Assault weapons ban back on the table

The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Wednesday, March 5, 2003 | Edward Epstein

[ought-six]

Mack, that is so true. DiFi has always been an elitist. She truly believes deep in her heart that she and her ilk are superior to us, who are just mere mortals. DiFi cares not a whit about the safety or security of the people, but she cares very deeply about her own skin and her own power, which she honestly feels is threatened by the "common folk". She is deluded there, though, since the "common folk" want only to be left alone to live their lives and raise their families without interference from nanny-statists such as her. But the "common folk" have only so much patience. To paraphrase Admiral Yamamoto when he remarked on the attack on Pearl Harbor: "I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." An angered American people, feeling their lives have become intolerable because of the heavy-handed tyranny of social and cultural elitists, will be a fearful thing to behold.

[CholeraJoe]

"I am quite familiar with firearms," Feinstein said. "I became mayor as a product of assassination. I found my assassinated colleague (Milk) and put a finger through a bullet hole trying to get a pulse.

Take a first aid course, dumba$$. That's not the way you do it.

[Redcloak]

That would be the best outcome. This changes it from a national issue to a local one. Races for Congress would revolve around whether or not a particular Congresscritter is trying to get the bill out of comittee or not. At the local level, this is an especially toxic issue for the Dems. In the meantime, Bush could make a few happy sounds for the urban soccermoms but about an issue over which he has no direct control. He would appear to be for a ban that he's really keeping bottled up. (Duplicity that Bubba would have been proud to call his own!)

[HumanaeVitae]

I'm not the hugest gun collector, but it's incredibly stupid that I can't get a 12-round clip for my HK USP Compact, and instead have to do with a 10 round clip. What is the purpose of this nonsense?

[Dead Corpse]

Thanks for your thanks. My motives for enlisting were not altruistic however. The job training, college benefits, and the pride of being a Marine were what drew me in. Kinda selfish and not really deserving thanks IMO.

I was working with the local LP for a while there before the last election cycle. I may be doing so again, if they can get their heads out of their a$$es on who to run and how. I'm tired of wasting money on horses that never come in.

My legal status could change rather quickly as well. Between all the terror alerts, and an increase in our local crime rates, I'm finding that traveling around the area feels awefully darn vulnerable without a pistola. Two rapists and a set of car jackers were brought down by the local PD within scant miles of my house in the last four months. This is supposed to be the "good" side of town as well. I will not submit to the government for "permission", not to mention pay the extortion fee, to carry a tool that should be my Right to have and carry.

Letting a Democrat win is intolerable. I'd rather push for RLC candidates first, libertarian next, and independant or just abstaining as a last resort.

If a Rat wins the White House, with all the extra "powers" that has been given Bush, ...
I think it is safe to say that what would be left of our country wouldn't BE the United States anymore. It's already past "Claire Time" and the hogs have already died of starvation. The frogs are nothing but picked over bits of cartiledge.

I think you get the idea...

[oyez]

The AW law of 1994 has had no effect on decreasing crime what so ever. It may the most assinie piece of legislation to come out of Washington. All it did was increase the BATF bureaucracy and inflate the overblown egos of the liberal establishment.

[nightdriver]

"I am quite familiar with firearms," Feinstein said. "I became mayor as a product of assassination. "

Is she admitting something here?

She sure could have fooled me about being knowledgeable about firearms. I remember the way she brandished that M16 on that Wash.D.C. stage before the ban was passed before. She was pointing it at everybody!

If I had been there, I would have been sorely tempted to storm the stage and snatch it away from her and bitch her out good in front of God and everybody.

[freeeee]

If a Rat wins the White House, with all the extra "powers" that has been given Bush, ... I think it is safe to say that what would be left of our country wouldn't BE the United States anymore.

Sad but true. I guess everything dies eventually. Freedom will live on in our hearts, if nowhere else.

[thepitts]

The administration supports the current ban

Not good.

[Redcloak]

The administration supports the current ban

...which sunsets in '04.

It all depends on how you "parse" these things.

[epow]

Bush had best be very, very careful on how he handles this one, because there will be 75 to 80 million of us watching

Problem is, he knows that only a tiny fraction of those millions care enough about the issue to base their votes on it. He also knows that when push comes to shove even most of us die-hard 2nd Amendment supporters won't vote for a hard-core gun-grabbing Democrat.

True, there are 70-80 million people in America who own guns. But for most of them it isn't a major issue. As long as 95% of gun owners care more about pocketbook issues and/or party loyalty than they do about the future liberty and freedom of their children and grandchildren, our 2nd Amendment rights will continue to be whittled away.

I'm 65 so I won't be around to see it happen, but I would bet that within 25-30 years U.S. gun laws will be the same as the UK's are now.

[freeeee]

The job training, college benefits, and the pride of being a Marine were what drew me in. Kinda selfish and not really deserving thanks IMO.

Don't sell yourself short. Sure you might have joined for your own gain. But had it come down to it, I think you would have faced hopeless situations and gave it all, even your life, in defense of your country. That might win you a medal posthumously, but it wouldn't do much for your career. For that, you deserve thanks.

[conservativefromGa]

[Dead Corpse]

Don't sell yourself short. Sure you might have joined for your own gain. But had it come down to it, I think you would have faced hopeless situations and gave it all, even your life, in defense of your country. That might win you a medal posthumously, but it wouldn't do much for your career. For that, you deserve thanks.

Well.. yeah. It was understood when I signed the contract that that was part of the deal. Is upholding your end of a contract bravery? Or just sheer bloody-minded obstinance? ;-)

[MinorityRepublican]

This is one issue Bush had better never cave on or it will GUARANTEE he is a one - term president.

I just cannot see President Bush supporting an extension. It will be political suicide if he does support one.

[drZ]

take a look at this thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/855656/posts

Diane Feinsteins, chief legal council has proposed an AWB in Maryland

the puppets strings are being manipulated

[wcbtinman]

Thanks for the link.

The socialists will try any means possible to implement their un-Constitutional, Godless agenda.

A pox on them and their house.

[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

I'm not the hugest gun collector, but it's incredibly stupid that I can't get a 12-round [magazine] for my HK USP Compact, and instead have to do with a 10 round [magazine]. What is the purpose of this nonsense?

The purpose is to control you. Gun control is all about control and evil people like Feinstein want to control you. They don't like you because you own a firearm. Your firearm gives you power and many politicians hate it.

[Taxman]

YOu could be right, but we must not let up -- we must keep the pressure on.

I guess the thing to do is to keep stirring the pot, and cause gun owners to get off their duffs and impress upon the gun-grabbing politicians that we will vote them out of office and vote pro-second Amendment politicians into office.

And let President Bush know that we mean business.

I just don't know what else to do.

[OXENinFLA]