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Sen. Feinstein suggests national buyback of guns
Washington Examiner ^ | December 21, 2012 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 12/24/2012 8:40:00 PM PST by neverdem

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said that she and other gun control advocates are considering a law that would create a program to purchase weapons from gun owners, a proposal that could be compulsory.

“We are also looking at a buy-back program,” Feinstein said today in a press conference. “Now, again, this is a work in progress so these are ideas in the development.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., already discussed the possibility of a buy-back law for his state, but he made clear it would be a forced buyback.

“Confiscation could be an option,” Cuomo told The New York Times yesterday when discussing semiautomatic weapons. “Mandatory sale to the state could be an option. Permitting could be an option — keep your gun but permit it.”

Australia implemented a mandatory buyback program in 1996 following a mass shooting. “The law banned semiautomatic and automatic rifles and shotguns and put in place a mandatory buy-back program for newly banned weapons,” USA Today recalls. “The buyback led to the destruction of 650,000 gun.”

Some liberal activists want the policy imitated here. “That would be like destroying 50 million guns in America today,” the Center for American Progress’ Matt Miller wrote after noting that Australia eliminated 20 percent of the weapons in the country. “The Australian ‘outlaw and repurchase’ option is one approach. But if Congress balks at banning certain weapons entirely, it could make gun owners an offer they can’t refuse. Instead of $200 a gun, Uncle Sam might offer $500.”

Feinstein also said that that former President Bill Clinton had volunteered, on a phone call, to help her get a new gun law passed.

“[Clinton] was talking about the battle back in 1993 with the bill that, interestingly enough, was introduced and passed within the year fo 1993 and went into effect in 1994,” she said. “And, of course, he was president and the White House came alive and was very very helpful in enabling the passage of that bill both in the senate and in the House. So, to have him part of the team again is really quote special for us.”


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To: Travis McGee
They don’t need you to fill out a registration form saying you own an AR or AK. They will know in two seconds, by your credit card history.

Credit cards? Funny, you can buy firearms-related goods with credit cards? Who knew? I always paid cash. Or cash. Or, on the other hand, cash. No checks, no Visa.

161 posted on 12/25/2012 6:25:40 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: lentulusgracchus

The lady is a complete idiot!


162 posted on 12/25/2012 6:27:08 AM PST by Bulgaricus1 (Fill your hand you son...)
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To: neverdem

The words of Tench Coxe...

Congress have no power to disarm
the militia. Their swords,
and every other terrible implement of the soldier,
are the birth-right of an American …
the unlimited power of the sword is not in
the hands of either the federal or state governments,
but, where I trust in God
it will ever remain, in the hands of the people.


163 posted on 12/25/2012 6:31:07 AM PST by ez (When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
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To: neverdem

It should be an axiom of American government that we never take a foreign socialist nation as our example, even if we share a common language. As for our own nation, if these measures pass, it will be time to make a new one.


164 posted on 12/25/2012 6:31:54 AM PST by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Travis McGee
They will know in two seconds, by your credit card history.

I live in Illinois but before I quit smoking about 5 years ago, bought all my cigarettes in Missouri, where the tax makes them much cheaper. I was warned by a store clerk, that I'd better pay cash as Visa, M.C. and AMEX were reporting Illinois residents to Illinois Revenue all tobacco and liquor purchases.

About 10 years ago, I received a form at tax time from Illinois, wanting me to voluntarily report all of my out of state purchases of those products, I filed it in the round file and never heard any more about it.

Big brother is definitely watching.

165 posted on 12/25/2012 6:34:31 AM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: neverdem
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Feinstein also said that that former President Bill Clinton had volunteered, on a phone call, to help her get a new gun law passed.

“[Clinton] was talking about the battle back in 1993 with the bill that, interestingly enough, was introduced and passed within the year [of] 1993 and went into effect in 1994,” she said. “And, of course, he was president and the White House came alive and was very very helpful in enabling the passage of that bill both in the senate and in the House. So, to have him part of the team again is really quote special for us.”

DiFi was around then, and remembers what happened to Jack Brooks of Texas after Slick Willie pleaded and pleaded and armtwisted to get the Midnight Basketball and Gun-Ban Bill out of Brooks's committee .... just letting it sort of slide out w/o any fingerprints, to reduce the political risk.

Brooks's constituents pounded so much sand up his ass, it was still coming out his nose when he died.

As another Democrat once noticed long ago ...... when the Clintons need you, they're really there for you.

Ask Jack Brooks. And while you're at it, ask Bart Stupak and all the rest of the "moderate" Democrats who got used by Pelosi and Reid and The _Resident. Burned up like cigarettes, to get their bills through. Think about that, DiFi.

