Gun control issue to make appearance at DNC Convention

Newsday ^ | July 22, 2004 | J. Jioni Palmer

[Mulder]

With the ban on assault weapons set to expire in September, 10 years after it was enacted by Congress, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) will again try to bring the gun control issue to the forefront during a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Boston next week

McCarthy, who became a national advocate for tougher firearms laws after her husband was killed and son injured by a gunman on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993, said she hopes the speech stirs the American public to pressure Congress to pass another 10-year ban

[TLI]

Here is a little blast from the not-too-distant past.  A little reminder of who we know we can't trust AND who we THOUGHT we could trust.


NRA Director Sen. Larry Craig, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, former NRA Director Rep. John Dingell and Sen. Chuck Schumer held a press conference Thursday, September 25, 2003, to announce their mutual enthusiastic support for the “National Instant Check Improvement Act,” which will require states to submit $1.25 Billion worth of additional information into the FBI's gun buyer background check database — including personal, private medical records people never knew would be used to prevent their ability to purchase firearms.

October 7, 2003

	NRA Director Sen. Larry Craig, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, former NRA Director Rep. John Dingell and Sen. Chuck Schumer held a press conference Thursday, September 25, 2003, to announce their mutual enthusiastic support for the “National Instant Check Improvement Act,” which will require states to submit $1.25 Billion worth of additional information into the FBI's gun buyer background check database — including personal, private medical records people never knew would be used to prevent their ability to purchase firearms. (Photo by Jeff Johnson, CNSNews.com, Click image to enlarge.)

KeepAndBearArms.com — “What do you get when you put a current and former board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the same room with two of the most vehemently anti-gun members of the House and Senate?” asks CNSNews columnist Jeff Johnson in his Sept. 26 news report. “On Thursday, the answer to that question was: agreement.”

The NRA is enthusiastically endorsing a gun control bill that's also supported by avowed gun banners Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. Handgun Control, Inc. calls the bill “a sensible step that will save lives” — note the word “step” — which is what they say about banning semi-automatic rifles due to ergonomic and safety features, and what they've said in the past about completely banning handguns. 

NRA's former and current board members took the stage with two of America's premier gun banners, smiling as they announced unequivocal support for this new gun control bill. Rep. Dingell called the two gun prohibitionists “patriotic Americans” and praised them in other ways. Sen. Schumer and Rep. McCarthy vehemently oppose the intent and purpose of the Second Amendment and consistently sign on to bills that would ban guns. They were both elected to Congress — and pride themselves — on their gun banishment agendas. Some would have a hard time calling such people patriotic. NRA insider Dingell didn't stutter.

 

About the Legislation

This NRA/Schumer gun control bill is called the “NICS Improvement Act” and has just been introduced under that name in both houses of Congress (S.1706 & H.R.3237). The bill's alleged visible intent is “to improve the national instant criminal background check system, and for other purposes.”

By “i

By “improve”, according to the Washington Times, they actually mean to “add 35 million new records to the system.” CNSNews says that includes investing $1.25 Billion dollars over three years — roughly $4 for every man, woman and child in America — to add records to the FBI's database. The bill amounts to the bribing of States with federal money to add private, personal records to FBI's list of prohibited persons — to expand their list of people who cannot purchase or possess firearms — and to penalize States that fail to comply. Included in those records will be medical records.

As for the latest hatefest planed for the DNC, well,,, some dogs just can't quit howling . . .

[no dems]

Great! Let her speak. This is great news for The Prez.

[TigersEye]

Make it long and make it rabid. Show the faithful how much you hate guns. Give 'em both barrels, Carolyn.

[xm177e2]

McCarthy, who became a national advocate for tougher firearms laws after her husband was killed and son injured by a gunman on the Long Island Rail Road in 1993

Was that the crazy black terrorist Colin Ferguson? And is this the same McCarthy behind this lawsuit:

A meritless lawsuit filed by victims' families against Olin, manufacturer of Black Talon ammunition, and Ruger, manufacturer of the gun Ferguson used in the killings, is dismissed because it would involve a wholesale expansion of tort law. McCarthy v. Sturm, Ruger and Co., Inc., 916 F.Supp. 366 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

Banning guns isn't going to stop insane terrorists.

[Ken H]

The Democrats have finally found an issue they can win on!

The more they push gun control, the more they'll win.

I urge them to follow this advice.