Obama hopes to enact new gun-control measures in 2013

The Hill Blogs via Drudge Report ^ | Sunday December 30, 2012 09:49 AM ET | By Meghashyam Mali

[MinorityRepublican]

President Obama on Sunday said he would make gun control a priority in his new term, pledging to put his "full weight" behind passing new restrictions on firearms in 2013.

"I'm going to be putting forward a package and I'm going to be putting my full weight behind it," Obama said in an interview aired on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"I'm going to be making an argument to the American people about why this is important and why we have to do everything we can to make sure that something like what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary does not happen again."

Read more here: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/274881-obama-hopes-to-enact-new-gun-control-measures-in-2013

[hiredhand]

Good questions. Here's something from my about page... circa 2010 or so...

Now to all of you who clamor for, and predict civil war. You just want to shoot something. Keep talking. Especially here on-line. The federal authorities will find you and "obviate" you long before you become any credible threat to them, and they'll use somebody like me to do it. Don't think that Free Republic will deny their web server logs when presented with a court issued subpoena. I wouldn't expect Jim Robinson to go to jail for you or I, and frankly, why should he? From the time you post your poorly chosen words to the time that somebody such as myself can have armed law enforcement on your doorstep, well under 72 hours will have passed. This can actually take only a few hours if they want you badly enough. In case you haven't noticed, those who actually have experience in war want to avoid it at almost all cost, and hope and pray that it can be averted on American soil. Civil wars have never been started because of the likes of what we're going through now. However, it's probably worth noting that civil wars HAVE been started over food (or rather the lack thereof). Bearing this in mind, it's worth noting that the farming industry here in America is heavily subsidized by the government. It can NOT operate at a profit without the government. At what point do farmers decide that it's more profitable to work in their own self interest, or simply do something else? This is worth watching closely, especially with masses of dim witted people who believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows; a people completely disassociated with where their food actually comes from.

Finally, as for all of you here who dare the ATF, FBI, and any other "sanctioned" three letter agency to come take your guns...

I've seen far too many threads here where people talk about what they're going to do when sanctioned authorities show up at 2:00 A.M. wearing kevlar, tossing flash bangs, and firing sub guns. I'll tell you what you're going to do. You're going to die. The question isn't how many of the JBTs (Jack Booted Thugs) you're going to take down with you. Oh I'm quite certain that some of you will actually take a few with you. You're still going to die though. The question is how many of you are willing to fire on JBTs from the rear when they're assaulting your neighbor's house at 2:00 A.M?! This IS the question! I've asked this question enough times to know the answer, and the answer is rooted in the 90% who are SLAVES to the nice house that they just HAD to have in the nice neighborhood ....and the nice cars....and the liquid cash from the credit cards....compounded by the general lack of discipline in exercising delayed gratification. The real question is, "How many of the 10% are willing to fire on JBTs from the rear for somebody in the 90%?" Those who read this will know there is truth in it, and the truth is that none from the 10% are willing to help those in the 90% when it comes to any real sacrifice. Why should they? Most of the 90% are unarmed anyway, and don't believe in sacrificing anything of any real value to others around them, (evidenced by their spending habits!). They went into debt for the home alarm system and closed circuit T.V. that interfaces to the home LAN and their PC, but couldn't seem to muster the fortitude to purchase an AR-15 and a suitable store of ammunition. This same 90% wouldn't dream of living without good locks on their doors (in spite of the reiterating to me that they live in NICE neighborhoods)! If the neighborhoods are so nice, then why even lock the doors? There is a serious division in this nation right now between the 90% and the 10%, both materialistically and philosophically. I personally believe we're going to see a shifting of classes here in America. The in-debt, fat, and comfortable middle class will become poor. The poor will truly become poor....as in Third World Nation POOR. I can't envision exactly where the 90% will end up when the dust has settled (so to speak), but slaves usually have very little say in how they get moved around by circumstances in their lives.

[servantboy777]

Yet we sat by and allowed a weapons ban back in 94.

I don’t remember seeing anyone do anything when they stepped on the second amendment then.

[Ben Mugged]

The folks working this issue for zero are not stupid. Here is one way they could work it. Turn in your registered weapon or your Social Security or Military retirement check stops until you do.

[TexasTransplant]

I truly wish I was as prepared as you are ... I’m fast tracking and have made such major changes in my day to day life and still I feel like I am not going to be ready.

