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Responsible gun owners should welcome sensible gun laws
PAhouse.com ^ | 3/2/2014 | Rep. Ronald G. Waters

Posted on 03/03/2014 7:12:49 AM PST by rktman

Much has been said and written in favor of and opposition to gun control since the Sandy Hook tragedy unfolded.

The heinous crime has cracked the half-century-long gun debate wide open, bringing the discourse from the margins to prime time and center stage. On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden issued a set of gun control recommendations to the president, and I hope, simply, that common sense prevails.

It is not my intention to mitigate the significance of the recent atrocities in any way, nor do I intend to minimize the severity of the events that took place, but I wish to articulate the truth: that Newtown, Conn., is just one of many communities that have experienced gun violence and its carnage.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; barf; guncontrol; secondamendment
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To: rktman
Responsible gun owners should welcome sensible do not need gun laws.

That is why we are called responsible.

41 posted on 03/03/2014 7:43:35 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: WayneS

Forgot the /s indicator. Regardless, he probably will keep his seat.


42 posted on 03/03/2014 7:44:38 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Full repeal of NFA and 922(o) while you’re at it.


43 posted on 03/03/2014 7:46:59 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: Atlas Sneezed
"...but military-style guns are proven to be nothing more than killing machines in the hands of irresponsible civilians progressives.

There, fixed it :-)

44 posted on 03/03/2014 7:47:02 AM PST by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Da Coyote

45 posted on 03/03/2014 7:49:04 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Exactly!That’s Precisely why the”Powers That Be”are AGAINST IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


46 posted on 03/03/2014 7:49:22 AM PST by bandleader
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To: rktman
The left is still dancing on the little coffins from Sandy Hook?
47 posted on 03/03/2014 7:54:40 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: rktman

Okay. I did not think you really meant it, but wasn’t sure whether it was a typo or sarcasm.

And unfortunately, you are correct - he probably WILL keep his seat.


48 posted on 03/03/2014 7:54:58 AM PST by WayneS (Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th (and 17th))
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To: BenLurkin

Makes Fred Astaire look like a rookie.


49 posted on 03/03/2014 7:58:05 AM PST by rktman (Under my plan(scheme),unemployment will necessarily skyrocket! Despite the % dropping. Period.)
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To: Obadiah

Did Joe Biden write that whole thing in Crayon?


50 posted on 03/03/2014 7:59:28 AM PST by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: rktman
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."

Spoken in the House of Commons November 18th, 1783 by the Right Honourable William Pitt the Younger

51 posted on 03/03/2014 7:59:57 AM PST by GregoTX (Keep Calm and Cruz On)
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52 posted on 03/03/2014 8:00:06 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: rktman
This includes improved, thorough background checks; detailed, regular mental health evaluations for gun owners and potential gun buyers and similar evaluations for family members who share residency; improved methods of documenting private gun transfers; and, perhaps the most controversial, restrictions on high-capacity ammunition magazines.

IOW, when the family talks you into letting that looser nephew live in the room above the garage robs the local 7-11, you'll be held responsible and thrown in a jail cell with him. Or if you have a child who has developmental problems, they'll deny a permit for everyone in the household and confiscate all your guns. Loss of job will be a suicide red light and cause. A divorce will be a cause. One day they're going to decide that anyone with a gun in their house is mental. Voting wrong will be a cause. Lemme guess, these regular check ups mean more $$$$ for the government that isn't officially declared a tax.

53 posted on 03/03/2014 8:02:27 AM PST by bgill
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To: rktman
...detailed, regular mental health evaluations for gun owners and potential gun buyers and similar evaluations for family members who share residency;

I guess it all depends on the definition of "sensible." This guy's isn't it.

54 posted on 03/03/2014 8:10:52 AM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: rktman

Just emailed Rep Waters.
Likely will fall on deaf ears as the man does not even understand what the 2nd Amendment is about. But as a citizen I still have the right to speak my piece!


55 posted on 03/03/2014 8:11:39 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
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To: rktman

The journ-o-list meme orders must have gone out this sunday.

it is all about democrat party wet dreams.


56 posted on 03/03/2014 8:12:44 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: rktman

“Sensible” gun law demands over the years...

And to think, in 1962 Thomas J Dodd and Emaual Cellar proposed the first federal law on common firearms.

1962; “We don’t want to take away your guns, we ONLY want to register handguns! Rifles and shotguns will not be affected”.

1964: “We only want to register all your guns, not ban them! Only Army surplus guns will be banned.”

1968: “We only want to register your guns, and ban “Saturday Night Specials” and small foreign handguns along with army surplus rifles!” (They got the ban on 5 shot army surplus rifles and handguns and small foreign pistols)

1970: “We only want to ban Saturday night specials! Large handguns and rifles will not be affected!”

1976: “We only want to ban all handguns! Long guns will not be affected!”

1981: “The NRA is a rifle organization! They should give up their handguns, and they can keep their rifles!”- Lee Grant on GMA

1984: “We must ban “assault Rifles, unsuitable or hunting!”

1989: George Bush bans import of some foreign made “assault rifles”.

1992: Assault rifle ban passed by Clinton.

2000: first calls to ban single shot .50 cal rifles...

More.......

Nelson T. ‘Pete’ Shields
Founder of Handgun Control, Inc.

“I’m convinced that we have to have federal legislation to build on. We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest.

Of course, it’s true that politicians will then go home and say, ‘This is a great law. The problem is solved.’ And it’s also true that such statements will tend to defuse the gun-control issue for a time.

So then we’ll have to strengthen that law, and then again to strengthen that law, and maybe again and again. Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice. Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time.

My estimate is from seven to ten years. The problem is to slow down the increasing number of handguns sold in this country. The second problem is to get them all registered. And the final problem is to make the possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — totally illegal.”

-Pete Shields, Chairman and founder, Handgun Control Inc., “A Reporter At Large: Handguns,” The New Yorker, July 26, 1976, 57-58

The Brady Center (former HCI) now has the hots to ban anything they can, including common rifles and shotguns.


57 posted on 03/03/2014 8:16:42 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: ArtDodger

How about ‘sensible restrictions’ on the voting rights act?

No voting by the uneducated HS dropouts.

No voting by the able-bodied that don’t/won’t support themselves.

No voting by those that don’t pay federal taxes.

No voting by...


58 posted on 03/03/2014 8:17:20 AM PST by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: rktman
"Sensible" is one of those concepts open to unlimited definition.

Nothing paving the road to confiscation is sensible.

59 posted on 03/03/2014 8:34:10 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Beagle8U
As these disenfranchised voters said in the 80s when Reagan insisted they work for their welfare money, ‘Dis is da reinstatootion of slavery!’
60 posted on 03/03/2014 8:38:31 AM PST by ArtDodger
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