Posted on 12/31/2015 3:43:24 PM PST by dontreadthis
To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
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... NEVER ASSUME ANYTHING WITH THIS CONGRESS!!!...
This would be more widely ignored than prohibition was.
There is a history of ignoring registration laws of this type of firearm in New Jersey and Connecticut. I think in New York too.
Very difficult to enforce with the millions of sport utility rifles already in private ownership.
Let them get. Just let then try.
Setbacks are just those....setbacks.
They will continue the attack regardless of casualties.
Consider: they were willing to sacrifice the House and Senate to get bammycare through. Why? They know once an entitlement is on the books it won't go away.
It’s not an occasion for babbling about one president. Readers here who care will contact their members of Congress and make sure that they have joined at least one state and one national Second Amendment lobby organization. The membership fees are yearly and cheap.
You already know about the NRA and can join it. Here’s a no-compromise organization.
National Association for Gun Rights
https://www.nationalgunrights.org/
Don’t forget to join a state organization (like http://rmgo.org/ for CO) and to vote for pro-Second-Amendment Republicans for members of Congress.
It has nothing to do with executive orders. It’s a bill. Contact your members of Congress with the Bill number, the title, and like a grown-up, ask them concisely and politely to oppose the bill.
Sponsor and co-sponsors. I haven’t even looked them up, but you can be sure that they are all or nearly all Democrats.
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 12/16/2015)
Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Ms. Adams, Mr. Aguilar, Ms. Bass, Mr. Becerra, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Brownley of California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Capuano, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Carney, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Cartwright, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Davis of California, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delaney, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Edwards, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Engel, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Esty, Mr. Farr, Mr. Foster, Ms. Frankel of Florida, Ms. Fudge, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Gutiérrez, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Himes, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hoyer, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Israel, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Keating, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lowenthal, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico, Mr. Lynch, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Meeks, Ms. Meng, Ms. Moore, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Plaskett, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Rangel, Miss Rice of New York, Mr. Richmond, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Ruppersberger, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Sires, Ms. Slaughter, Ms. Speier, Mr. Swalwell of California, Mr. Takano, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Torres, Ms. Tsongas, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Mr. Yarmuth) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
Sounds like a great question for Town Halls, press conferences, letters to the editor, candidate events, etc.
You and I will not likely be afforded the opportunity to surrender.
You can save your breath on that one when they come knocking. That excuse did not work for the Germans, nor will it work now. As with the Germans, when they leave , they will either have you or the gun[s]. When they get to your door, talking time is over.
Yes, but, unfortunately, if Obama puts out similar executive orders, I don't expect Congress to stop him.
Combined General and Nanny State PING!
Yes, “reasonable restrictions” creates a hole through which you can drive a Mack truck.
Damn good thing all those lesser evils out there got their way and elected liberals to the GOP. I’d hate to think what would happen if Barry got less than 100% support from the so called right wing.
The mind reels!
/S
Andy is the only sane representative that we have from Maryland.
He is a great guy too.
Yes. I foresee more unfortunate canoeing accidents
congresscritters drowning
Ping
If you ain't smart enough to see/accept it, then you may as well change sides to help accelerate His return as we slosh through ever thicker muck.
It boils down to this, and you can look it up. Fundamentally, Trump sees 2nd amendment as being about the right to defend oneself from criminals.
Ted Cruz sees the 2nd amendment as the "ultimate check against government tyranny."
I know who I trust the most on the 2nd Amendment and the Constitution in general. That would be Cruz.
I guess there are a number who disagree with me on several issues: some Catholics claim Trump ain't evangelical enough for them, but they also wouldn't vote for their Pope or a large number of their church leaders for similar reasons. Other's make abortion their single issue and I believe that someone who is not rabidly pursuing the increase of availability to the baby-murdering factories is far preferable to someone who does (like anyone on the Left).
Many say "zero compromise" but even they must compromise even for a Cruz else we would never have anyone deemed "worthy of their vote".
The world is not Black and White - it is a myriad shades of Gray and if we are to make any progress in it, we need realize that.
Anyway - Happy New Year and Happy FReeping.
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