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To: ratcat
"If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them... "Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in," I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here."
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, CBS-TV's "60 Minutes," February 5, 1995, speaking about her authorship of the 1994 "assault weapons" ban

"Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of Americans to feel safe."
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, quoted by the Associated Press, November 18, 1993

"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal."
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, December 1993

"Nobody should be owning a gun which does not have a sporting purpose."
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno

"Gun registration is not enough."
U.S.Attorney General Janet Reno on "Good morning America," December 10, 1993

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What I Have Learned From The Twentieth Century

13 posted on 12/21/2001 9:28:39 PM PST by Uncle Bill
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To: Uncle Bill
BTTT!
17 posted on 12/21/2001 9:38:37 PM PST by Travis McGee
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To: Uncle Bill
"Waiting periods are only a step. Registration is only a step. The prohibition of private firearms is the goal."
U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, December 1993"

How the Brady Bill Passed (and subsequently - "Instant Check")
When the Brady Bill was passed into law on November 24, 1993,
the Senate voted on the Conference Report
and passed the Brady Bill by UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

NOT ONE SENATOR FROM EITHER PARTY VOTED AGAINST THIS

19 posted on 12/21/2001 9:52:52 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
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To: Uncle Bill
Bill, You forgot to post the barf alert at the top of your post"
22 posted on 12/21/2001 10:17:56 PM PST by B4Ranch
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