Posted on 01/13/2013 11:03:00 AM PST by Red Steel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The powerful gun lobby is gauging enough support in Congress to block a law that would ban assault weapons, despite promises from the White House and senior lawmakers to make such a measure a reality.
Senators plan to introduce a bill that would ban assault weapons and limit the size of ammunition magazines, like the one used in the December shooting massacre that killed 27 people, most of them children, in Newtown, Conn. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has promised to push for a renewal of expired legislation.
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You don’t want to bet your house on the outcome. But I would say that the likelihood is that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through this Congress,” NRA president David Keene told CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., responded with a flat out “no” when asked on CBS’ ”Face the Nation” whether Congress would pass a ban on assault weapons.
Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a lifelong member of the NRA has said everything should be on the table to prevent another tragedy like Newtown. But he assured gun owners he would fight for gun rights at the same time. “I would tell all of my friends in NRA, I will work extremely hard and I will guarantee you there will not be an encroachment on your Second Amendment rights,” Manchin said on ABC’s “This Week.”
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A good start would be to impeach every elected official that attempts to grab gun.
There are few people I actually can say I hate. Communists, anarchists, and gun grabbers top the list.
Pass another restrictive gun law and then reach for the white courtesy phone at the entrance to Fort Sumter you morons.
Yeah, an Executive Order is the only real threat (IMO), but the fact the O is willing to do anything he pleases leaves that as a plenty scary option.
I don’t believe you can get people to not use the word assault rifle.
But you may be able to change the functional definition.
Sort of like the word axe. An axe could be and has been used to chop people into pieces but you think of chopping wood for winter or a fireman’s axe when the word is used.
If we used the word assault rifle but tied it at the same time to some emergency stopping job the rifle may be more universally accepted.
The assault rifle could be used to stop gang sexual assaults, or stop violent anarchy based assaults on business, or stop assaults on homes, businesses, or people by rioters/looters in times of emergencies. Or assaults on the constitution by tyrannical politicians.(my personal fav)
That way whenever the left mentions assault rifles the public visualizes stopping some horrendous thing about to happen to them.
nEvER underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers. Don’t let up or it will end up just like the election (though I think it was rigged after seeing that one of 0’ s associatez owns a company that builds electronic voting machines)
One suspects uber deceit here, and one further suspects that Mister Biden received the essential framework of said "comprehensive package" from Mister Obama (and his "advisers") many weeks ago.
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The Dem’s tried to rush this issue to see if they could capitalize on the anguish of the moment. They wanted to push for more reduction of freedom than they have ever pushed for before. Each passing minute reduced the Dem’s power and they knew it—they are likely to get much less than they had dreamed. But, if they wait till 2014, the situation in Congress could shift to their advantage.
However, they have already achieved a lot. They quickly put the NRA in the spotlight acting as if the crime had some sort of relationship to the entirely innocent NRA, and making attacks on the NRA that couldn’t have been worse if the killer was an NRA member following NRA recommendations. They shifted attention away from the causes and prevention of the evil crime to an intense attack on their political opponents, especially the powerful NRA and the large portion of American society that owns guns. They motivated local and state politicians to tout and pursue radical anti-freedom legislation and policies.
Americans are being offered nothing but a diminution of freedom in this current effort. It takes a lot of chicanery to pull that wool over American eyes.
The elections of 2014 will be important to American’s remaining and waning freedoms. Unfortunately, opposition to Dem candidates has been severely weakened in recent weeks. Organized political action must take place now and must be forceful if even greater disaster is to be avoided in 2014.
These Dem’s are a great danger to freedom and hope for future Americans. Their threat must be realized and must not be underestimated.
They both got it from Soros.
“Pro Choice on Firearms” would make a good bumper sticker.
Along with - “If you don’t support assault weapons - don’t buy one”
We should throw the trite rhetoric of the Left back in their faces.
McLame says flat out “no”, why am I not reassured.
McLame says flat out “no”, why am I not reassured?
Don’t depend on the NRA alone.
Email your Congressman and Senators.
“The surest evidence of that was the Executive Order garbage coming out of Biden last week. That convinced me that their hopes in Congress had died.”
That was my thought on this, too. Initially, we heard an awful lot about Feinstein’s bill that she would be presenting “first thing” in the new session. When that didn’t happen and they began to focus more media attention on Biden’s fact finding mission, I knew they realized at some point that the legislative route to making changes was not realistic.
DITTO. Made two strategic gambles on guns. Figured Romney will win, but he lost, gun prices went up and after Newtown semi are all sold out. Now hoping gun law will not pass and get relief on shortage and prices. I think Obama will use EO to limit mag size and mandatory background check for all gun sales. But all gunowners should not let this incident pass and use it to throw all Dems out of the Senate in 2014. When Dems take a hit at the election, it forces them to rethink gun control as an issue like 1994. It is time again to teach them a lesson again! WV are you listening??!!!! GOP do not counter act the effects of gunowner anger (which inludes blue collar Dems) with pro globalist, free trade, more foreign wars, Wall Street are angels BS. Main Street will deal with those unAmerican BS another time, in the short run we want to deal with the Dems on gun control.
This mental midget is always good for comic relief.
Leni
Look at the prices and bids on bolt carrier groups for AR-15s at ebay, then you’ll know more about what’s going on (most “buy it now” prices around $500 and most bidding going there, too).
Looks like quite a few political folks really stocked up on those to make money. Some of the same people are probably shouting at discussion boards that one or two politicians are going to pass gun control as dictators, despite what Congress will really do.
It’s all very interesting to watch, especially from the point of view of one who buys low and sells high. It’s against my religion to scalp anyone by participating in fads and scares, though (no parts for sale here).
I’ll believe it when I don’t see it.
Praise GOD... Praise his Son JESUS. Millions of us are praying each evening at 8PM Central Time and we are praying for the salvation of our Republic and the protection of Freedom, Liberty and the lives of our people. With HIS help... we will defeat this evil that engulfs us all.
LLS
If an assault weapon ban is passed this year a firearm ban will be passed within the next 5 years, probably sooner
oh my guess would be before November 2016...
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