On gun control, look to Biden

CNN ^ | Dec 19, 2012 | Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza,

[combat_boots]

Editor's note: Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza served as deputy national press secretary of the Democratic National Committee during the 2008 election.

(CNN) -- President Obama's poignant speech at Sunday's interfaith vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, set the tone for our mourning. Now, America's path forward will be decided out of the spotlight. The question of whether the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School will linger only in memory or be memorialized by an enduring shift in gun policy can only be answered by the legislature.

Incoming Judiciary Committee chair Sen. Diane Feinstein has announced she will introduce an enhanced assault weapons ban on the first day of the new Congress, but the fate of that legislation is in the hands of Vice President Joe Biden.

[combat_boots]

Don't forget the ammo.

[combat_boots]

“No politician could be better suited to the challenge of passing federal gun control legislation than Biden. Over the past four decades, Biden has been one of the most consistent and effective advocates of gun control and violence prevention legislation. In 1994, Biden shepherded the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act through the Senate, a near miracle six years in the making.”

How about that.

[TornadoAlley3]

Like Biden’s Middle Class Task Force?

[mkboyce]

Define “assault weapon”.

[combat_boots]

“Rated F by the NRA, indicating a pro-gun control voting record.

Biden scores F by NRA on pro-gun rights policies
While widely recognized today as a major political force and as America’s foremost defender of Second Amendment rights, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has, since its inception, been the premier firearms education organization in the world. But our successes would not be possible without the tireless efforts and countless hours of service our nearly three million members have given to champion Second Amendment rights and support NRA programs.

The following ratings are based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates; the NRA assigned a letter grade (with A+ being the highest and F being the lowest).

Source: NRA website 02n-NRA on Dec 31, 2003”

Source: OnTheIssues

[combat_boots]

Hillary Clinton (OnTheIssues) on Gun Control:

•Balance lawful gun ownership & keeping guns from criminals. (Apr 2008)
•Give local police access to federal gun tracking info. (Apr 2008)
•Let states & cities determine local gun laws. (Apr 2008)
•Against illegal guns, crack down on illegal gun dealers. (Jan 2008)
•Backed off a national licensing registration plan on guns. (Jan 2008)
•Get assault weapons & guns off the street. (Jul 2007)
•Background check system could prevent Virginia Tech massacre. (Apr 2007)
•FactCheck: VA Tech shooter not declared a danger to others. (Apr 2007)
•Congress’ failure at Littleton response inspired Senate run. (Nov 2003)
•Keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them. (Sep 2000)
•Limit access to weapons; look for early warning signs. (Sep 2000)
•License and register all handgun sales. (Jun 2000)
•Tough gun control keeps guns out of wrong hands. (Jul 1999)
•Gun control protects our children. (Jul 1999)
•Don’t water down sensible gun control legislation. (Jul 1999)
•Lock up guns; store ammo separately. (Jun 1999)
•Ban kids’ unsupervised access to guns. (Jun 1999)
•Get weapons off the streets; zero tolerance for weapons. (Sep 1996)
•Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005)
•Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. (Mar 2004)
•Prevent unauthorized firearm use with “smart gun” technology. (Aug 2000)

[TSgt]

Lawmakers are essentially being asked to consider an updated version of the 1994 assault weapons ban. On Sunday, Feinstein promised the legislation "will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation and the possession" of assault weapons and ban high-capacity magazines as well as "clips of more than ten bullets."

Anyone know where I can get these cool clips for my guns? All I can find are magazines...

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legislation "will ban the sale, the transfer...

What I want to know is how you ban the "transfer" of something that is not registered in the first place, is it on the honor system?!? I understand you can ban the transfer of an automobile, because it has to be titled. But most of my guns were purchased from individual, cash transaction, no paperwork. Who's to say they were purchased before or after the ban on "transfers" and who could prove if I sold it after the ban when the transaction occured?

[maine yankee]

Joe Biden’s motorcade has killed more people than my gun.

[Cheerio]

legislation "will ban the sale, the transfer...

"will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation and the possession"

You left off the most important part of the proposed legislation - POSSESSION. Possessing one - if caught - will put you on Big Sis's terrorist watch list. Good luck with that.

[KeyLargo]

Oh yeah. Just the guy to put in charge of gun control...

"This is a big fucking deal!" --Joe Biden, caught on an open mic congratulating President Barack Obama during the health care signing ceremony, Washington, D.C., March 23, 2010

"I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. … When one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft. That's me. I would not be, at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway." --Joe Biden, providing handy tips to protect against the swine flu and freaking us out, "Today Show" interview, April 30, 2009

"Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs." --Joe Biden, Athens, Ohio, Oct. 15, 2008 (Source)

"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened." –Joe Biden, apparently unaware that FDR wasn't president when the stock market crashed in 1929 and that only experimental TV sets were in use at that time, interview with Katie Couric, Sept. 22, 2008 (Watch video clip)

"Stand up, Chuck, let 'em see ya." –-Joe Biden, to Missouri state Sen. Chuck Graham, who is in a wheelchair, Columbia, Missouri, Sept. 12, 2008 (Watch video clip)

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/joebiden/a/bidenisms.htm

[Fishtalk]

My pencil, under the right circumstances, is an assault weapon.

[Joe Brower]

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[Red_Devil 232]

[EEGator]

Joe’s home state:(my current location)

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local//delaware/43254-parenting-magazine-calls-wilmington-qmost-dangerousq-city

[COBOL2Java]

It makes sense, given the Vice President's extensive experience tracking little varmints around the White House lawn.

[apillar]

legislation "will ban the sale, the transfer...

"will ban the sale, the transfer, the importation and the possession"

You left off the most important part of the proposed legislation - POSSESSION. Possessing one - if caught - will put you on Big Sis's terrorist watch list. Good luck with that

It's my understanding that just like the 1994 ban "possession" means possession of an assault weapon obtained by one of the prohibited means "transfer" "sale" etc after the date of the ban. All existing assault weapons in private hands would be grandfathered in. I don't think even Feinstein and Obama are stupid enough to try and confiscate 25 million assault weapons in private hands (not that they wouldn't like too, but because it would make the feds looks just as ineffective and impotent as they do with the "war on drugs" and people might get the idea to ignore other laws)

[Gasshog]

Sounds almost heartening.

Hey Joe! is more of an imbecile than his telelprompter-depedent Kayak sidekick, Obumbles.

Hey Joe...happiness is a warm gun.

[baddog 219]

God help us....

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Like putting Barney Fife in charge of gun control.