Clinton call for ban on AR-15s

CNN ^ | 06/13/20`6 | MNnice

[MNnice]

"We can't fall into the trap that is set up by the gun lobby that says if you can't stop every shooting in every incident you should not try to stop any. We did have an assault weapons ban for ten years. I think it should be reinstated," she said.

On the other hand, Trump said that if people in Pulse had been armed, the scope of the tragedy would have been lessened.

[gaijin]

If background checks can not touch wife beating Muslim fundamentalists who visit Afghanistan for weapons training and have been investigated by the FBI two times, then who exactly are the background checks aimed at...??

sounds like de facto gun registration.

the government should be subsidizing AR-15 purchases for all law-abiding Americans.

[I want the USA back]

A ban on muslims would be better.

[euram]

I bought 3 SKS’s for $129 each back in 1997.

[JBW1949]

She doesn’t know what an “assault rifle” is....

If it “looks like” a military weapon, it’s automatically an “assault rifle”.....

[Hugh the Scot]

3.3 million muslims in the U.S...
300 million firearms in private hands...

Orlando shows that you’re 10 times as likely to be killed by a muslim, yet their argument is to ban the guns? And Trump is a racist for suggesting we ban the import of muslim terrorists?

Hmm....

[Blood of Tyrants]

She would dearly love to ban ALL firearms in civilian hands. Even black powder firearms.

[Sacajaweau]

All guns CAN kill d the AR a machine gun.

It's the KILLER we need to stop.

The FBI interviewed the guy how many times?

We interviewed the Boston Bombers how many times?

Our interviewers have shi**y instincts!

And Ft Hood...and Ca...

None of these should have happened. The same with the Movie theater, the politician, the DC bldg...

All happened either because of PC....or because people were left defenseless.

[G Larry]

If Trump can stay out of his own way, this could be the key to defeating Hillary.

[NorthMountain]

154 dollars is what the SKS 7.62x39 was selling for then.

Back in the early 1990s for $100 you could walk out of a gun show, in Maryland no less, with a new in grease Chicom SKS and 1000 rds of Norinco steel core 7.62x39 ...

[b4its2late]

She's an ass.

[Captain Peter Blood]

How does she plan to stop gun smuggling for terrorists?

As usual clueless. We need to submit and die as our masters tell us, it’s all for the public good.

[JBW1949]

You can take a Ruger 10-22 and with some cosmetic add-ons, make it look like the most deadly “assault rifle” known to man...

[VRWCarea51]

“If I could have banned them all - ‘Mr. and Mrs. America turn in your guns’ - I would have!”
- Diane Feinstein

[anoldafvet]

She wouldn’t know an AR-15 if it bit her in her large a$$.

[nathanbedford]

This is the second major speech delivered by Hillary Clinton in recent days concerning foreign policy and terrorism. First, an observation concerning only the tone and manner of delivery of the speeches.

Shrill Hillary has learned how to modulate her voice and how to work effectively with teleprompters. She was very effective and has gone far to dispel the image of herself as a termagent whose presence in our living room for four or eight years is more than offputting. She was composed, her voice was modulated, her delivery was nearly flawless. Reading from a Teleprompter, it is not surprising that she made no gaffes.

If Hillary is able to continue in this mode she will go a long way toward improving her image and she will present a greater challenge to us.

When we analyze the content of the speech, we must understand that we live in a bubble and there is nothing she could say that would persuade us to vote for her. But we are not her audience, she seeks to energize the base and to capture independents. Considering the tone and content of the speech she is advanced those objectives.

For the first time she has referred to terrorists as Islamicists, no doubt to defray criticism from Donald Trump, and her calls for arms controls while unpalatable to us, are not so over the top as to turn off those who might be persuadable on the issue.

She put forth a reasonable proposals to combat these lone wolf attacks demonstrating to those who don't know better, that is, those who are ignorant of her character and biography, that she is competent.

Donald Trump is up in a few minutes and we will see if he can win the battle of the teleprompters.

[umgud]

Yo Bubba, you did have a 10 year AW ban that was so full of holes, you could drive the Queen Mary thru it. It had no affect wile in place and nothing changed when it was sunset’d.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Anti-gunners spilled their guts about HOW they would go about banning guns back in 1976. Since that time they have added rifles to their “to be banned” list.

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

“Yes, I’m for an outright ban [on handguns].”

-Pete Shields, Chairman emeritus, Handgun Control, Inc., 60 Minutes interview

HCI, around 1984, came out in favor of a ban on semi-auto rifles and shotguns.

[Shadow44]

Stupid Clinton’s why I can’t get a cheap FAL kit these days. Too bad I wasn’t old enough in the 90s...

[circlecity]

"She would dearly love to ban ALL firearms in civilian hands."

That's because the muslims would like to see firearms removed from American civilian hands. He position on guns is the return the muslims are getting for those quarter million dollar speaking fees.

[Snickering Hound]

Don't worry, the media will give a well informed analysis.