[2ndDivisionVet]

Sounds like another Alan Grayson.

[43north]

I think he more resembles his fellow Virginian jim moran - or is it moron?

[mylife]

Drew gasps? I watched the video.
Looked like most of them were having a good chuckle.

This is all kabuki theater.

[Ken H]

Joseph Morrissey

[Pontiac]

A Virginia lawmaker who drew gasps from his colleagues when he brandished a borrowed AK-47 during an anti-gun speech Thursday was found guilty in 2002 of committing a vicious 1999 assault,

The assault should be a felony conviction which makes his possession of a firearm another felony.

[meadsjn]

The article doesn't say whether Morrissey was ever convicted of a felony or even a misdemeanor, but a "vicious assault" and "death threat" certainly sound like felonious behavior.

Perhaps one reason Democrats are so hell-bent on gun control is that so many of them are forbidden by current laws to possess firearms, because they have demonstrated dangerous behavior in their past.

[smokingfrog]

Another lib, nutjob, sociopath. We need background checks for politicians. If they can’t pass a background check to purchase a firearm, they have no business telling me what to do. Kind of like someone that doesn’t pay their taxes running the IRS.

[Phosgood]

The last time the Clintons drove the world MAD on this issue, someone would remind everyone:

1. That is NOT an AK-47.
2. That is NOT an automatic weapon.
3. That is NOT an assault weapon.

I fear we are standing on the sidelines on this point. I have a friend , retired Marine, who is afraid to join the NRA because he “will be on a list” with the government.

It is now or never.

[TigersEye]

Sounds like he committed a Federal felony gun violation. Isn’t there a zero tolerance policy on Fed gun violations? Don’t those crimes carry a mandatory minimum? I guess we’ll see how serious 0bama is about gun control.

[ApplegateRanch]

Give him a break; he’s a life-long Democrat: that is enough penalty & suffering for anyone. /sarc

[popdonnelly]

I’m surprised he’s not State Party Chairman.

[struggle]

Not an AK