Assault Weapon Ban extension PASSES (Senate amendment to gun industry protection bill)

C-Span ^ | 3-2-04 | Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-CA

[Atlas Sneezed]

The vote was:

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

[Lazamataz]

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

If the AWB is 'sunsetted', I will become Free Republic's premiere, most energetic, and most vocal BushBot.

[My2Cents]

LOL....How can I be a real American if I don't know the difference between a clip and a magazine? I give up...

[stevio]

I'm sick of hearing this called the "Assault Weapons Ban". It's a gun ban! Once again we let the liberals define the fight.

[kcvl]

You really are reaching for that statement. No, because you didn't care to stop it before it happened, just like gun control. Oh, it will NEVER happen, so ignore it. It's not that hard to understand. Vote for the morons who ignore the law (no matter if it's gay marriage or gun control). What would happen if someone started handing out guns? There would be a riot!

[Walkin Man]

You see, this is what happens when "conservative" republicans control the White House and Congress.

...meet the new boss, same as the old boss...

[Joe Brower]

"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."

Ask a cop that question.

How about this take on the subject: "Why should the actions of criminals define what rights you, as a law-abiding citizen, are allowed to have?"

[Atlas Sneezed]

I heard Gordon Smith (RINO-OR) once say to a gathering that "gun control is hitting your target".

I guess that today his target was the rights of the peons on the outside of his limousine, and he hit that target today.

[Lazamataz]

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.

Listen, Mr. Rove, it's important you tell your boss that we feel strongly about this issue.

[Teacher317]

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.

Maybe because they've read some history. EVERY time a government imposes severe limitations on the citizens weaponry, it leads to some horrid abuses by that same government.

I'm just trying to figure out why you CAN'T see that a government that wants only its own underlings to have firearms is an eventual disaster in the making. It may not happen in the next decade, but before my chlidren are done living, there will be some very unpleasant consequences if this comes to pass. It only takes one egomaniacal and conscience-less politician to get elected... of course, we'd NEVER let one of THOSE guys get elected now, would we?

[Dane]

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

Nah you are just a fatalist.

Bye, don't let the door hit you on the way to a Janet Reno II.

Gotta go you all, it's been fun watching you all thump your chests and you all trying to bring about your worst nightmare, a Kerry presidency and Janet Reno II.

Have fun with your rants.

[Imal]

Here's hoping your position on the issue will be more informed by the facts of the matter than observations about the opinions of others.

To do less is to betray yourself.

[woodyinscc]

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!

If the dims return to power, it will already be too late. Who do you think got us to where we are with this issue?

[Henrietta]

"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."

If machine guns are so useless and silly, why is every member of our armed forces issued one for battle?

I'll leave you to ponder that...

[Monty22]

"but as gun-happy goofs."

Why are you on a pro-gun thread then?

[Gunner Mike]

Please read who the quote is from.
ABC World News Tonight anchor Peter Jennings in his daily ABC Radio commentary, November 14.

[4CJ]

We care, we are contacting our legislators, and we are considering CFR as we evaluate who we vote for in November.

As far as I'm concerned, any politican that voted YES to the Incumbent Protection Act or signed it, violated their oath of office to defend the Constitution. If someone is so stupid to not understand that the bill limits free speech, then they are just too stupid to .... [scratches head] .... heck, they're the epitome of a modern day politician.

And they don't deserve re-election.

[StoneColdGOP]

"Gun-happy goofs" wrote the Constitution.

[need_a_screen_name]

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.

You might want to read Unintended Consequences by John Ross. Then you would know where a lot of people are coming from. It is worth the read.

[Lazamataz]

I'm out for a while. I don't know what's making me sicker to my stomach: The bill, or the reactions of the RINO/CINO members of this site.