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Biden says 'we can' ban assault weapons as clock ticks for Democratic Congress
Reuters ^ | 12/87/2022 | by Jeff Mason

Posted on 12/08/2022 12:19:42 PM PST by Lazamataz

WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday renewed vows to secure a new ban on assault weapons in the United States as he turns up heat on lawmakers to pass legislation before his party loses control of Congress next month.

Lawmakers have shown little inclination to outlaw assault weapons since a ban on high-capacity firearms expired in 2004, but Biden is hoping to seize on outrage about the regularity of shootings to lead to greater pressure on them to change their mind.

"We did it before," Biden said of the ban at a vigil for victims of gun violence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Washington. "We did it, and guess what? It worked ... We can do it again."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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To: NFHale

Same here, personal defense weapons only.


101 posted on 12/08/2022 4:33:51 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Need to be a bit more specific, then. (FYI: Communists often have an obsession with bayonets and don’t want other people to have them.)

Bayonet deaths are rare but they do happen. The last incident I am aware of was this year: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/i-stabbed-her-in-the-head-upstate-n-y-man-allegedly-admitted-killing-his-sister-with-bayonet-and-an-awl-ranted-about-witchcraft-and-people-worshipping-rocks/

Previous last was in 2018: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/02/bayonet-stabbing-concord-murder-suspect-had-more-than-a-dozen-felony-convictions-acquitted-in-2010-gang-stabbing-case/

Unsure if either of those had the bayonet attached to a firearm. The last one where that was confirmed to my satisfaction was 2017: https://www.keloland.com/news/rapid-city-man-charged-with-using-bayonet-in-stabbing-attack/


102 posted on 12/08/2022 4:36:08 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: EEGator

You mean *anti-assault* weapons? :P


103 posted on 12/08/2022 4:36:40 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Prevention weapons.

No matter the wording they’re definitely not for committing assault, and thus legal.


104 posted on 12/08/2022 4:40:51 PM PST by EEGator
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To: FlingWingFlyer; Lazamataz

Also, typically Communist, where the current democrapt party’s beliefs are enshrined.


105 posted on 12/08/2022 4:49:24 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: Lazamataz
"We did it before," Biden said of the ban at a vigil for victims of gun violence at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Washington. "We did it, and guess what? It worked ... We can do it again."

And the Supreme Court overturned it, Joe.

106 posted on 12/08/2022 4:52:04 PM PST by hattend
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To: GreyFriar; FlingWingFlyer; Fury; NFHale

After the summer riots of Portland and other cities, where mobs of AntiFa went looking for violence, I never want to hear that there is no reason to have a semiauto with a standard-capacity magazine, ever again.


107 posted on 12/08/2022 5:04:09 PM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz

The 20-30+ round mags *are* the standard capacity and should be defined as such. :P


108 posted on 12/08/2022 5:06:41 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Lazamataz

God created the Drum Magazine for a reason…


109 posted on 12/08/2022 5:44:16 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: Spktyr

That’s what I said.


110 posted on 12/08/2022 5:45:56 PM PST by Lazamataz (The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
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To: Lazamataz

They lose the Congress, so what do these vindictive evil losers do?

They say, “Eff you all, we’re going to try and jam this down your throats before we lose Congress”.

Their policies are sabotage.


111 posted on 12/08/2022 5:59:31 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: EEGator

Hammers


112 posted on 12/08/2022 6:03:59 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial........)
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To: justrepublican

Probably, especially in the hands of CornPop...bad dude.

I wonder if Biden knows far more people are killed by hands and feet than AR-15s.


113 posted on 12/08/2022 6:07:02 PM PST by EEGator
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To: PROCON

“Shall not be infringed...”

Please note: Since the Soap, Jury, and Ballot box are no longer functional...

Do go there.


114 posted on 12/08/2022 6:08:21 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: chopperk

(If we lose the World Reserve Currency to China, it is all over for America.)

Probably should change “if” to “when”

Unfortunately


115 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:25 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yep


116 posted on 12/08/2022 6:59:01 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: libertylover

This IS Obama

Having his 3rd term


117 posted on 12/08/2022 7:00:52 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Lazamataz

He was reading his remarks. I would love to see an image of the paragraph where he said, “bullets in a cartridge.”


118 posted on 12/08/2022 8:25:55 PM PST by upchuck (When you never took the vaccine or boosters: Still alive and healthy with no chance of side effects)
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To: dragnet2

They have it figured out. They figure they’re on the “correct” side and therefore perfectly safe.

They don’t understand the alligator will eat them last..


119 posted on 12/09/2022 3:22:25 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (q11)
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To: Spktyr

Were they FIXED bayonets on the end of a firearm or just one used as a common knife?

If so few bayonetings are reported is it worth using the bayonet lug as an excuse to ban a firearm?

I have two handmade spears that could do the same, and a home defense book written 55 years ago said that for home defense the homeowner should tape a knife or scissors to a broomhandle.

More people are killed with a common knife or machete than by being bayoneted with a fixed bayonet.


120 posted on 12/09/2022 7:31:28 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (BACK in Facebook Jail for quoting a line from the Dean Martin movie "Rough Night In Jericho.")
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