Posted on 02/13/2012 8:54:11 PM PST by Darren McCarty
Governor Mitt Romney has signed into law a permanent assault weapons ban that he says will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on these guns.
'Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts," Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsmen's groups and gun safety advocates. "These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."
Like the federal assault weapons ban, the state ban, put in place in 1998, was scheduled to expire in September. The new law ensures these deadly weapons, including AK-47s, UZIs and Mac-10 rifles, are permanently prohibited in Massachusetts no matter what happens on the federal level.
"We are pleased to mark an important victory in the fight against crime," said Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey. "The most important job of state government is ensuring public safety. Governor Romney and I are determined to do whatever it takes to stop the flood of dangerous weapons into our cities and towns and to make Massachusetts safer for law-abiding citizens."
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"Never before has there been such bi-partisan cooperation in the passage of gun safety legislation of this magnitude in this nation," said John Rosenthal, co-founder and chair of Stop Handgun Violence. "I applaud the leadership of the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker and entire Legislature for passage of this assault weapons ban renewal. They have shown that Massachusetts can continue to lead the nation in protecting the public and law enforcement from military style assault weapons."
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I will not vote for that POS and no amount of guilt tripping or boogeyman pimping will change my mind.
Who says you can’t hunt with a M4? I have one that I hunt everything from squirrels and groundhogs to deer with. It came with a .223 upper when I bought it. I have since added uppers in 6.8SPC and .22 Long Rifle.
The 6.8SPC fires a .277 caliber bullet (.270) and it will drop a whitetail deer in it’s tracks as it did three times this past season. This was the first time I have used a AR15 platform to hunt big game with and I’m hooked. Very light and maneuverable, flat shooting, hard hitting, what’s not to love!
Wrong, Mitt. They are self-defense against the abuses of power of an out-of-control government. They are much more precise in targeting than the alternative, IEDs.
“And SANTORUM voted for the Lautenberg Amendment.”
If true that needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Conservative my @$$.
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