Who will win?
ONE:
OR TWO:
Place your bets! ;)
Posted on 09/17/2004 9:20:00 PM PDT by neverdem
A 10-year-old federal ban on assault weapons expired earlier this week with little chance that a vote to reestablish it will be brought before congress in the near future.
Chris W. Cox, chief lobbyist and executive director of NRA's institute for legislative action, took questions on the association and the expiration of the assault weapons ban.
The transcript follows.
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Chris W. Cox: Hello, everyone. I'm glad to have the opportunity to be here, answer your questions, and have a lively discussion.
Washington, D.C.: Hello,
Could you be as specific as possible and name ALL the gun models that will now be available that were not available before the ban was lifted? I have been listening to the debate on both sides of the ban issue, and it is, frankly, confusing. Also, I heard you on C-SPAN. Why won't you divulge which types of guns you own? Thank you.
Chris W. Cox: The ban banned manufacturing various guns with more than one attachment, from a list of attachments specified in the law, such as conspicuous grips, folding stocks, etc.
Therefore, expiration of the ban means that the guns will be legal to make as they wer before the ban, with all of their standard attachments.
San Francisco, Calif.: Flash suppressors, folding stocks, and 30 round magazines were part of the assault weapon ban. Why are these accessories supposedly merely cosmetic according to the NRA?
A flash suppressor would prevent police officers from spotting a shooter's muzzle flash at night. A 30 round magazine would allow a homicidal maniac, similar to Colin Ferguson, to shoot 30 people before pausing to reload. Colin Ferguson's...
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Who will win?
ONE:
OR TWO:
Place your bets! ;)
Actually, many of the comments are pro-gun on this one.
Couldn't agree more,except to add that it was intended as a nose under the tent. The full anti-gun assaut is on all fronts. Hunting, competitive shooters, plinkers, manufacturers and dealers etc. all have to consolidate efforts to protect RKBA.
Way back I read a published memo that stated the intention was to eliminate the very THOUGHT of the notion of GUN from memory. That's powerful social science and is the key to either freedom or slavery. I need not explain what the thought police choose.
"In regards to your use of the 2nd Amendment as reasoning, can you at least acknowledge that our founding fathers wrote this at a time when it took 2 minutes to reload a musket?"
I can get three shots off in a minute,and so could the guy's who handled them when the Constitution was written.
It's nice to see the Washington Post exploring a Conservative victory.
I expect to give them many more such opportunities in the future!
The AWB Has Expired - Gun Owners Have Won Again For All Americans!
Too bad it was edited. It could have been educational. You have to take what you get with WaPo.
Not to mention that "assault weapon" of the time, the blunderbuss, which could fire 30 or more rusty nails or lead pellets with one pull of the trigger. Each one of those wounded would risk an agonizing death from infection.
Any thinking person must factor in modern medical care along with modern weapons. I'd rather be wounded with a modern weapon, with modern medical care available, than take a dirty lead ball in the guts in 1776.
The NRA seems to be doing a lot better these days. I think La Pierre does a pretty good job, and so does Chris Cox.
reasonable for a WP article.
still though...will we ever get back all the RKBA we've already lost and continue to lose locally?
"Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in." -- Diane Feinswine.
If you resurrected any one of the Founding Fathers and told him that the Feddle Gummint had passed legislation restricting the right of common citizens to possess the military issue shoulder arm of their country - NO MATTER WHAT it was at the time - you'd find him starting a revolution to overthrow the Gummint the very next day.
That's true. But the sunset of the AWB is a victory, and we must take them when we can.
We've got to reach the city dwellers. I think a lot of urbanites are going to realize how critical the firearm is to self-defense. I'm thinking of the Pink Pistols and Second Amendment Sisters as examples of non-traditional "gun nuts." All Americans need to understand that self-defense is a human right and a personal responsibility. The NRA and GOA should be spending their outreach dollars on these other segments of society. I have long argued that if blacks and Latinos could have respected ex military and accomplished sportsmen to mentor them in their firearms knowledge that gang violence would decrease. Get Asians involved, too. If gangs are attractive to the unempowered, there could be more truth to my argument than meets the eye. E.g., "Grow up empowered through family firearm practices." Or "the family that goes to the range together stays together."
Thanks for the ping, Travis.
Cox did allright. But he fails to mention the primary reason for the RKBA, which is for the people to protect ourselves against a tyrannical gov't.
The truth which dare not be spoken aloud by pols.
Good point about reaching urbanites. The grabboid depend on slavish response from the cities.
I think a love and respect for firearms is one fine path to an appreciation of American patriotism, as well.
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