Posted on 10/19/2008 8:34:07 AM PDT by rosenfan
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware said Friday that Nevadans shouldnt listen to claims he and Barack Obama would take away the right to bear arms.
I get a kick out of, sometimes, the NRA saying were going to take your shotguns away, he said in a telephone interview with the Nevada Appeal. Ive got three shotguns, although my son thinks one of them, the over-under, is his.
Both of us believe strongly in the Second Amendment, Biden said. We do not believe in registration. We do believe in limits on some of the weapons. You cant have your own flame-thrower or bazooka. And legislation in relation to assault weapons doesnt affect hunters or sportsmen.
We are two Democrats who voted against gun control, he said.
But, Biden said, there is room for common-sense laws relating to such things as carrying concealed weapons.
(Excerpt) Read more at nevadaappeal.com ...
Well, Joe, flamethrowers are not considered firearms by Federal law, and as such are not regulated in any way. "Bazookas," or other destructive devices, are legal in most states, so if Joe opposes them, then he is, indeed, in favor of more gun control laws.
And "high-powered sniper rifle" is 'rat code for the bolt-action rifles.
Get ready for the "common-sense" gun ban on "assault weapons" and "high-powered sniper rifles".
Biden is a FUDD
Mr I have 3 shotguns, la dee dah..
Well hoity toity ol chap Biden, I don’t have a hankering for quail guns.. I can’t afford a $1200 bird gun...
I like AKs, big ones little ones, 12 gage AK’s with 20 round drums...
{/ rant off
“Both of us believe strongly in the Second Amendment, Biden said. We do not believe in registration. We do believe in limits on some of the weapons. You cant have your own flame-thrower or bazooka. And legislation in relation to assault weapons doesnt affect hunters or sportsmen.”
Obama believed that the DC pistol ban was constitutional, till the supreme court overturned it.
Another moron who thinks RKBA is limited to protecting a "right" to hunt game animals...
I love that video.
Let them keep thinking that. In urban warfare, a shotgun and bolt action rifle would do pretty much everything that needed doing. Add in a "Cowboy" lever action, in a pistol cartridge, .357, .44 Magnum, or .45 Long Colt) and you'd fill in most of the cracks.
But of course, once they ban the Ugly black Guns, (including those that are Hot Pink) they'll start on the "sniper rifles", and then there goes the bolt action. But it's going to be extremely difficult to demonize shotguns, even though they are used in a lot of crimes, because so many people have them, for many it's their only firearm. And demonize a lever action "cowboy" rifle? Not likely.
But just because they can't demonize them individually, doesn't mean they just won't ban or apply regulations so severe they amount to a ban for the majority.
See tag line. Freedom WILL Survive, although many of its defenders may not.
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