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Obama, Reid slam brakes on gun control
Washington Examiner ^ | December 19, 2012 | 12:38 pm | Byron York

Posted on 12/24/2012 9:59:27 PM PST by Red Steel

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1 posted on 12/24/2012 9:59:34 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: Red Steel

Hmmmm?


2 posted on 12/24/2012 10:05:39 PM PST by null and void (Going Galt: The won't of the people)
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To: Red Steel; All
they know the 2nd Amendment protects the other 9....
They been there before.

3 posted on 12/24/2012 10:05:55 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Who'll take tomorrow,spend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0Bama man can :-)
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To: Red Steel
It's simple. A vote for gun control means bye-bye Washington come the next election.
4 posted on 12/24/2012 10:08:23 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Red Steel
Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — have both indicated a desire to slow the momentum toward gun control in the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings.

ROTFL! One word. UNIONS! Every union creep I know has an Obama/Biden bumper sticker on one side of the bumper of their pickup and an "I'm The NRA And I Vote!" bumper sticker on the other side. Go for it boys! You Democrats will need more foreign donations next time than you needed for all of the last three elections put together.

5 posted on 12/24/2012 10:10:35 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (U.S. elections have become nothing but another cheap ripoff of American Idol.)
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Seems to me the most vocal proponents for gun control are those Senators and Congressmen who know they won't lose their seats over it. Feinstein sure as hell won't get tossed to the curb. Neither will Schumer, McCarthy or the rest of them. In order to get this passed, these people with nothing to lose will have to rally other Senators and Congressmen who are tepid at best on the issue and have everything to lose.

Sounds like some Dems are starting to wonder if it is worth throwing away their entire liberal agenda so that Dianne Feinstein can win her personal crusade of banning assault rifles, a ban Democrats know in their hearts will have no impact whatsoever on violent crime.

6 posted on 12/24/2012 10:11:42 PM PST by Drew68
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To: null and void

They are caught by their own hypocrisy.

As it turns out, the Sidwell Friends School where The Usurper sends his kids has now AND HAS ALWAYS HAD 11 (Yup! ELEVEN) full time armed guards on staff.

Kinda takes the wind out of criticizing Wayne LaPierre, eh?

In addition, The Usurper and Holder are in the process of trying to streamline and ease the restrictions on immigrants (of the documented variety) buying guns.

If they don’t defuse this thing, they will be hoisted on their own petard.

Links to both stories here -

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972040/posts

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2971888/posts


7 posted on 12/24/2012 10:17:06 PM PST by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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http://www.washingtonguardian.com/washingtons-school-security-failure


8 posted on 12/24/2012 10:20:08 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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maybe Harry and Hussein have been reading how busy the gun shops and swap shops, and ammo shops are BUSY SELLING...

of course they have to be careful who they upset..


9 posted on 12/24/2012 10:20:52 PM PST by haircutter
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To: null and void

Just waiting for the EO’s and stronger regs from EPA.

Maybe BATF could just limit who can by guns by pure dicta.

I’m buying lowers next week and I’ll put em together later. Johnny Cash style....


10 posted on 12/24/2012 10:21:16 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Drew68

I have kept quiet on this, but I’ve been secretly hoping that the liberals go full-bore gun-control mode.


11 posted on 12/24/2012 10:21:16 PM PST by boop ("You don't look so bad, here's another")
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To: Red Steel

Must have gotten in the preliminary sales figures for last week…


12 posted on 12/24/2012 10:21:34 PM PST by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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Begich of all people knows it’ll end his career in DC. Alaskans will throw him outta office in 2014 quicker than photo radar did to him in the 90’s. Heck back then, the state up here even made cameras illegal; people were shooting them out with 22s in Anch. Begich knows if no gun control comes down the line; he’ll get re-elected. Gun control happens he’ll get booted from office. We don’t even have concealed carry permits up here; everybody is armed.


13 posted on 12/24/2012 10:22:50 PM PST by Eska
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To: Red Steel

#1. Simply, I don’t believe either one of them.
They have waited too long for an excuse like this
to let it go to waste.

#2. Any discussion of arms control is
against the constitution.

#3. “Shall not be infringed!”

infringed = encroached upon in any way.


14 posted on 12/24/2012 10:23:48 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: shibumi

I went to Stockton High in Stockton, CA for six months and they had a police station on site, next to the cafeteria.

They made a difference and were on station many times when it counted and cops in cars were miles away.

That was 1977.


15 posted on 12/24/2012 10:28:07 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: TLI

“Just waiting for the EO’s and stronger regs from EPA.

Maybe BATF could just limit who can by guns by pure dicta.

I’m buying lowers next week and I’ll put em together later. Johnny Cash style....”

Sorry to say, but you’re about a week late to that party. Lowers, stripped and otherwise have been about as existsnt as a violent crime at a gun show since last Saturday. If you do find any, you better grab them. But be prepared to pay double the regular price at minimum.


16 posted on 12/24/2012 10:29:25 PM PST by rickomatic
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To: Red Steel

This means they’re going to screw us slowly with regulations and rules from the EPA or the ATF.


17 posted on 12/24/2012 10:29:25 PM PST by Husker24
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To: Art in Idaho
It's simple. A vote for gun control means bye-bye Washington come the next election.

Damn' straight!

18 posted on 12/24/2012 10:34:54 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Red Steel
I'd like to believe this story to be true, but I wouldn't count on it.

Obama's been re-elected already. He's not worried about his own political support and he doesn't seem the type to worry about anyone else's.

His history shows him to be all about going as far left as he can as quickly as he can. He's never had any negative consequences in life and doesn't expect that he ever will.

19 posted on 12/24/2012 10:38:27 PM PST by Washi (Socialism is Slavery)
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To: boop; ExTexasRedhead
Rahm Emanuel's domain:

Chicago's Pointless Handgun Ban

Snip: One problem is that the bans didn't actually have any discernible effect on the availability of guns to people with felonious intent. As with drugs and hookers, when there is a demand for guns, there will always be a supply.

Who places the highest value on owning a firearm? Criminals. Who is least likely to fear being prosecuted for violating the law? Criminals. Who is most likely to have access to illicit dealers? You guessed it.

Chicago Violence Scoreboard 12/23/12

520 Homicides
2,623 Shootings

20 posted on 12/24/2012 10:49:16 PM PST by MamaDearest
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