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Schumer Calls On WalMart & Other Retailers To Suspend Assault Weapons Sales While Debated In Cong...
Yeshiva World News ^ | Sunday, January 13th, 2013 | United States Senator Charles E. Schumer

Posted on 01/13/2013 9:24:59 PM PST by Texas Fossil

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To: coloradan
Compromise, meaning, both sides make concessions.

I'd say the "Patriot Act" and all other acts which have encroached on our freedoms since the World Trade Center was attacked should be on the table. I think we have bought enough assault weapons lately that we can take care of terrorists ourselves, so the rest of that isn't necessary.

21 posted on 01/13/2013 9:56:55 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: Tzimisce

“It may be that there is an appropriate role for weapons like the Bushmaster in the hands of civilians, but today it is difficult to imagine what that might be.”

Therein lies our primary difference — i can think of several.


22 posted on 01/13/2013 9:58:33 PM PST by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: Vince Ferrer; stranger and pilgrim
 
 
Yep - I remember when the '94 AWB came down - it was like "meh". ARs and such were basically a niche market and it didn't bother the FUDDs any that those 'machine gun people' were catching grief. Then, by either force of proactive marketing by the industry and/or the historic American affinity for owning the same sort of weapons carried by our troops the mil-style autos propelled to the forefront of interest and ownership, far beyond what it was back in '94. The genie is long gone out of that bottle.
 
 

23 posted on 01/13/2013 9:58:56 PM PST by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Texas Fossil

I wonder if he even realizes that these are “defense weapons” when used by innocent law abiding Americans to DEFEND their families and homes. They love to use “assault” to imply that the weapon itself will assault you, when intelligent minds know that it takes a PERSON to assault you, not a weapon.


24 posted on 01/13/2013 9:59:10 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Works for me.


25 posted on 01/13/2013 9:59:36 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Taking into account that they cannot even secure the borders of this country, I would say you really have something there!


26 posted on 01/13/2013 10:01:24 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: antceecee

Smuckey knows, he likes weapons. It has been documented. But he does not think that you and I should be able to own them. Just like the Won who said he did not believe that citizens should be able to own weapons.

You know those little “bitter clingers” that he despises (and fears).

FUBO!


27 posted on 01/13/2013 10:02:16 PM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: antceecee
If they really were assault weapons, then those police officers and other government agents working on US soil, who actually mean to protect and serve would find no use for them whatsoever. Then again, if they are in fact the weapons of choice for criminals, terrorists, and assassins, then which, pray tell, of these categories, are all the officers who use them on the job?
28 posted on 01/13/2013 10:06:49 PM PST by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Bshaw

Who’s protecting us from our protectors?


29 posted on 01/13/2013 10:10:42 PM PST by Tzimisce (The American Revolution began when the British attempted to disarm the Colonists.)
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To: Texas Fossil

This dumb dick apparently thinks Bushmaster is a type of gun and not a brand name, and that AK-47s can be purchased at WalMart. This is how stupid our enemies are.


30 posted on 01/13/2013 10:20:05 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: stranger and pilgrim

Assault rifles are full auto. WalMart does not sell Class 3 firearms.


31 posted on 01/13/2013 10:23:09 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: Texas Fossil
I write today with a heavy heart;

B.S.

He's licking his chops at the opportunity to exploit the Newtown deaths for his political gain.

He's pressuring these companies to stop engaging in a legal, Constitutionally protected endeavor until he and his fellow despots can craft some underhanded way to infringe on the rights of American citizens.

32 posted on 01/13/2013 10:23:36 PM PST by Washi (Socialism is Slavery)
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To: Texas Fossil
Our first task [is] caring for our children. If we don’t get that right, we don’t get anything right.

GUN-FREE ZONES.

The only thing you're right about is you don't get anything right.

33 posted on 01/13/2013 10:29:13 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Texas Fossil
...and those resistant to change...

Will be forced to change at the muzzle of a Federal gun.

34 posted on 01/13/2013 10:32:12 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

A quick trip to the mighty Wikipedia offers the information that the first AR-15s were sold in 1959!!!

That makes the basic design almost 54 years old!?!

I’ve got news for the media and all gun grabbers, the technology IS old and barely qualifies as a modern military armament. Whether we still use it for such is not my point.

The point is that the cat is way out of the bag on these guns being mainstream all over the world. Just like the 1911. Hint: The model number is not random. ;)

Manufacturing technology has long ago surpassed the point where government has any logical argument to attempt to contain the availability of something that can be made in any basic CnC machine with the proper pattern.

In short, firearms themselves are rapidly turning into caveman tools by today’s standards. As common as the personal knife has been for thousands of years.


35 posted on 01/13/2013 10:47:04 PM PST by Advil000
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To: ozzymandus

AR-15 in one hand and a 32 oz Coke in the other.


36 posted on 01/13/2013 10:51:57 PM PST by Morris70
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To: Morris70

Now that’s hillarious....


37 posted on 01/13/2013 10:59:03 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: coloradan

I’m willing to give up the Patriot Acts, to start with, and the executive branch can give up their guns as a good faith submission to We the People.

In fact, just in case there is the slightest chance you haven’t heard about it, to encourage their participation in such a deal, someone has put it on the white house petition site that the concept of gun free zones be introduced to the president and vice-president.

Since they are big believers in said zones, they would certainly consider being gifted with their very own from We the Constitutionally specified holders of the real power, a high honor.

Despite the few naysayers around here, the signings are increasing in tempo.

Some might say that kind of pressure will make an anti-Constitutional politician nervous. But, ya know, sometimes I think there’s no such thing as an anti-Constitutional politician. Just those who have been on the job too long.

So, if you haven’t signed, yet, here’s where to go. But, hurry! After January 22, this petition is closed.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/eliminate-armed-guards-president-vice-president-and-their-families-and-establish-gun-free-zones/6RDGkxLK

Don’t forget to tell your friends all about it.


38 posted on 01/13/2013 10:59:22 PM PST by MurrietaMadman (Stop with the negative waves, Moriarity.)
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To: Morris70

Re: AR-15 in one hand and a 32 oz Coke in the other.

lol - a New York Liberal’s nightmare!


39 posted on 01/13/2013 11:00:15 PM PST by rusty schucklefurd
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