Once these tyrants see their chance, they will take it. All very clear, all very predictable. A direct result of what you get when people who hate the United States are running the United States.
Posted on 04/10/2009 6:49:06 AM PDT by marktwain
(CBS) The California senator who authored the nation's now-lapsed 1994 ban on assault weapons says she will hold off trying to renew that ban.
Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) tells 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl that the political timing isn't right and she will move to renew the ban at a future time of her own choosing. Feinstein appears in Stahl's report on the increase in gun sales taking place in America to be broadcast this Sunday, April 12, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Asked by Stahl if trying to renew the assault weapons ban would start a culture war and pose a distraction for an already overburdened Obama Administration, Feinstein replies, "I agree with you." "So you are going to hold off?" asks Stahl. "That's correct. I'll pick the time and the place, no question about it," Feinstein tells Stahl.
But even if she pursued the renewal, the votes may not be there today in either the Senate or the House. Both Houses of Congress gained pro-gun Democrats this past election, some of whom won the support of the National Rifle Association. "I am not going to disagree with that at all," says Feinstein. "The National Rifle Association essentially has a stranglehold on the Congress."
Has Congressional leadership or anyone from the Obama administration influenced her decision to put off the fight for renewal of the assault weapons ban? "No. Nobody said a word to me," Feinstein tells Stahl.
Feinstein appears in Stahl's report on the increase of gun sales in America. Stahl talks to gun enthusiasts who tell her Americans are buying more guns now, in part, due to fear of impending social unrest as a result of the financial meltdown.
Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a pro-guns advocacy group, explains: "We're being told all the time that, ‘The economy could just collapse and we could fall into chaos.’ Well, chaos is a good reason to be able to protect yourself… You could imagine if we truly had a collapse of the economy and it was hard to find food, those that did manage to hang onto food-might…find themselves in a precarious position.'" Van Cleave tells Stahl the other main reason is fear of potential gun control under new President Barack Obama.
Wonder how the DUmpsters are reacting to this..
Once these tyrants see their chance, they will take it. All very clear, all very predictable. A direct result of what you get when people who hate the United States are running the United States.
Sounds like they wanted the sensation factor of the survivalists in this show.
Because, as we all know, ACORN, the ACLU, the NEA, the Brady Bunch and Moveon.org are the only groups allowed to have a stranglehold on Congress. DiFi must have been looking at gun purchase numbers in California over the last six months and realized an "assualt weapons" ban plus her calling us all racists for opposing the tide of illegal aliens in the State might not add up to re-election.
Make no mistake, Feinstein is a tyrant but with the caution of a sneaky political opportunist. Ask if she has ARMED guards and security surrounding her. This hypocrite thinks only she should have the right to own guns and let the little people use sticks and try to stop her. While Hussein disarms our military, private citizens see what is coming and domestic arming is at an all time high for a very good reason.
That's the one thing that would guarantee a conservative tsunami in 2010.
The time will come when Obama has his civil defense minions are authorized and in the correct numbers.
Remember, its to late to use your guns when you have to 1) bury them, or 2) use them.
Make a list of your local gun grabbers. Know their face, where they live, and their habits.
When the time comes....hundreds of "Henry Bowmans" should pay them a visit.
Feinstein is probably guessing that the right is getting close to a tipping point and an AWB would push it over.
Bang
Which is probably why they're holding off until after BO gets reelected. That is if our country and Constitution last that long.
dittos ... she knows.
Do you think they are too arrogant to have some fear of the number of guns and the stockpiling of ammo that’s going on?
That they don’t want to actually “trigger” some event that will cause these liberty tools to be put into use?
Feinstein is also a liar..
*********Has Congressional leadership or anyone from the Obama administration influenced her decision to put off the fight for renewal of the assault weapons ban? “No. Nobody said a word to me,” Feinstein tells Stahl. **********
BULL
My meter jumped off the scale on that one.
So I guess this is an admission by Feinstein that it is all political and has nothing to do with being the right thing to do. A woman with honest convictions would not wait.
So NOW is not the time, eh? Well, she’s taken ONE small baby step in the right direction.
Now all she needs to figure out is that NO time is the right time for “gun control” (read: “gun infringement”) laws.
PS - Just in case someone is getting ready to “educate” me - I WAS being facetious. I DO know who/what she is!
Where can I find Ammo? There is a national shortage. Wally World can’t keep it in stock.
“Welcome to the party, pal!”
I got on Cabela’s backorder list yesterday.
They “estimate” 1-2 weeks... yeah, right.
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