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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: Dutch Boy
> ... they think an “assault weapon” is anything that can hold more than zero rounds.

Or that can have more than one bullet per cartridge.

81 posted on 12/08/2022 3:05:14 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords - Arthur Pendragon 2024)
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To: NorthMountain

If they mistreat us when we are armed, imagine at the treatment you will get if you can’t offer any physical opposition.


82 posted on 12/08/2022 3:13:17 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Lazamataz

I still remember the bad old days of 1962-1984 when the Dems “ONLY wanted to register and ban HANDGUNS! Rifles will not be affected!”

Then after the MacDonald’s killings in San Ysidro, they made a grab for rifles.

NEVER GIVE AN INCH! What do you need so bad you will give up your rights to own firearms? We have the guns, what do they have to negotiate with for them? NOTHING!

And we still have the guns.


83 posted on 12/08/2022 3:14:12 PM 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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To: Lazamataz

Every Demo-rat since LBJ has had the same plan to disarm American Citizens.

NEVER GIVE AN INCH!


84 posted on 12/08/2022 3:20:13 PM 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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To: Lazamataz

“We did it, and guess what? It worked ... We can do it again.”

By “worked” he means, it gave DC pontificators more power.


85 posted on 12/08/2022 3:23:36 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Free country? Good morning, Rip. )
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To: Lazamataz

“We did it before,” Biden said...... “We did it, and guess what? It worked ... We can do it again.”

Liar. There was no actual AW ban. All the law did was require the removal of the flash suppressor, bayonet lug (how many have been bayoneted since 1900?) and the collapsible stock be made solid. Then a 10 round magazine installed.

The very same rifles, under different names, were then for sale all through the “ban”.

All through that “ban” you could find for sale 30 round magazines stamped “For Police Use Only”.


86 posted on 12/08/2022 3:25:32 PM 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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To: Lazamataz

Only 3 more weeks to end the insanity of a Dem run House.


87 posted on 12/08/2022 3:29:54 PM PST by chuckee
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To: Lazamataz

“This guy has a rather unhealthy obsession with disarming us”

While arming the Taliban with $87 billion in US weapons and tech and God knows what the hell he’s giving Iran.


88 posted on 12/08/2022 3:32:53 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: Lazamataz

(raises hand)

What exactly is a non-assault weapon?

Are “weapons” not intended for the purpose to “assault” someone/something?


89 posted on 12/08/2022 3:36:11 PM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: NorthMountain

They are already doing this to us that we should not tolerate and nobody does anything. I don’t think they are too worried anymore about anything they do to us.


90 posted on 12/08/2022 3:37:47 PM PST by dforest (What are we sittin' around for? )
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To: Lazamataz; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ...

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91 posted on 12/08/2022 3:42:52 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

There is the import ban, though.

Also, um, lots of people have been bayoneted since 1900. The bayonet was a major weapon in WW1 and still important in WW2. US troops were still conducting bayonet charges in Korea and actual individual combat with bayonets continues sporadically to this day.


92 posted on 12/08/2022 3:43:01 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: dragnet2

That same 40% think that socialism can work if the “right people” were in charge.


93 posted on 12/08/2022 3:54:04 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: packagingguy

Which is why the Rats want to do away with it. I believe that if they had the votes they would do it today knowing that it would be two years before it was possible for the GOP to retake the Senate.


94 posted on 12/08/2022 3:57:35 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Spktyr

I am talking about civilians in the US being bayoneted by criminals.


95 posted on 12/08/2022 4:02:55 PM 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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To: No name given

RE: Does he even know he’s president?! Probably not.

Not so fast. Remember his presidential campaign:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGymiFlyl0E


96 posted on 12/08/2022 4:11:21 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: EEGator; Lazamataz

Gee… banning “assault rifles”…

Good thing I only have Personal Defense Rifles then…


97 posted on 12/08/2022 4:20:16 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: Lazamataz

How?

Bruen would seem to not allow for the “banning” of “assault weapons”, even if Congress passes the law.


98 posted on 12/08/2022 4:21:02 PM PST by Fury
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To: Lazamataz

Democrats like Biden are trying to do it for some of their more influential constituents (probably campaign contributors), who are frightened at the thought of common people owning semi-automatic firearms. They fail to realize that they’ll have much more violent criminal competition and risks of being attacked after another so-called assault weapons ban. Ambitious criminals don’t care about such laws and will become more heavily armed and numerous in an environment with disarmed law-abiding people.


99 posted on 12/08/2022 4:26:28 PM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: No name given

He does keep calling kamalamadingdong “President”


100 posted on 12/08/2022 4:26:52 PM PST by jpp113
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