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Pennsylvania to classify PUMP-ACTION RIFLES as "Assault Weapons" (idiot legislators alert!)
AW ban sunset website forums ^ | 27 March 2004 | Pennsylvania legislators

Posted on 03/28/2004 9:25:33 AM PST by Long Cut

Prepare to have your blood pressure rise. Is there no end to the idiocy of those who live in abject fear of guns?

Wh, oh why, does no national leader call this for the nonsense that it is?


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: assaultweapons; awb; bang; banglist; gungrabbers; guns; stupidity
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To: Long Cut

41 posted on 03/28/2004 10:38:59 AM PST by Fiddlstix (This Space Available for Rent or Lease by the Day, Week, or Month. Reasonable Rates. Inquire within.)
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To: ExSoldier
I've been meaning to get a copy. John Ross's Unintended Consequences occupies a place of honor on my bookshelf.
43 posted on 03/28/2004 10:41:05 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: Long Cut
I'd favor a law stating that any firearm is EXEMPT from ANY bans except for those convicted of violent crimes or mentally insane.
Oh yeah... Wait a minute, that is the law of the land.

"...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

They would just ignore it too...

Gotta run for now my friends..
Have a great day!
44 posted on 03/28/2004 10:41:25 AM PST by GrandEagle
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To: SauronOfMordor
If Bush plays his cards right, Jean-Claude Kerry will not win Pennsylvania. Hunting is a second religion in western Pennsylvania.
45 posted on 03/28/2004 10:42:19 AM PST by WestSylvanian
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To: WestSylvanian
Let's hope you're right. However, the President has remained somewhat detached from the 2A issues, and Kerry HAS had himself photographed whilst duck hunting. I know, it's just for show, and most Dims do likewise, but we can't simply write it off so easily.

It needs to be widely publicised that Kerry has NEVER opposed ANY gungrabbing legislation, EVER.

46 posted on 03/28/2004 10:49:59 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: bvw
According to the Second Amendment -- the Federal Government should be encouraging and sponsoring general public ownership and expert use of assault weapons. That is the clearest and most honest interpretation of that first clause.

Actually according to the main body of the Constitution. Art. I section 8 "Congress shall have the power to ... To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"

47 posted on 03/28/2004 10:50:46 AM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: Long Cut
the Left seems to be able to conjure marches and demos every day of the week at whim. Why can't we, especially since we are so well organized and informed?

Because the vast majority of us have jobs or are self employed and cannot get away "at a whim". Their constitutency tends to come from the parasitic classes, and from "students", who have much more flexible schedules.

But, we tend to vote in higher percentages than they do.

48 posted on 03/28/2004 10:53:20 AM PST by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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To: WestSylvanian
Oh, and don't forget that PA's governor is Ed Rendell, former chairman of the Democrat national Comittee, and who is as ruthless and powerful as they come in big-city and state political machines.

Furthermore, Philly and the other urban areas will likely go for Kerry, and their population is more than the rural areas.

PA will be a tough battle for the President.

49 posted on 03/28/2004 10:55:39 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: El Gato
We should be able to put up at least ONE good, well-attended demo or march a year, at least.
50 posted on 03/28/2004 10:57:20 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: Long Cut
This is now, according to PA lgislators, an "Assault Rifle"...

Of course it is. Many a thug have had their self-esteem assaulted when
hearing that stark clacking sound from a potential victim's 12 gauge pump
being brought to action stations!
51 posted on 03/28/2004 10:58:59 AM PST by VOA
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To: Long Cut
I hope one day a headline reads...

Pennsylvania to classify liberal politicians as terrorists
52 posted on 03/28/2004 10:59:43 AM PST by Vision (Always Faithful)
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To: Long Cut
I should have become obvious to everyone that regardless of what state you may reside, the relentless, incremental attacks from those in government on our freedoms, our borders, sovereignty and our Constitution are endless, and their objects are disturbing.

It's proceeding slowly, one step at a time. To the point where even our elections and the voting booth are being undermined, destabilized and subverted. In my honest opinion, most all in the high echelons of power can no longer be trusted.

Too much corruption, fraud, special interest etc, as the government continues to grow and become all encompassing to the point where it controls every part of our lives and businesses. In the 1950s and 1960s and before, actions such as these and other attacks on our freedoms and sovereignty would have been unheard of and never tolerated.

Ask yourself, what has changed?

Were dying of a thousand cuts.

53 posted on 03/28/2004 11:04:54 AM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Long Cut
I've had about enough of this.

"From my Cold Dead Hands!" (Charton Heston)

By the way, anyone who invaded my home would not face my "So-called 'assault rifle', but a good-old S&W (pre-kneepad) .44 magnum.

It's very tiresome to hear the liberal idiots go on and on about the dangers of "assault weapons" when you realize that a shotgun is a better weapon at close range.

54 posted on 03/28/2004 11:06:58 AM PST by LibKill (BUSH the TERRORIST SLAYER!)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
I should have become obvious to everyone that regardless of what state you may reside, the relentless, incremental attacks from those in government on our freedoms, our borders, sovereignty and our Constitution are endless, and their objects are disturbing. It's proceeding slowly, one step at a time. To the point where even our elections and the voting booth are being undermined, destabilized and subverted. In my honest opinion, most all in the high echelons of power can no longer be trusted.

I agree with you 100%. We had better get a handle on this soon or all will be lost.
55 posted on 03/28/2004 11:07:05 AM PST by Wolfhound777 (It's not our job to forgive them. Only God can do that. Our job is to arrange the meeting--N.S)
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To: Long Cut
Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. That practice has not caught on, as we wish it had, so let us keep up the fight.
....Jeff Cooper
56 posted on 03/28/2004 11:10:32 AM PST by S.O.S121.500 (We have no Gestapo here....them "donut dunkers" can't even understand German.)
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To: LibKill
Oh, they realize that. They're just going for the "EEEEVVIll" looking guns first. Succer Moms eat it up because the AW's are "ugly, military-looking" and they think they're machine guns.

The shotguns will follow in due course.

57 posted on 03/28/2004 11:14:55 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: blackie; Eaker; glock rocks; Shooter 2.5; Dan from Michigan; Centurion2000
Should have pinged you guys to this, too. Sad, ain't it?
58 posted on 03/28/2004 11:19:11 AM PST by Long Cut ("Man, don't hit me with those negative waves SOOoo early in the morning." - Oddball)
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To: Long Cut
I guess it's just like the KKKlintoon years.

Buy lots of ammo, and hide it deep.

59 posted on 03/28/2004 11:30:38 AM PST by LibKill (BUSH the TERRORIST SLAYER!)
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To: Long Cut
A baseball bat is an assault weapon if you assault someone with it. *sigh*

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

60 posted on 03/28/2004 11:31:48 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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