Gallup: Opposition to handgun ban hits all-time high

At one time about that many people opposed obamacare too.

“Next time Britain is threatened by a Kaiser or a Hitler and they beg for weapons and intervention, let’s send our very best wishes and go back to whatever we were doing before we were interrupted.”

Nah, let’s be a little kinder. Let’s send em the same kind we sent under the lend lease program last time.

"grandpa"

That was my idea as well. I imagine quite a few people have seen that on-line video of the armed old codger who chased away the punks in the Florida casino. The old guy moved pretty quick and was fearless. The punks ran like the cowards they were.

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I hope the states start flexing their muscles as you have described. It is OUR money.

Like I said, Charles Bronson became a major American matinee idol for a reason. And it wasn’t his good looks.

Here’s DiFi’s latest Stalinist attempt:

>http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons<

From her website, so I assume I can post here:

Following is a summary of the 2013 legislation:

Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
120 specifically-named firearms
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
Background check of owner and any transferee;
Type and serial number of the firearm;
Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
A pdf of the bill summary is available here.
>http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=10993387-5d4d-4680-a872-ac8ca4359119<

My wife, who grew up in a household of girls, has always been afraid of guns, and certainly didn’t want us to have firearms in the house. She is now contemplating purchasing a handgun, being trained in marksmanship and safety, and then applying for a concealed-carry license. She is still the same person. But we take our grandchildren and great-grandchildren to the movies now and then. No masked wearing bad guy is going to walk into a theater and shoot ANYBODY. He’s going down full of bullets courtesy of my wife.

Grandpa can be a guard—every community has retired police, retired military, retired emts etc., why can’t they be volunteer guards?

Exactly.

We have thousands of communities who can't afford full time fire departments and have volunteer fire departments. There usually are plenty of volunteers.

I suspect there would be plenty of volunteers for this duty. Like volunteer fireman, they should have qualification training (the NRA has already offered that, free) and periodic drills so they can properly coordinate with school officials, each other and responding police. They could supply their own weapons. The schools would provide communications, maybe vests, and perhaps liability insurance (like the NRA insurance). There should be several armed volunteers on in-school duty at a time so there is backup. You could include CHL armed teachers in the mix as "permanent" members.

There are plenty of cheap and effective ways to do this without getting another Fedzilla bazillion dollar program using worthless TSA affirmative action hires, layers of lard ass bureaucrats, body search rules, and SEIU unions. This volunteer program could be up and running in minimum time at minimal cost. I'd bet there would be many more volunteers than would be required to comfortably fill a duty roster. I know I would gladly train and volunteer to help protect my grand children, and so would many others. But armed volunteers will be allowed nowhere near it if is is just another PC federal program that throws money around to the wrong people protecting the wrong things in the wrong way.

It is important these be totally local programs, in coordination with local law enforcement. But that's what the control freak feds and Liberals hate about it and that is why it would work wonderfully!

Saw a post from the Canadian Free something or other this morning - supposed mole in the DHS with some downright scary assertions about the “big plan”.

It is important these be totally local programs, in coordination with local law enforcement. But that's what the control freak feds and Liberals hate about it and that is why it would work wonderfully!

Exactly! While I do have some sympathy for LaPierre and his viewpoint, I was appalled that the first thing someone on the RIGHT thought of when the public was endangered, was more guns for the government and less restrictions on where they can carry them. D'oh!

The various levels of government already have far TOO MUCH power, all of it stolen from us, the rightful possessors of it. Any time there's a problem, why don't we look first at what kind of options for a solution exist that involve empowering the public, preferably in concert with disempowering the government. Even MORE power taken from us and given to our servants should be the last option we consider, not the first, and especially not conservatives.