Posted on 02/14/2007 9:49:48 PM PST by FreedomCalls
H.R. 1022 has been introduced in committee.
From The High Road, where there's lots of discussion and political fingerpointing. Examples:
"Well, all you folks who voted for anyone but a republican now know what the next 2-10 years are going to be like. Maybe longer."
Which was countered by:
"Plus, even if it does pass, all you good Republicans have nothing to worry about because your President will veto it, right? Remember, you guys all said Bush was just playing politics when he said he would sign a new AWB. You guys don't think you are wrong now, do you? Do you?"
Yep. Bush said in the 2004 election that he would sign the AWB renewal if it came across his desk. At the time, he was confident of a Republican Congress keeping that from happening. What could possiblie go wrong? The 2006 elections went wrong, Democrats now control both houses of Congress, and Bush's words are coming back to haunt gunowners.
Still, Bush and a Republican Congress were very good for gunowners. The AWB was allowed to expire in 2004, and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms act protects gun companies from frivolous lawsuits that were threatening to destroy them.
This renewal probably won't go through, but another one might after the next election. This is exactly why I'm only buying semi-autos between now and the end of 2008. Just in case. If anything is banned it will be semi-automatics. And if they aren't banned outright they will be regulated - as in the 1994 AWB - with regards to magazine capacities of more than 10 rounds and "evil" features like collapsible/folding stocks and flash hiders.
It is a miracle that Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) was even elected and has managed to remain a congresscritter. She is a one-act show and darn near the only thing she talks about is firearms and how she was impacted by the shooting of her husband and son. Her response to that criminal tragedy at the hands of a proven madman is inappropriate.
~ Blue Jays ~
We haven't been a Republic since before the New Deal. Things are just playing out now to their logical conclusions.
Where's that reset switch at?
The left wants to take guns away from law-abiding citizens so that it can impose its fascist rule.
She continues to be elected because the majority of the voters in her district (Long Island) have the same fear and loathing of guns, freedom, and the 2nd A that she does. She wasn't elected by accident. She was elected because the majority of her electorate agree with her.
Lately, that exact thought has been crossing my mind a great deal. Almost daily, recently.
The libs are like Bugs Bunny in the Yosemite-Sam-as-a-pirate cartoon. Bugs keeps throwing lit matches down into the gunpowder storage room -- you know that, sooner or later, one of those matches is gonna cause the thing to blow. The libs keep throwing "lit matches" too.... but just because none of them caused an explosion so far, they think it'll never happen. If they keep it up, they may get a response that they didn't expect.
You can step on the neck of an armed populace for only so long. I foresee a second American Revolution coming -- not only about gun control, but so many other issues also.
This old fellow made several large tactical mistakes in engaging the bad guys, not the least of which was immediately attempting to go head-on at them with a knife. Of course, it's a helluva note to think that your average homeowner would need to benefit from tactical training in their own front yard.
Joe unfortunely here in Bradenton it is getting to be a tactial neighborhood every where....Our crime rate is soaring right now...My wife and I are both lic to carry and do...I am going to Port Charlotte tomorrow to the DAV there...Some day maybe we can have a cup together with maybe a few others from our area....Wes
It really irks me to admit this but as far as I can see our US Constitutional law is only of concern to our elected officials when it favors them or their agenda. With respect to the freedoms it spells out for us common citizens it's already become just a meaningless piece of paper. What's worse, to reinstate it to it's original purpose will require the spilling of blood. I don't mean to sound haughty but absolute and total power is the food of tyrants. Patrick Henry made two very important points in his argument favoring the second amendment. He said (paraphrased) if the gov takes control of our purse and we have no guns what are we to do, just tell them to give it back? The IRS thugs are well established.
They're New Yorkers. They're from the most left wing part of the most left wing state in the nation. They think the sun shines out of H Clinton's backside, and they think Guiliani is a conservative, and by their standards he is. Left wing socialists hate guns, hate freedom, and above all else want to impose their viewpoint on everyone else. By their standards she is working.
She certainly deserves sympathy
deserves deserved By putting herself in the political arena and going after our freedom, she forfited any sympathy she might have once been entitled to.
But to tell the truth, the only reason the Democrats got congress is because they ran pro-life, pro-gun candidates that looked more like Republicans than our current presidential candidates. I don't think it's do-able legislation. I think if they shoved it down our throats it'll be the last we see of the Democrats for a while.
Buy high capacity magazines for any guns YOU MIGHT be buying down the road.
AK-47s are fun...Im going to buy one soon....probably start with the entry level WASR-10 modified to accept high capacity mags..$329 bucks..you cant beat it if it works.
I bought five glock 17 mags just after christmas and I plan to get an additional ten very soon.
Buy your guns now, and don't forget to buy lots of ammo for them, because that is next on their hit list. Get it by the caseload, it's cheaper that way.
What do they have to fear?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
As proven by the last AWB, even the sheep with pointy teeth will roll over, bleating profusely but doing nothing in opposition. They'll get creatively compliant, but compliant nonetheless.
Doesn't matter what the pols are doing, they have nothing to worry about.
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/16705204.htm
This happened real close to where I live....I heard the sheriff helicopter while this took place...Course that is a every day occasion in Brandenton anymore...I am getting my wife to pick up a glock to go with several other handguns she has...I have one and love it....It is bullet proof and never ever failed to fire for me....I have others but that is my primary carry weapon as of now......
bttt
Nothing ever did happen.
Nothing is happeneing.
Ergo, they don't expect anything ever will happen.
So why stop?
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