Posted on 12/05/2011 3:04:42 PM PST by Outlaw Woman
Prior to the “Republican Revolution” of 1994, Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia had earned an A rating with Gun Owners of America. But that all changed in 1995, after Republicans were swept to power and Gingrich became Speaker of the House.
The Republicans gained the majority, thanks in large part to gun owners outraged by the Clinton gun ban. And upon taking the reins of the House, Speaker Gingrich said famously that, “As long as I am Speaker of this House, no gun control legislation is going to move in committee or on the floor of this House and there will be no further erosion of their rights.”
His promise didn’t hold up, however, and his GOA rating quickly dropped to well below the “C-level.” In 1996, the Republican-led Congress passed the “gun free school zones act,” creating criminal safe zones like Virginia Tech, where the only person armed was a murderous criminal. Speaker Newt Gingrich voted for the bill containing this ban.[1]
The same bill also contained the now infamous Lautenberg gun ban, which lowered the threshold for losing one’s Second Amendment rights to a mere misdemeanor.[2] Gun owners could, as a result of this ban, lose their gun rights forever for non-violent shouting matches that occurred in the home -- and, in many cases, lose their rights without a jury trial.
While a legislator might sometimes vote for a spending bill which contains objectionable amendments, that was clearly NOT the case with Newt Gingrich in 1996. Speaking on Meet the Press in September of that year, Speaker Gingrich said the Lautenberg gun ban was “a very reasonable position.”[3] He even refused to cosponsor a repeal of the gun ban during the next Congress -- despite repeated requests to do so.[4]
Also in 1996, Speaker Gingrich cast his vote for an anti-gun terror bill which contained several harmful provisions. For example, one of the versions he supported (in March of that year) contained a DeLauro amendment that would have severely punished gun owners for possessing a laser sighting device while committing an infraction as minor as speeding on a federal reservation.[5] (Not only would this provision have stigmatized laser sights, it would have served as a first step to banning these items.) Another extremely harmful provision was the Schumer amendment to “centralize Federal, State and Local police.”[6]
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We've used ‘arrogant’ to describe Obama for years.......well, his ‘match’ has appeared according to many.
It makes me a criminal with the stroke of a pen.
Got ya BE. But it does make a difference...it makes a difference to our Creator. Am I serious? Yes...
Whatever happens, I know that I’m responsible and answerable for ‘my’ vote. Even if who I vote for doesn’t win I know, in my heart, that I voted with the most pro-life, pro-Country, pro-Bill of Rights candidate possible.
God will ask us (maybe not in these exact words), ‘why did you vote for someone who is for aborting my creation (when politically expedient), why did you vote for someone who believes the ‘RIGHTS’ that I bestowed upon you is negotiable... etc.
WHAT? You been asleep for the last 50 years?
When I was born, my father could have purchased for me a fully automatic, silenced weapon, without much fuss, except the unfolding of $100 bills and a little paperwork from the 1938 legislation.
Today? Fergetaboutit.
We've lost LOTS of ground on firearms since '38.
And people here on a conservative website say.... "Protected gun rights fairly well so far".
Bovine excrement.
When we get back to where we were in 1937.... then I'll agree with you, after noting the dark period of the crushing of personal freedoms between the '30s and whenever that joyous days occurs.
/johnny
BTW, the 1938 legislation was largely in response to crimes committed by Bonnie and Clyde.
The irony is that while full auto was available to the public up until that point, the 1938 law would not have prevented Clyde Barrows crimes.
He stole full auto BAR’s from national guard armories.
So once again, we see that these laws only hinder law abiding citizens.
Spot on johnny.
"I think we prefer to go to instant check on an immediate basis and try to accelerate implementing instant checks so that you could literally check by thumbprint... Instant check is a much better system than the Brady process." -- June 27, 1997
This weekend, your National Association for Gun Rights, working in conjunction with our Iowa state-level affiliate, Iowa Gun Owners, began using phone calls designed to alert tens of thousands of gun rights activists across Iowa about Newt Gingrich's decades-long support of gun control . . .
. . . and his refusal to return his National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Survey.
Newt Gingrich should quit stonewalling gun owners and return his National Association for Gun Rights Presidential Survey -- IMMEDIATELY!
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- And quite interested in dough too
The book “Winning through Intimidation” classifies him well
You always knew where Bill Clinton stood - and you knew you could not trust him
But I am seeing so many now on FR simply buy the “Well - I changed my mind - I matured” BS from some candidate(s)
I doubt I need to say which one(s) here
- and so many think that Ron Paul is wacky - at least Ron Paul is not a feather in the wind
He knows his suits look bad - but he does not care - and he does not shop at Tiffany’s
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Newt is bad news for gun owners. His record is as bad as Mittens if not worse.
Lol, The Tiffany Dough Boy.
I don’t know what’s happening any more. They started out only wanting “purity” in a candidate, just had to be Tea Party pure.
You can’t put people on a pedestal and then turn in the opposite direction when they fall off without some sideway glances.....lol. Perry was badgered with some undeserved titles that Newt wears with ease.
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- As they said/say in Texas:
COME AND TAKE IT!
- That applies to the naivé on FR too!
Bill Clinton must chuckle how easily many Republicans just simply accept “- but now I have matured!” after they called him “Slick Willie”
I knew the Butcher brothers land scams well in the tougher parts of Tennessee - I don’t fall for any blather from someone who thinks he can talk me to death
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Gonzalas still has its Come And Take It celebration every year. Here’s a history if you aren’t familiar with it;
History of the 1835 Come And Take It Flag.
http://www.comeandtakeit.com/txhist.html
Hi lady! I read through the thread you were on yesterday and saw the major zot that was done, lol. That one won’t be missed, twill be a blessing!
Hi Ms PL
Yes...it was a *snicker* moment.
Hope all is well with you!
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Yup - I am familiar with it
I have the Gadsden flag here
(TEA Party flag too)
Large enough to use as a tent!
It keeps my neighbors nervous -
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[Yes...it was a *snicker* moment.]
Lol, it was more of a “hee haw” moment. You did good.
Had another crisis yesterday, would have to tell in a letter. I need a witch doctor to undo a hex - or something, lol.
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