looking for article on Bush saying he would resign the assault weapon ban

[tiger-one]

You lost?

[Atlas Sneezed]

Nope. You did. You said "MG's (we'll ignore your improper apostrophe) are legal," when in fact most are NOT legal.

Feel free to QUOTE any of my statements you think are mostly wrong, as yours has been shown to be.

You can play straw-man rhetoric, pretending as if I claimed that all MGs are illegal, but when you look at what I clearly wrote, you won't have a chance.

Or, you can just keep silent when someone is clarifying correctly the confusion you generated.

[tiger-one]

Full automatic rifles AKA Machine guns, sub machine guns are NOT Illegal. Is that better?

Split hairs if you must... I am going back to read the Duncan Hunter threads, you can continue with your therapy session.

[ctdonath2]

Oh stop. You're having a vicious agreement.

This is a casual discussion, not a moderated formal debate.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Full automatic rifles AKA Machine guns, sub machine guns are NOT Illegal. Is that better?

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Who seven suggested they were *all* illegal?

Most are illegal, some aren't. It doesn't get any truer or clearer than that.

Is this really difficult to understand?

[Thunder90]

You need a Class-3 Permit to own any machine gun made after 1986.

Even Police Departments have to go through many hurdles to add machine guns to their arsenals. They need approval of their state AG to get them, and then have to fill out lots of paperwork. Most officers carry semi-auto AR-15 and MP5 variants for this reason.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Even Police Departments have to go through many hurdles to add machine guns to their arsenals. They need approval of their state AG to get them, and then have to fill out lots of paperwork. Most officers carry semi-auto AR-15 and MP5 variants for this reason.

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That may be true in some jurisdictions, but in other, the police may just place an order. There is some paperwork, but no prohibition.

[Thunder90]

In some instances (like big city swat/Tactical teams), the AG can give blanket OK's for the weapons. Otherwise, it is the normal process of having to get that approval.

[Thunder90]

They still need the letterhead from the state AG to get the guns, however.

[Atlas Sneezed]

They still need the letterhead from the state AG to get the guns, however.

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That sounds like a matter of state law or policy, and the states tend to differ.

[Eagles6]

It was a political ploy. He knew he wouldn't have to sign it because it wouldn't pass congress. 'Course that's what he did with McCain-Feingold. He signed it, knowing it was unconstitutional, figuring it would be dumped by the Supreme Court. That bit him in the behind.

[tgambill]

Boring speaker, but interesting info if true.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1526462573111576587&q=new+world+order

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=642552841321950688&q=new+world+order

[archy]

A friend was asking about a statement President Bush made that went something to the effect that he would resign the assault weapon ban if it came on his desk. Does anyone have a link to such a post here?

Sure. Though it wasn't stated directly by Bush, but by a *White House Spokesman.*

See FReeppost *here*: The Bush administration is bucking the National Rifle Association and supporting a renewal of the assault weapons ban, set to expire just before the presidential election. "The president supports the current law, and he supports reauthorization of the current law," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told Knight Ridder.