166 posted on 12/25/2012 6:38:07 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: Travis McGee

Back then, there were signs at the Mississippi river crossings, on the Illinois side that all Illinois residents were required to report out of state purchases of tobacco and liquor products, a sign that was hugely ignored. It’s no longer even there.


167 posted on 12/25/2012 6:38:11 AM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: wardaddy; Joe Brower; Cannoneer No. 4; Criminal Number 18F; Dan from Michigan; Eaker; Jeff Head; ...
Who’s Crazy? Mental-health experts are wrong...

Gun Owners, Segregationists, and Jim Sleeper (More BS media versus history)

CRS: Under 2 percent of gun crimes involve assault weapons

Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses "Hundreds of residents in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties...map posted by The Journal News" (Gannett)

Some noteworthy articles about politics, foreign or military affairs, IMHO, FReepmail me if you want on or off my list.

Merry Christmas!

168 posted on 12/25/2012 6:43:53 AM PST by neverdem ( Xin loi min oi)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
Good God, are these people stupid!

I don't think they are stupid - delusional maybe, but I find it hard to believe that most of America are still considered "conservative", as is ofter reported in the polls. It appears to me the libtards are running the county. If they didn't cheat in Nov 2012, then how did this happen?

Sam Donaldson Tells Tea Partiers 'It's Not Your Country Anymore - It's Our Country'
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/12/24/sam-donaldson-tells-tea-partiers-its-not-your-country-anymore-its-our#ixzz2G4h6umf0
169 posted on 12/25/2012 6:46:32 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: smokingfrog; going hot; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; Drew68; stevie_d_64; davetex
And most of those are just ordinary hunting rifles.

And did you also notice the almost complete absence of any optics?

Hmmmmm.

170 posted on 12/25/2012 6:48:19 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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To: neverdem

Dems must be getting low on arms for the F&F program.


172 posted on 12/25/2012 6:50:23 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Travis McGee

Don’t think for a minute that if you didn’t use a Credit Card to make a purchase you are off the hook. Did you ever go to a shooting range? Did you ever voice your opinion on FR? Did you ever email your friends about the dastardly deeds of our POTUS or that B-in-a-ditch Pelosi? Did you ever attend a Tea Party rally? Are you a veteran? Are you anti-abortion? They know who your are and they have a file on you.


173 posted on 12/25/2012 6:53:08 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: usconservative

Very good point.


174 posted on 12/25/2012 6:54:08 AM PST by expat2
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To: usconservative

Very good point. Maybe it’s time to get papers for yourself as Juan Rivera, or something similar.


175 posted on 12/25/2012 6:55:30 AM PST by expat2
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To: montanajoe
Well...better stock up in plastic pipe, end caps and glue....as when they did this in Australia you couldn't get plastic pipe for love nor money.

Trivia question....Why do Australians pour oil on their lawns...

....to lubricate their guns.

176 posted on 12/25/2012 6:55:58 AM PST by spokeshave (The only people better off today than 4 years ago are the Prisoners at Guantanamo.)
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To: A Navy Vet
It's impossible without door-to-door incursion from a nationalized National Guard and/or Active Military, not to mention many in those orgs will just refuse.

That's why they are staffing up Homeland Security and buying lots of ammo.

177 posted on 12/25/2012 7:02:05 AM PST by expat2
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To: Travis McGee
A national gun registration list in 2012-13 is not needed. Data-mining will reveal who owns what, unless you never used a credit card to purchase an ammo mag, rifle sight, case of ammo, etc. They don’t need you to fill out a registration form saying you own an AR or AK. They will know in two seconds, by your credit card history.

I have NEVER used a credit card for any purchase that might concern the thugs in our White House or in Congress. I am a member of the NRA and of a local gun club, but that doesn't tell anything about number of caliber. BTW, I own a bolt action .22LR rifle that I will regretfully sell for $500 at gunpoint only. If they want anything else, they can start with my ammo. The discussion will not be friendly.

178 posted on 12/25/2012 7:03:00 AM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: lentulusgracchus
Center for American Progress = George Soros the Jew-Betrayer, the Jew-Finder, the Nazi Collaborator Moving on our freedom, is he?

Soros and Rebecca Peters were the ones that got the ball rolling in Australia and are behind the UN Gun Ban Treaty. They "DREAM" of disarming America.
179 posted on 12/25/2012 7:16:44 AM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: DeepInTheHeartOfTexas
Oh, I used to own some weaposn .... long time ago .... sold 'em, private sale, garage sales, that kind of thing. So long ago .... Lost the bills of sale when I moved.

I just use the old gun safe for keeping personal records. It's fireproof, you know.

180 posted on 12/25/2012 7:20:47 AM PST by lentulusgracchus
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