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Assault Weapon Ban extension PASSES (Senate amendment to gun industry protection bill)
C-Span ^ | 3-2-04 | Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-CA

Posted on 03/02/2004 9:05:08 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed

The vote was:

52 -Aye in favor of extending the ban 47 -Nay opposed to the ban.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
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To: Sabertooth
#158 - brilliantly stated.
421 posted on 03/02/2004 11:35:50 AM PST by KantianBurke (Principles, not blind loyalty)
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To: Dane
"Bring it on!"
I am not a single-issue voter but if the AWB is extended its the last straw.I'm not just staying home....or voting Libertarian.If we are going to Hell may as well get there as fast as we can..............wouldn't want to miss it.
422 posted on 03/02/2004 11:36:11 AM PST by rastus macgill
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To: Libertarian444
new = knew
423 posted on 03/02/2004 11:36:11 AM PST by Libertarian444
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To: Sir_Ed
"I just called my Seantor, Gordon Smith, to tell him that I would no longer vote for him or campaign for him, and the women who I was telling this to YAWNED as I was telling her this, then said, "yeah, yeah."
"

And did you think that your Senator really cares what you think? If you tell a politician you won't vote for him, you immediately remove yourself from his interest. Why should he care about folks who declare they won't vote for him?

The time to contact your lawmakers is _before_ the vote occurs, not after. You're way off this guy's radar now.
424 posted on 03/02/2004 11:36:33 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Monty22
Already banned in 1934.

No not banned, but they applied a selective, and prohibitory tax, as well as a registration scheme to select fire weapons (and others such as short barrelled rifles and shotguns). That was as much an infringement on the people's RKBA as the current ban on semi-auto military look alikes.

425 posted on 03/02/2004 11:36:36 AM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: Sir_Ed
I just called my Seantor, Gordon Smith, to tell him that I would no longer vote for him or campaign for him, and the women who I was telling this to YAWNED as I was telling her this, then said, "yeah, yeah."

Where do they hire these people? Even if a senator is a sleazebag, they know to at least pretend to care.

Gordon Smith is a pretty decent senator if you avert your gaze on a couple of issues, but I can't blame you for being pissed at constituent treatment like that!

426 posted on 03/02/2004 11:36:42 AM PST by JohnnyZ (People don't just bump into each other and have sex. This isn't Cinemax! -- Jerry)
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To: hattend
Same here. Our local news reader not only called it a victory for gun control, but went on to play Ketchup Boy's slam on Bush from the floor of the senate.
It is positively amazing to watch. Even though we know that the Dem's only focus is the return to power, and we know that they will do anything to reach that goal, we continue to play into their hands.
Anyone who doesn't believe these amendments were placed into the bill (yes even by rino McCain) to create a wedge issue for us, raise your hand.
Kerry's statement on the floor prove this is no accident. They want to force the President's hand on this as he said he would support keeping AWB if it came to his desk. In the Rat's eyes this is a lose - lose situation for Bush. If he signs to continue ban, he loses a big chunk of his base (working too based on posts I've seen so far). If he vetoes they finally have the issue they can call him a liar for and get it to stick with the sheeple.
That is why I don't believe this will ever land on his desk as it is. Rove is way too smart to allow Bush to be put in a position like this.
IMHO bill gets stripped down to clean version in commitee, by severe arm twisting and ball busting. I believe this is why D. Cheney is VP. This falls into the category of his and DeLay's job description.
I think we and the Dems continue to underestimate what may be one of the smartest and strongest political machines country has ever seen. Bush's team continues to cause the opponents to open the door directly into their own face.
427 posted on 03/02/2004 11:37:19 AM PST by rikkir (I thought of a great tag line today...)
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To: Big Mack
Let's get this second revolution started while I can still squeeze a trigger, and remember why.

Amen to that!

