Posted on 01/17/2011 9:52:12 PM PST by WilliamHouston
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) this weekend called on Congress to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
Lugar is the first GOP senator to call for increased gun control following the Tucson tragedy that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But Lugar, who supported the initial 10-year-long assault weapons ban when it passed in 1994, said he's not optimistic about the chances for passing gun control legislation this Congress.
“I believe it should be, but I recognize the fact that the politics domestically in our country with regard to this are on a different track altogether,” Lugar told Bloomberg Television’s Al Hunt Jan. 14. . . .
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Fascinating.
This will go exactly nowhere.
Gotta love the idea of banning guns because of what they look like.....
Someone needs to tell Lugar that assault weapons are already illegal without an FFL
Does IN have any Tea Partiers to knock this hayseed out? He is insufferable. This stiff should be easy to eliminate.
Lugar has passed his sell by date. He currently holds the position of “Republican most likely to appear on Meet the Press to say how bad all the other Republicans are”, a coveted position that John McCain held until having the audacity to run against the media’s annointed candidate, Obama. Clearly Lindsey Graham is jealous of Lugar’s success and would very much like this job (along with the elite acceptance that goes along with it.)
Congress are public servants. Let's have some random drug testing of Congress. That might provide some answers.
Lugar is a racist. You cant ban guns because they are black!
Exactly.
It will go nowhere. Lugar knows this. Everyone knows this. Yet he feels the need to give the finger to his constituents again.
How many times has it been now?
YOU REPUBICS ARE ON NOTICE... IF YOU ENTERTAIN THIS IDIOCY... IT IS WAR. WE WILL TEA PARTY LIKE IT IS 1776!!!!
LOOGIE NEEDS TO BE EXCOMMUNICATED... THIS IS AN UNFORGIVABLE BREECH.
LLS
NEVER... “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED”. No one on FR should EVER agree to any Rights being murdered!!!!!!!!!!!
LLS
GOD bless you brother!
LLS
I defended him but I can’t no longer defend him.
Old fart is like specter, thinks he owns the seat, 35 years, time for retirement.
When they devise a law requiring criminals to follow the law and convince them to do so, come back and talk to us.
Perhaps a well-qualified, Second Amendment-friendly challenger in the GOP primary election is in order.
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With a name like “Lugar” he should know not to shoot his mouth off to often.
Shouldn’t he be concentrating on getting Obamacare repealed as he was elected to do and swore an oath to the Constitution?
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