Posted on 03/17/2009 6:42:32 AM PDT by marktwain
What is this current government so afraid of that leads them to want to disarm the citizens? Looking at this list it can’t possibly be for curbing crime. Let’s see, what followed the last time this kind of disarming of citizens occurred in a country 6 million people were murdered.
Mine were lost in the hurricane.
Bwahahahaha! Yeah, just another compassionate conservative, right!
If you're talking about Hitler, he murdered a lot more than six million people ... at least 11.5 million, maybe (depending on how you account for deaths) up to 15 million. And yes, our current white house occupant seems to be starting down the same path. It always ends badly.
Atta boy. Apparently a lot of us need to get our mind right.
That organization was sacrificed at the altar of the big tent.
I suspect that Obama will not take the legislative route to accomplish this. More likely, he will whittle away via "executive orders". And one day you wake up to the same results.
These people are the undisputed masters of incrementalism. And Republicans are the undisputed masters of being suckers.
Freedomsfirst is planning a million man march on Washington. HALF A MILLION have already signed up.
Celebrities who have signed so far are Rev. Manning and Allan Keyes. Chuch Norris is considering joining.
The scary sounding “semi-automatic assault rifle” phrase is what they are counting on to get public support and to demonize those who want to keep them legal.
My BIL, at one point, in arguing for gun control, questioned “why would anyone need a semi-automatic”.
My reply was “please state your understanding of how a semi-automatic rifle practically functions” because I knew he was thinking “select fire”.
Instead of giving me the functional definition of select fire, he instead, honestly admitted that he had no idea what “semi-automatic” meant.
Dude, are they going to coordinate with the second amendment march that is going to take place in April 2010? They should pool resources.
The actual law is much worse. It bans any firearm that is LIKE the ones listed and gives the Attorney General the broad power to ban anything that that he doesn’t like. It also bans the sale of high cap magazines and I believe it mandates the registration of all “assault weapons” with the government.
Not so sure. The JMB designs would fall under the blanket "procured for use by the United States military" clause. Under that edict, it is feasible that they could grab ANYTHING ever "procured" by any branch/unit of the military or any police agency. That would include a heckuva lot of wheelguns and shotguns. FWIW, it was not at all long ago that it was more the rule than exception to find lever action "deer rifles" in the law enforcement racks.
Your right on there...the strategy seems to be “phasing out” the second amendment by stages. They can’t go on a gun grabbing spree without a massive backlash. But they can demonize evil “assault weapons”. They can tax ammo to the hilt, ban imports of magazines and gun parts, fiddle with storage requirements and “smart gun” crap. And we still might wind up with a second, permanent AWB.
The key to preserving the 2nd amendment is teaching young people what it means. We have to relearn this with every generation. Pry them away from the video games for a while and take them shooting. Guns are only scary if you have no experience with them.
The only things that belong under Big Tents are circuses and picnics. The GOP has become a circus, but it’s been no picnic.
I urge everyone to check out “OATH KEEPERS”
I’ve only got a couple of those - guess I need to go shopping.
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