Posted on 10/17/2012 6:25:33 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
President Barack Obama declared during Tuesday’s presidential debate that his goals as president include the reinstatement of a so-called “assault weapons ban” in the United States.
As part of a plan to reduce street violence in cities — including in his own hometown of Chicago — Obama proposed “seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced.”
This appears to be among the boldest pro-gun-control comments Obama has made as president, and the first time has has openly called for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban.
“So my belief is that, A, we have to enforce the laws we’ve already got, make sure that we’re keeping guns out of the hands of criminals, those who are mentally ill,” Obama said when asked about gun control. “We’ve done a much better job in terms of background checks, but we’ve got more to do when it comes to enforcement.”
“But I also share your belief that weapons that were designed for soldiers in war theaters don’t belong on our streets,” he added. “And so what I’m trying to do is to get a broader conversation about how do we reduce the violence generally.”
"Part of it is seeing if we can get an assault weapons ban reintroduced. part of it is also looking at other sources of the violence. Because frankly, in my home town of Chicago, there’s an awful lot of violence and they’re not using AK-47s. They’re using cheap hand guns.”
Thanks for making that point, dummy, just in case anybody forgot where you stand on this issue. That should sit real nicely with any of those "bitter clingers" in Pennsylvania who are still undecided.
If so that is an admission that what Romney said is true.
Massatwoshits.
lol.
In the mid 90’s I remember a short article in the Oakland Tribune where a customs spot check on some cargo in the port of Oakland turned up 2 cases of AK-47’s, full-auto and no serial numbers. Point of origin, China. The article was just a short paragraph then it disappeared down the memory hole.
NO WAY this happens as long as Obama is trying to get Ohio.
I recall seeing a masterful political cartoon from just after the '94 election, portraying the election results as a gigantic bullet marked "AW Ban" lodged in the wall of the White House. An equally enormous smoking revolver identified as "the voters" was at the left edge of the frame. Rising above the White House, Bubba's thought balloon read "Hey, that was no ordinary potshot", or some such (this was about a month after Francisco Duran emptied his SKS into the front of the WH).
I've searched for that one since but haven't been able to find it. I think the artist was Mike Luckovich... maybe.
You're right, though - even if Romney wasn't flawless, drawing that comment out of Obama was worth a lot of votes. The GOA, NRA, SAS, JPFO, et al better waste no time exploiting the opportunity.
Really, really trying to get one sooner than later.
"They?" You mean "those people?"
Clinton had signed the assault weapon ban, but had given a waver to the Chinese to ship in, IIRC, 100,000 to 150,000 SKS rifles. They were so cheap you could buy one for under $50.
They were smuggling in the full auto weapons with the SKS’s.
They said they found enough weapons to supply a small army.
How many were shipped in before they got caught nobody knows.
They said they found enough weapons to supply a small army.
How many were shipped in before they got caught nobody knows”
California banned and ordered SKS owners at least the ones who dutifully registered as assault weapons to turn them in back in 1999. I wonder if there were a few class 3 SKS in the mix as well and the state was looking to CYA.
On a side note the nut job who shot up the Carson City Nevada IHOP in 2011 used a Norinco Mak 90(AK-47 clone) modified for select fire. I remember a news conference where a LE rep said the AK was modified for full-auto and the mod job was of a very professional job and seemed to be beyond the capabilities of the shooter. The trail got murky after that in that the AK was sold in California in private party sale more than 5 years prior. Looks like there may be some select fire AK’s still floating around.
The premise comes from the Weather Underground playbook. It means to orchestrate race riots.
Find an incident, a spark to ignite the flame, ratchet it up to a raging inferno.
I don't have a doubt they knew what the Clintons were up to. Typical of liberals, disarm the honest people and leave them defenseless.
I also don't have a doubt the Chinese smuggling in those weapons to the gangs in 1996, is what Ron Brown was scared of and I think Brown was going public and they shut him up.
Vince Foster was going public about the firing of the US Attorneys, that's in his so called suicide note.
People are thoroughly convinced Obama is the Big Dog of this bunch because he’s president. He's not.
In 1995 when Bill Ayers patted Obama on his head, Obama was brought into the Clintons inner circle as their toady for Clinton's 1996 reelection to orchestrate race riots if necessary.
Obama is still the Clinton's toady.
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