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BREAKING NEWS: House PASSES assault weapons ban 217-213: Two Republicans join all but five Democrats to move bill to the Senate - where it faces a very tough road to getting passed
UK Daily Mail ^ | 07/29/2022 | Morgan Phillips

Posted on 07/29/2022 4:10:30 PM PDT by DFG

The House passed an assault weapons ban Friday evening looking to give Democrats a last-minute win on their way out the door for August recess.

Five Democrats voted against the measure - Reps. Kurt Schrader, Ore., Vicente Gonzalez, Texas, Rep. Jared Golden, Maine and Rep. Ron Kind, R-Wisc.

Two Republicans voted for the measure - Reps. Chris Jacobs, N.Y., and Brian Fitzpatrick, Pa.

The ban cleared a procedural hurdle that allowed the House to move forward with expedited debate on Friday afternoon, with a final vote expected to follow. Three Democrats - Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, Texas, Jared Golden, Maine, and Kurt Schrader, Ore., voted 'no' with all Republicans, but the resolution passed 217 -211.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meanwhile broke out a floor sign advertising AR-15s for children as she urged members to vote in favor of the ban.

'JR 15: Get 'em one like yours,' the ad reads, along with a photo of a child-sized AR-15.

'Our goal was to develop a shooting platform that was not only sized correctly, and safe, but also looks, feels and operates just like mom and dad's gun,' the ad continues.

The weapons manufacturer Wee 1 Tactics unveiled the 'JR-15' in January.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., expressed support for the child's semi-automatic weapon on Twitter.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2a; 2ndamendment; 5pt56; ar15; assault; banglist; gun; gunban; molonlabe; nra; pennsylvania; pt223; secondamendment
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To: Luke21

The house always do. The senate passed a red flag law. No climate bill.


121 posted on 07/29/2022 5:56:25 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: Ben Dover
The bill permits continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, which must be securely stored. A licensed gun dealer must conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties.

The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD.

Those two lines of the bill are in complete contradiction. Did Nanzi 'the drunk' Pelozi write it?

122 posted on 07/29/2022 5:58:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Ben Dover
Please disregard my last post. I failed to see the difference in acronyms.

Apparently the bill does outlaw possession of LAWs even though some on this thread have said otherwise.

123 posted on 07/29/2022 6:01:39 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: philman_36

They used to say similar about gay marriage and the military, being strictly meritocracy, was beyond identity politics.


124 posted on 07/29/2022 6:02:29 PM PDT by ARW
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To: TigersEye

SAWs (effin acronyms)


125 posted on 07/29/2022 6:02:38 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: TigersEye

I had to read the statement a few times until differences clicked myself.


126 posted on 07/29/2022 6:02:50 PM PDT by Ben Dover
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To: TigersEye

They intentionally make this crap as confusing as possible to trip people up. I’ve known many moderates and conservatives that thought the 94 AWB was about full auto.

This time a good chunk think the same. It’s insanely frustrating, but the entire thing is designed to get as many gun owners in jail or banned from owning as possible.


127 posted on 07/29/2022 6:03:40 PM PDT by Houserino
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To: DFG

So she does grasp the idea that teaching children certain
things is wrong. Good to know.

Not that this was one of them, but she’s on the record now
as still having some sense of right and wrong, even if she
can’t recognize what is right and wrong.


128 posted on 07/29/2022 6:05:14 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: Ben Dover

Probably intentional by the authors. Like using the acronym SAW for “Semi-automatic Assault Weapon” when that acronym is already in use in the military for the fully-automatic Squad Automatic Weapon.


129 posted on 07/29/2022 6:06:16 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: gundog

“I seem to recall hearing good things about Golden, before.”

He’s not a 100% psychopath like a typical Democrat member of Congress, but he can’t afford to be unless he thinks his constituents aren’t paying attention. Only by the standards of the rest of today’s Rat Caucus could he be remotely considered “moderate”.

Golden’s district voted for Trump twice, so Golden must do a good job of fooling the folks back home. Obviously he was deliberately allowed by Pelosi & Hoyer to stray off the plantation for this vote (thanks again, Collins & Fitzpatrick!) and he will play this up big in his campaign ads:

“I’m an independent who bucked the Democrat leadership and supported gun rights! And I did it for YOU!”

