Feinstein and Schumer Welcome President Bush's Support of Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization - April 16, 2003
"In a letter to President Bush, the Senators wrote: "As the original authors of the Assault Weapons Ban in the Senate and the House, we strongly believe that military-style assault weapons have no place on America's streets and should be banned. In 1994, we fought hard to win passage of the original ban, and shortly after Congress returns from the spring recess we plan to introduce legislation that would reauthorize it.
This is why we were pleased to see that your spokesman Scott McClellan reiterated your support for the ban and its reauthorization this weekend when he said, 'The president supports the current law, and he supports reauthorization of the current law.'
We welcome your support and look forward to working with you to gain swift passage of this legislation.
It's a sheer wonder that the United States didn't collapse during the first run of the ban. It surely will fall this time unless Congress wakes up and realizes our very freedom is in jeopardy unless I can buy a cheap Eastern European rifle with a bayonet lug.
When will they finally understand?
It's hysteria like this that won Michael Moore his Oscar.