TT

[snippy_about_it]

Called in? Called in where? To a radio show or to you? Please elaborate for us.

[American Dream 246]

To God’s ears.

[JRandomFreeper]

You're going to die

Everybody does, eventually. The question is how you want to live. I'll continue to ignore stupid laws.

/johnny

[cripplecreek]

One of my liberal nieces made the mistake of telling my grandmother “the truth” about the great depression today with the greedy bankers stealing all the farms and leaving people destitute.

My grandmother read her the riot act starting with the fact that “the great depression” wasn’t even a term that was used till well afterward. She said that most rural people didn’t lose their farms unless they lived beyond their means and tried to live on credit that they couldn’t pay off. She pointed out that there were no grocery stores so almost all their food was grown or bought from other local farmers. She told my niece, “You kids can’t last 10 minutes without a cell signal. A few hours of radio per day was all the luxury they saw in our lives”.

She basically told my niece that she had better buck up and learn to cope or her life was going to be getting a whole lot worse in the near future and the greed that most of society seems to expect was going to crush them.

It made me proud that I was one of the few who grew up with daily contact with her and my great grandmother who taught me to accept what I have and not expect more. It made me into much sterner stuff.

[jivin gene]

“There has to be the same level of resistance as our fore fathers employed.”

Complacency is a cancer. Judging from the turnout on November 6, I’m afraid that it has already metastasized. The talkers far outnumber the walkers.

[Paladin2]

"no Mason-Dixon line this time."

City-County Lines this time.

[Hot Tabasco]

Some of us don't punch a clock for a living, and don't draw a check from Uncle.

Some of you??? Fair enough, then who are you counting on to watch your back because most of those other folks do.....and their 401k's.

[TexasTransplant]

***** “I’ll continue to ignore stupid laws.” ******

I never stopped or even slowed down, we need more folks like us.

TT

[txhurl]

I guess this explains why mittens didn’t ‘want’ to run’ and why W has been so quiet.

[Manta]

Did you really think we want those laws observed? said Dr. Ferris. We want them to be broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against... We’re after power and we mean it... There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Reardon, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be
much easier to deal with. (’Atlas Shrugged’ 1957) {WMail Issue #23}

[Mozilla]

Posting links in this thread to stories I am too lazy to post threads for:

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/27/Sen-Feinstein-Time-To-Register-All-Firearms

http://www.infowars.com/critics-slam-sen-feinsteins-assault-weapons-ban-gun-registry/

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/10/foghorn/the-truth-about-assault-weapons-and-assault-weapons-bans/

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/daniel-zimmerman/why-an-assault-weapons-ban-wont-make-a-difference/

http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/27/alert-sen-diane-feinstein-releases-gun-ban-summary-for-2013/

http://nation.foxnews.com/michelle-malkin/2012/12/28/malkin-slams-ny-gov-over-gun-control

http://nation.foxnews.com/dicks-sporting-goods/2012/12/28/customers-order-pay-guns-retailer-won-t-deliver

http://nation.foxnews.com/2nd-amendment/2012/12/26/starnes-right-bear-arms

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/12/robert-farago/why-americans-need-ar-15s-mexican-drug-cartels/

[grumpygresh]

“If you have to hide them it is past time to use them”

I would rather choose my field of battle. If the cops are going door to door, making your stand at the doorstep is futile. Although, I would keep at least one handgun with me if their intention is to take me off to the FEMA camp. Better to join other patriots and engage in organized resistance. That’s why we need to identify municipalities that will protect the God given rights of gun owners. We need some anti-confiscation legislation and some sheriffs and governors that will stand up to the gun grabbers. That’s where we need to go and make our stand.

[cripplecreek]

I'll continue to ignore stupid laws.

LOL Our township supervisor says its pointless to impose stupid ordinances when we'll just ignore them anyway. I didn't think there was an ordinance against open fires in the township but the supervisor says there has been one for nearly 30 years but nobody pays any attention to it.

[JRandomFreeper]

then who are you counting on to watch your back

The Good Lord has my back. And the rest of me.

I'm not worried about getting out of life alive. Generally, it doesn't work like that, for anyone.

/johnny

[FreeAtlanta]

The anti-mormons campaigned tirelessly everywhere. They are as much to blame for this mess as the Obama vote fraudsters and the Obama legitimate voters.

[Hot Tabasco]

The Good Lord has my back. And the rest of me.

So much for the "Resistance"........LOL!