Posted on 03/18/2012 6:33:08 AM PDT by marktwain
Amazing how much this petty tyrant sounds like the Republican "frontrunner."
Romney signs off on permanent assault weapons ban
"Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts," Romney said..."These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."
That is why disarming us has been a multigeneration effort by the left.
While England was not nearly as well armed as us, the left succeeded in effectively disarming the citizenry over a period of 80 years.
True. But in the last twenty years the percentage of the population who own guns has risen, the percentage who support the 2nd Amendment has risen, loads of shall-issue CCL laws and Castle Doctrine laws have been passed and last but far from least the number of firearms in private hands has soared phenomenally. By all objective measures they are losing the war. Spectacularly!
You are correct. I believe that we started winning when enough new media came into existence to make a difference. The inflection point was likely when the Reagan administration did away with the "fairness" doctrine.
I had been to a couple of small gun shows before but the first big one was the last one before the AWB went into effect. It was in Albuquerque at the Lujan building on the State Fair grounds. It is a very big event center type building. My buddy and I got there about a half hour after the doors opened. The building was already full and the line stretched about a half city block at least four abreast.
He had been to gun shows there before and he was shocked. He figured it would be packed given the onset of the AWB but still... The line moved pretty quickly and we got to the door in about twenty minutes. The line behind us was now even longer than the one we found when we got there.
Inside the place was shoulder-to-shoulder throughout. Every description of person was there, from the gangbanger type to the stockbroker type, and they were buying. Fathers and sons with several rifles slung over their shoulders wheeling dollies stacked with ammunition to their cars. (I wish I had had a dolly for my case of 7.62X39) We were probably there for at least two hours and there was a steady stream coming in and a steady stream going out and they weren't going out empty handed.
What a truly inspiring day that was for both of us. To see hundreds upon hundreds of ordinary Americans essentially saying "FUBC, come and take them!" gave us the same kind of feeling that touring an aircraft carrier or seeing a Blue Angels show does. But 0baMao has totally eclipsed Slick Willy as American Gun Salesman of all time. Adding to that warm feeling is the fact that guns last a very long time.
Romney is not pro 2A.
Frankly, I think he’s Soros’ guy this time around.
Soros had all bets covered in ‘08. McCain is one of his most subservient lap dogs and I’m sure he has Hillary’s full cooperation too. It’s hard to lose when you own every horse in the race.
I believe he is mayor of Madison, Wisconsin.
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