and the voting booth are being undermined, destabilized and subverted. In my honest opinion, most all in the high echelons of power can no longer be trusted.

Too much corruption, fraud, special interest etc, as the government continues to grow and become all encompassing to the point where it controls every part of our lives and businesses. In the 1950s and 1960s and before, actions such as these and other attacks on our freedoms and sovereignty would have been unheard of and never tolerated.

Ask yourself, what has changed?

Were dying of a thousand cuts.

[LibKill]

I've had about enough of this.

"From my Cold Dead Hands!" (Charton Heston)

By the way, anyone who invaded my home would not face my "So-called 'assault rifle', but a good-old S&W (pre-kneepad) .44 magnum.

It's very tiresome to hear the liberal idiots go on and on about the dangers of "assault weapons" when you realize that a shotgun is a better weapon at close range.

[Wolfhound777]

I should have become obvious to everyone that regardless of what state you may reside, the relentless, incremental attacks from those in government on our freedoms, our borders, sovereignty and our Constitution are endless, and their objects are disturbing. It's proceeding slowly, one step at a time. To the point where even our elections and the voting booth are being undermined, destabilized and subverted. In my honest opinion, most all in the high echelons of power can no longer be trusted.

I agree with you 100%. We had better get a handle on this soon or all will be lost.

[S.O.S121.500]

Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. That practice has not caught on, as we wish it had, so let us keep up the fight.
....Jeff Cooper

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Oh, they realize that. They're just going for the "EEEEVVIll" looking guns first. Succer Moms eat it up because the AW's are "ugly, military-looking" and they think they're machine guns.

The shotguns will follow in due course.

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Should have pinged you guys to this, too. Sad, ain't it?

[LibKill]

I guess it's just like the KKKlintoon years.

Buy lots of ammo, and hide it deep.

[blackie]

A baseball bat is an assault weapon if you assault someone with it. *sigh*

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~