80 percent of Texans want ban on assault weapons renewed <BARF ALERT>

Dallas Morning News ^ | 9/10/2004 | ROBERT T. GARRETT

[Calamari]

Didn't poll this Texan.

Maybe the price on a Springfield Armory M1A (M14) will come down. My M14 was a nice shooter back in the day--1967 to 1969.


I actually don't see anything wrong with the ownership of fully automatic weapons though they do cost a lot to "feed" and there is the small matter of federal registration and taxation for an automatic weapon.

[Centurion2000]

AUSTIN – Four out of five Texans think Congress should renew the ban on assault weapons that expires Monday, according to a new Texas Poll.

That's the biggest load of B$ I have seen in a LONG time ... and that includes SuperscriptGate.

[Texas Chrystal]

I thought all the "assault" ban did was make it illegal to have a semi-automatic firearm with two or more of these cosmetic features:
Bayonet Lug (haven't seen one of those recently except on terrorist's AK-47's), collapsible stock, pistol grip, flash suppressor, barrel shroud, grenade launcher, etc.--it's completely ridiculous!
Fully automatic weapons were banned sometime around 1934. Also, when's the last time you saw a criminal use a rifle with a grenade launcher?
None of the "banning" features even make the firearms more accurate! My post ban AR-15 works just fine, thank you. Thanks to Derrick Martin my rifle is pretty darn accurate in spite of the "ban"
All of this assault weapons "poop" was designed to do was make hippie Democrat politicians popular with the masses (who don't know any better and have a knee jerk reaction to ASSAULT WEAPONS--wildly evil laugh here!)
Everyone whines about high cap mags like you can't go to any gun show and buy 500 of them for about 10 bucks each!

It's enough to make a girl scream.

[Donaeus]

Joe, just to clarify I was calling Robert Garrett a slimebag in my previous post, not you. Next time I'll specifically name the slimbag I'm addressing. Just hard to do with this one because I have close relatives who are Garretts.

[BJClinton]

I participated in this poll. At the very least they were polling very heavily liberal S. Austin.

[Dan from Michigan]

Most don't care one way or the other. The big key is that do those that care are more apt to be on one side or the other?

The dems (Klinton mostly) gambled in 1994 and several dems lost, including Jack Brooks who was beaten by Steve Stockman.

[Lancer_N3502A]

Okay folks, remember that this ban passed by one, I say again, ONE vote in the Senate; and that one vote was by none other than Al Gore, (who apparently is now suffering from the Ted Kennedy syndrome).

I was in Texas when the ban went into effect and I can assure you that Texans were none to happy with it. In fact, we all went to the nearest range and proudly displayed our now PRE banned evil assault weapons, much to the displeasure of the ATF and TXDPS who were hawking all the gun ranges like vultures.

As a result of they're arrogance the DIMocRATS were promptly thrown out of office, not only in D.C. but in almost every state legislature and governor's office in the country. Now, after 10 years of "education" on the evils of so called "assault" weapons, they are now hoping that fear can reinvigorate they're cause.

I for one think that any politico can take a piece of paper, wipe they're a$$ with it and call it a law. Trying to disarm one hundred and fifty or so million (that's 150,000,000 for any lurking RATS) red blooded Americans is quite another thing.

End of Rant.
P.S. the 150 mil includes the military and most police officers below the rank of chief.

[MeekOneGOP]

hahahaha! I "get it" now! :^D

[B4Ranch]

I was talking with a local LEO equipment shop owner about the ban yesterday and she was saying that she has two "Ban" model stored away because there has never been a case like this in history.

She has heard that they will certainly rise in prices in a decade because they will then become rare "Ban" models from other dealers.

Maybe so, if the UN hasn't taken them all away by then.

[vannrox]

The number is more like >1%.

[BearCub]

I was talking with a local LEO equipment shop owner about the ban yesterday and she was saying that she has two "Ban" model stored away because there has never been a case like this in history.

I'd be surprised if 'ban' model guns were ever worth more than their value as a gun. Building up a 'ban-compliant' model is easy whether there is a ban or not - e.g., 'ban' type barrels with no evil bayonet lug will continue to be available after the ban expires.

Why build a rifle without a bayonet lug when bayonets are (a) so very necessary to make a rifle lethal, and (b) are essential for the storming of daycare centers and the killing of babies (and puppies).

[B4Ranch]

I'm not a dealer and don't have the foggiest idea whether they will be a good investment, of course her price is lower than yours and mine.

[TADSLOS]

This is just FRIKKIN' B.S.! Maybe, if the poll was taken in Austin along 6th street...

[BearCub]

I bought my pre-ban lower receiver while I was still in high school (1988) - I paid $52 for it. In 1995 it was worth > $350. 600% return seems pretty awful good to me for 6 years. My only regret was that I was broke until 1994!

[melkor]

i just walked around the UTD (UT at Dallas) campus, i asked 20 people, and most of them said yes, i support a ban on machine guns, i informed them that an assault rifle is not a machine gun, and that they were being banned because of things such as bayonets, all but 2 changed their minds saying things to the effect of "how gay is that"

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

One would have to know the exact question asked, the questions leading up to it, the size of the group, the demographics of the group, and how they were picked.

I can get almost any result you want if I can word the survey.

[prophetic]

yeah, they have the liberals on speed-dial for when they want a slanted poll.

[SpottedBeaver]

Thanks for the ping Meek....

I call Barbara Streisand!

Were they polling Austin?

My neighbor also calls Barbara Streisand! And we're all Texans. Should I include any more?

[Joe Brower]

Donaeus,

Not a problem, not a problem. I've been on FR long enough to be familiar with your stance this subject, and I had no difficulty discerning to whom the remarks were being directed to. The format of these forums themselves can often lead to misinterpretation.

Keep on FReepin'!

JB

[MeekOneGOP]

ha! You called Babs? Really? That's great!!