"Assault" Weapons Ban: Feinstein alert!

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[Monty22]

I say there's a 50/50 chance it'll go through. I hope I'm wrong. Losing this would, to me, be worse than losing the white house.

[CasearianDaoist]

Do you think there are a couple of Rats that would cross over. It drives me nuts because I am a New Yorker. Chuckie in fact does not live too far from me. Cannot count on New York at all in the senate though there might be a few Ratsw upstate in the house that would be afraid to stop it.

[Monty22]

I hope we find out soon exactly when this vote is for. We need to hit this harder than hell, like the last one.

[Servant of the 9]

The Pubbies in the Senate have to stop this because either way it is sure death for Bush if it reaches his desk.

During the campaign, he said he would sign it, so he will bet beaten up by the media and called a liar by moderates if he vetoes it. If he signs it, the NRA wing of the party will sit on their hands this fall.

So9

[Give Piece A Chance]

Even if this bill passes the Senate, it will never make it through the House. There is no way DeLay, Hastert et al will let this go to Bush's desk in an election year.

That said, keep those phone lines and e-mail servers lit up good! The fewer opportunities the hoplophobes and their useful idiots in the media have to engage in demagoguery on this issue, the better.

[2banana]

Do you think there are a couple of Rats that would cross over. It drives me nuts because I am a New Yorker. Chuckie in fact does not live too far from me. Cannot count on New York at all in the senate though there might be a few Ratsw upstate in the house that would be afraid to stop it.

The answer is yes - those in tight elections in November from not-liberal states - and the first democrat I see not voting for the AWB renewal (besides Zell Miller) is Tom Daschle...

[CasearianDaoist]

I just bet you are right...hope so. That cheers me up a bit.

[backhoe]

Crosslink:

-Smart Guns / Foolish Legislators--The Assault Weapons Ban May Be Bush's Undoing--

[ActionNewsBill]

Make your phone calls, kiddees.

Do you actually think that is going to do any good?

Last Of The BOHICANS

"BOHICA!" screamed the e-mail alert. "Bend over, here it comes again!"

It was a familiar story. Politicians were about to pull yet another colossal act of betrayal, about to break yet another compromise with gun owners, about to put thousands more citizens at risk of prison for obscure technical violations of law.

BOHICA has become a way of life for people who care about the Bill of Rights, especially the Second Amendment.

So what did the group sending the urgent e-mail alert beg everybody to do? "Call your representative!" -- again -- "Write the governor!" -- again -- "Tell your friends to call their representatives!" --again.

Let's be realistic: Do we honestly believe an arrogant group of known liars and oathbreakers is suddenly going to morph into Patrick Henry just because they receive yet another batch of desperate, angry pleas from people who've been on the losing side of every gun-law battle since the National Firearms Act was passed in 1934?

"BOHICA," indeed! If you keep bending over like that, they'll keep doing "it" again.

[Monty22]

Daschle going against schumer and feinstein/boxer on this issue seems nearly impossible.

We shouldn't even need daschle. Hopefully our side can put up a fight and filibuster it ok, and kill it outright in the House. If not, I don't really care much which party wins this Nov..

[FrankR]

"She's at it again! Let's not let this summer sequel go "blockbuster""

She's trying to sneak it in under the cloak of events of the week regarding the death of Ronald Reagan.

Lord Eff'n of Ketchup will be going to California to "pay his respects" to a man he never respected in life.

The left is going to use the death of a great man to self-aggradize themselves by "campaigning center" via their supposed association with Reagan.

The left is all about sneakiness, lying, trojan horses, and sleaze.

[Redbob]

I'm glad she brought this up - it'll help flush the real gun-grabbers out of hiding in this election year, and show folks who the enemy really is.

Time remaining:

[GrandEagle]

Tagged for reference

[Monty22]

14 weeks, sigh.. And we won't be in the clear until the fat lady sings either. Although he we knock it down this time, it's probably safe to say it's dead.

Just gotta take it out now.

[Monty22]

Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)

S 2498 PCS


Calendar No. 545

108th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2498
To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 3, 2004
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. WARNER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. DODD, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mrs. BOXER, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. REED, and Mr. LAUTENBERG) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time


June 4, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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A BILL
To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2004'.

SEC. 2. 10-YEAR EXTENSION OF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN.

Section 110105 of the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (18 U.S.C. 921 note) is amended to read as follows:

`SEC. 110105. SUNSET PROVISION.

`This subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle are repealed September 13, 2014.'.
Calendar No. 545


108th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2498

A BILL
To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban.

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June 4, 2004

[Redbob]

Now is the time to contact especially the fence-sitters and flip-floppers, like Montana's Conrad Burns, New Mexico's Bingaman and Domenici, Maine's Snowe and Collins, etc.

Remind them of what happened to anti-gun congresscritters in '94, and that it can happen again, regardless of party affiliation!

[Condor51]

Something stinks here.
The details of S.2498 still aren't available on Thomas and it's not available thru a search on the Senate site either.

As such, I can only assume that DiFi DOESN'T want the sheeple to see the language in this Bill!! After all, If you can't read it, you can't logically oppose it.

Anyway as some have mentioned, it'll never get out of the House. That is as long as "The Hammer" is still Majority Leader. But wait.. that Texas DA is trying to indict him, and THEN he'd have to give up his leadership position. Hmmm, what a coincidence.....

[Monty22]

Check my 35 for the bill.

[PLMerite]

"It'll probably be time to turn in the semi-auto rifles shortly after kerry wins."


Maybe yours...

[Travis McGee]

Soon enough, we'll find out.