Posted on 12/15/2012 1:48:14 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The White House said President Barack Obama supports reinstatement of a federal ban on assault weapons -- a position he took in the 2008 campaign but failed to press during his first term.
"It does remain a commitment of his," presidential spokesman Jay Carney told reporters as the nation reeled from a mass shooting in Connecticut that mainly killed school children.
An emotional Obama did not address that issue directly in a televised statement from the White House on the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown that killed 26 people but said something had to be done...
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All this crap is so phony. The Kenyan should be ashamed of himself for the way he has acted since this tragedy. Crying my arse. That was some phony BS. Crocodile tears.
Anything semi-automatic regardless of caliber.
Define assault weapons.
Assault weapons: any instrument a human being can use to harm another human being. "He assaulted me." Canons and tanks are darn good "assault weapons." So are axes and arrows. Not as good as muskets (unless properly deployed and employed).
Heck, a semiautomatic .50 cal can ruin your day.
But the best "assault weapon," is a K-bar up close and personal.
Did I mention aircraft? There's a great definition of "assault weapons."
5.56mm
Well, there goes my Brown Bess Musket with the bayonet. It was an assault weapon of choice for almost two hundred years.
But the best “assault weapon,” is a K-bar up close and personal
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You mention ‘up close and personal’, a bunch of ragheads did a pretty decent job of ‘assaulting’ a whole bunch of people with inexpensive, box cutters....
Will Oblamo include abortion instruments in his ban of *assault weapons*? Nah...didn’t think so. (Because it’s not really about protecting innocents.)
I listened to Obama’s statement as I was driving home from work, and I was surprised at how upset he sounded. Then I watched it later. This guy is the LOUSIEST actor I ever saw! I’m willing to bet his statement had WIPE EYE NOW and PAUSE AND LOOK DOWN NOW inserted into the text.
“Anything semi-automatic regardless of caliber.”
Exactly right
Don’t let Libs like Obama define the language! I have a feeling if Obama and the Commie party get their way anything more powerfull than a BB gun will be an assault weapon.
Any weapon our Marxist overlords deem a threat to their absolute power.
A system of licensing and registration is the perfect device to deny gun ownership to the bourgeoisie.
Lenin (1870-1924) “The Beginning of the Revolution in Russia”
To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave
them.
George Mason (1725-1792)
Elliot, Debates at 380
When the Cambrian measures were forming,
They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us, and delivered us, bound, to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
The Gods of the Copy Book Headings, 5th Stanza, 1919
Obama doesn’t have to run again - let’s see what we hear from the Dem leaders (hint: crickets).
The response to this incident is very predictable. In all western countries where private gun ownership has been effectively banned, there has always been some sort of tragedy like this which anti-gun politicians have used to manipulate public opinion. As terrible as this crime was, the left will do all it can to push gun-control. Supporters of the 2nd Amendment will have to get prepared for an intense and protracted effort to deprives us of our Constitutional rights.
We need to ban assault rocks too.
All this crap is so phony. The Kenyan should be ashamed of himself for the way he has acted since this tragedy. Crying my arse. That was some phony BS. Crocodile tears.
where are the tears for F&F and Bengazhi.
life is precious regardless of age or circumstance
What assault weapon was used in CT?
For the media’s and the gun grabbers purpose, every gun is an assault weapon.
I guess if he doesn’t watch killings real time then he gets very emotional. Almost to the point of tears.
Lib logic... ban a class of weapons that wasn’t involved.
It’s the old “round up the usual suspects” routine again.
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