With RINO help, Golden may have just saved his career.


130 posted on 07/29/2022 6:08:54 PM PDT by PermaRag (We have SO many targets, and -- for now -- the means to see they get what they deserve.)
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To: BenLurkin

There’s a reason that God hates faggotry. It leads to all sorts of other evils.


131 posted on 07/29/2022 6:12:42 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: Luke21

It is unconstitutional.


132 posted on 07/29/2022 6:16:04 PM PDT by mosaicwolf
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To: Big Red Badger

It’s a .22.
As I recall, it has a built-in trigger lock. Certainly no assault rifle.


133 posted on 07/29/2022 6:27:04 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: BenLurkin

ESAD asshole!
This 🤡 is from a neighboring district from me.
I’d rather have a demoRat than this turncoat !
What’s it matter if he’s an R when he always votes with the socialists!


134 posted on 07/29/2022 6:28:31 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Houserino; All

Wow! We have a new FReeper. And he appears to be a jerk off. Isn’t that special?


135 posted on 07/29/2022 6:29:42 PM PDT by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Prince of Space
It’s like you don’t believe in the American spirit. We don’t take crap from our govt. lying down

Not taking crap from our govt. lying down? You mean like our reaction to the political destruction of our healthy economy? their combination of all deaths into one big covid category? the lockdown? the growing list of UNpurchaseable items? the disruption of the education process (for what it's worth)? the attack on our food supplies? the supply line? and the attack on our right to worship God along with the rest of the affected rights and forcing the will of the People to yield to the criminally insane third world bosses invited in by criminally insane leftist idiots and WHO believed it when the democrats and complicit rinos told them they were in charge and are surrounded by UNstoppable, powerful, invisible juju to fight the invisible enemy?

Is that the American spirit that don't take crap from our govt. lying down, Bunky?

Maybe you haven't noticed but people are starting to wear masks again. That's a big signal of submission so don't be surprised if this attack on the 2nd Amendment doesn't pick up steam... after, how did you put it? a difficult lesson is learned?

136 posted on 07/29/2022 6:35:40 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (The Gates of hell shall not prevail against you)
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To: MurrietaMadman

You’d think that with the border thing alone you’d have people being a little more realistic with their projections.

All those things you listed are true, and there’s another dozen of more (tech censorship, grooming in schools, CRT to name a few) that should prove to the most stalwart right winger that things are in bad, BAD, BAD shape now.

You have some though that think everything’s fine, no biggie, and bad things will never happen. Those are the hopeless ones.


137 posted on 07/29/2022 6:38:43 PM PDT by Houserino
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To: DFG; All
Here’s a novel idea (strong sarcasm), why not take the anti-gunners to an outdoor range and let them shoot a .22 caliber firearm.

Afterwards, when finished shooting, ask them if the gun is going to suddenly jump off the table and slaughter everyone within sight?

For fun, tell them the typical AR 15 platform shoots a .22 (.223).

138 posted on 07/29/2022 6:42:51 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: PROCON
Rep. Ron Kind, R-Wisc.

Ron Kind ain't no Republican.

139 posted on 07/29/2022 6:45:44 PM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Houserino
To liberals everything is doom and gloom. Facts have no effect on them.

The DemonRats have been pushing gun control for decades.
This is how it has been working out for them.

And in the last two months... (Nov. 2012 and Dec. 2012)

And it continues...

And there is more...

And more...

And yet more...

And more and more and...

We just keep buyin' more...

And we bought more more more...

And more and more and more...

Could it be? More?

More Americans buy more guns...

We just love guns...

Buy a gun, you'll be in Hogg Heaven!

Another month, another record!

Will the record breaking ever stop?

Looks like it will never stop.

It will never stop. :)

Gun sales records AGAIN!

Did somebody say "Boom?"

Reaffirming what we all know to be right.

KEEP FLAPPIN' YOUR LIPS, DEMONRATS! WE'LL BUY MILLIONS MORE. ;-)

140 posted on 07/29/2022 6:52:32 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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