428 posted on 03/02/2004 11:37:56 AM PST by StoneColdGOP (McClintock - In Your Heart, You Know He's Right)
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To: kcvl
We've got gay marriages in California because of the ban on assault weapons? LOL
429 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:01 AM PST by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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To: MassExodus
For those that want another reason that this bill in its present form is a power grab by the Lib-FEDs I as this simple question when a person sells a product in a say Houston Texas to another person in Houston Texas is that INTERSTATE or INTRASTATE commerce ?
430 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:09 AM PST by NEST0R
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To: Dane
If this goes forward, I expect a realignment to a Democrat House and a Democrat Senate, and a possibility of a Democrat President.

it helps the cause when you post such things as hoping for a Kerry Presidency and Janet Reno II as Attorney General.

Another reason why it is pointless to dialog with you is because you are illiterate.

Most everyone knows that there is a difference between "expecting an event" and "hoping for an event".

Everyone except Dane.

431 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:17 AM PST by Lazamataz (How to turn a 'Basher into a 'Bot: LET THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN SUNSET!!!!)
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To: Lazamataz
If Kerry wins, it will be the difference between being shot to death (with Kerry), or slowly poisoned (with Bush).

Either way, yer dead in a week.

In a way you're right. But the frog is safer out of the slowing heating pot of water. At least with the Dems in power, people will wake up before it is too late!

432 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:22 AM PST by need_a_screen_name
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To: Sabertooth; DustyMoment; 4ConservativeJustices
We care, we are contacting our legislators, and we are considering CFR as we evaluate who we vote for in November.
433 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:22 AM PST by The_Eaglet (Conservative chat on IRC: http://searchirc.com/search.php?F=exact&T=chan&N=33&I=conservative)
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To: Lazamataz
There's really nothing more to say. You would cheer for Bush if he formed a Central Planning Committee and converted us to Communism.

In fact, you'd lead the damned parade for him

LOL! The hyperbole is flying now, but keep on posting Laz.

It's great watching you all cheer on Kerry and the prospect of a Janet Reno II.

434 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:29 AM PST by Dane
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To: dixiepatriot
Blanche Lincoln, (D) Arkansas, better not think anyone is going to forget her vote for it, when she is up for re-election.
435 posted on 03/02/2004 11:38:40 AM PST by kcvl
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To: My2Cents
"I've just never been able to figure out why, to some people, the ability to fire-off a clip of bullets by simply a series of squeezes of a trigger is the ultimate test of liberty.

"

Be prepared. Someone's bound to call you an idiot and explain the difference between a clip and a magazine to you.
436 posted on 03/02/2004 11:39:25 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Mr.Clark
The House won't pass this. No way is Rove that stupid.

There are a few independent minded Congressmen, who may be able to keep the House from passing this. But Karl Rove really is that stupid. Whether because of tunnel vision, or whatever, he does not have a clue as to how real people are motivated. (Karl Rove--Dysron, Quack or Mole.)

Our hope is to confine Karl Rove's influence within the Republican Party as much as we possibly can, in the hope that at some point, very soon, the President will realize that Rove not only does not have the answers; he is a terrible burden to have to carry.

William Flax

437 posted on 03/02/2004 11:39:33 AM PST by Ohioan
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To: Lazamataz
I don't know what will happen, but I won't be saying "Won't happen".

That conference committee is what is really key.

438 posted on 03/02/2004 11:39:40 AM PST by Dan from Michigan (""....but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America"")
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To: Dane
LOL! The hyperbole is flying now

No, I'm serious. You would cheer Bush if he converted us to Communism.

439 posted on 03/02/2004 11:40:32 AM PST by Lazamataz (How to turn a 'Basher into a 'Bot: LET THE ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN SUNSET!!!!)
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To: StoneColdGOP; Big Mack; All
Let's get this second revolution started while I can still squeeze a trigger, and remember why.

Amen to that!

This little interchange is why I have a hard time taking seriously the claim that banning a type of firearm means the end of liberty as we know it. Some of you folks come off not as constitutionalists, but as gun-happy goofs.

440 posted on 03/02/2004 11:41:13 AM PST by My2Cents ("Well...there you go again.")
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