Posted on 01/29/2013 1:50:57 PM PST by jazusamo
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday declined to voice support for Democratic legislation that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.
Reid said he would bring gun-violence legislation to the floor and open it to a lengthy amendment process. But he declined to endorse the assault weapons ban introduced last week by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), which has the support of the 2nd- and 3rd-ranking Senate Democratic leaders.
“She’s talked to me about her assault weapons. The new one. She believes in it fervently and I admire her for that. I’ll take a look at that,” he said in response to a reporter's question. “We’re going to have votes on all kinds of issues dealing with guns and I think everyone would be well advised to read the legislation before they determine how they’re going to vote [on] it.”
Feinstein’s bill would ban the sale and manufacture of more than 150 types of semi-automatic weapons, including handguns with fixed magazines capable of holding more than 10 bullets.
Republicans have raised doubts that Reid will even bring gun-control legislation to the Senate floor. Reid helped defeat an effort five years ago to renew the federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004.
Reid dispelled the GOP speculation.
He said he has told his colleagues he will do everything in his power to “bring legislation dealing with guns and violence, generally, to the floor”.
Reid said that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has told the Democratic caucus his plans for holding hearings on gun violence.
Leahy has introduced legislation to help prosecutors crack down on “straw purchasers” of firearms later used in crimes.
The friggin’ NRA endorsed the s.o.b., so at least he’s staying bought.
Oh sure. Harry thinks that NOW is a good time to start that practice.
This is what they should be doing with each piece of legislation.
Asshat.
Agreed...If they read any gun control bill before voting on it it’ll be a first.
“She’s talked to me about her assault weapons.” - Harry Reid about Dianne Feinstein.
Harry Reid says that Dianne Feinstein has assault weapons! We REALLY need to make hay out of this one!
If Dingy Harry won’t endorse it, then it’s DOA.
They'll call it a compromise, you see, and demand that we kneel before them.
FUHR. FUDF. FUJM.
FUBO.
If Harry is hesitant, then at least a dozen other Democratic senators are feeling the same way. At this point, I don’t think the President’s machine is able to maneuver as much as it did six months ago.
There are some big importers of Russian-made AK’s in Nevada....maybe they got to dear ole Harry and helped persuade him.....
Ammo in military calibers (.223/5.56, .308/7.62x51, 9mm) has VANISHED.
If they started martial law now, a lot of people would be in a world of hurt, quick.
The #1 goal of the Dems, by far, is only to give Dem Senators a chance to vote against Feinstein-type disarmament laws.
To show these Dems are “conservative, mainstream, and bipartisan and moderate” before the next election!
That’s their main goal.
Way down their wish-list is passing a bill that seems reasonable to their liberal base in the media and having them beat up Republicans for voting against it. That’s just too hard to win at on this issue.
In the last election the NRA did not endorse anyone.
I would counter that some of the older guys are really running out of steam over this fight-the-fight mentality. They can remember easy days back fifteen years ago, and this agenda-White House scheme isn’t paying much except constant hassle to perform in front of the camera to explain stupid policies.
“Ammo in military calibers (.223/5.56, .308/7.62x51, 9mm) has VANISHED”
I just got another 100 rounds of 5.56 and 100 rounds of 32 APC and 40 rounds of 38 S&W Special + P from my supplier but the 5.56 and others were at a dear price! It is hard to go and sight in and practice at the prices paid. Each round is now precious.
Reid and the NRA both will endorse legislation to have a more comprehensive background check system.
MARK MY WORDS.
Yep, money easily persuades Harry.
Yep.
I just got a new carbine last month and it is so fun to shoot!
Ran 150 rounds through it and had to quit. Ammo is just too scarce. I’m back to a stockpiling mode. Anytime I see ammo for any of our calibers I buy at least one or two boxes. Slowly but surely the inventory is building back up.
I agree, LaPierre has already said he’d go along and we know Dingy Harry will.
Assuming he’s not lying, this is good. It’s nice to know that the Dems have a point to where public perception and the ballot box makes them blink a bit. Sounds like they may have gotten a dose of reality over their martial law and confiscation wet dreams, especially by county and state govts. Time will tell.
Saw some at the gun show in Tulsa last weekend, at a wildly inflated price, and not in quantities previously available. Difficult to impossible to reliably find on line. Heck, even .22LR and .22 Mag are in short supply, especially bulk pack. Wannamaker's (a BIG gun show) is coming up in April, so we'll have to see what things look like then.
“Ammo in military calibers (.223/5.56, .308/7.62x51, 9mm) has VANISHED.”
Not only that, there wasn’t a single round of .22 LR available today at my local Gander Mountain, which advertises itself as “Tennessee’s largest gun store.”
Yep, you make a valid point. I guess the reason I’m skeptical is that he’s been in bed with Obama on everything, maybe this will be different.
I understand. I like shooting my weapons and teaching my wife on each one is fun but the price is not! I hope she knows how to handle each one by now, as we are in stock up ammo mode now!
What is a weapon if not designed for assault? We are living in the Age of the Disenlightenment..
In the end, Reid is a coward. She refuses to be true to her party’s core beliefs if it will result in her defeat.
Reid wears granny panties.
Reid’s camp attempted to put the best face on the snub, noting that the campaign has already received a $4,000 donation from the NRA.
“The NRA’s relationship with Sen. Reid has been long-standing and productive and – unlike for Sharron Angle – they’ve put their money where their mouth is this cycle,” said Reid campaign manager Brandon Hall. “Along with their financial support, the declaration of NRA head Wayne LaPierre that Sen. Reid is ‘a true champion of the Second Amendment’ and that ‘no one has been a stronger advocate for responsible gun ownership than him’ shows beyond a doubt that the NRA believes Sen. Reid to be a strong advocate for Nevadans’ Second Amendment rights in the U.S. Senate.”
Read more:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41538.html#ixzz2JPS2dIEq
Dingy knows which side of the bread has butter on it. He isn’t going to bring this POS uncontitutional bill to the floor of the Senate to have it defeated or to force the poor Dem slobs who are up for re-election in 2014 to vote for it and screw their election chances.
“100 rounds of 32 APC”
32 APC.... :P Would that be the only gun mounted on that vehicle..?
I was at a gun show in Rochester NY a few weeks ago. There was a guy selling 200 round battle packs of 7.62x51 for $200. That’s a buck a round. Ouch. I should have invested in ammo back when you could get a case of 1000 from the Sportsman’s Guide for about $130. This is why I will never be rich. Only my hindsight is 20/20. My financial foresight is closer to Ray Charles.
I’ll say it again. The entire gun banning excersize is FAKE. If the liberals can get something to stick, fine. But the main goal is go divide the republican party and then demonize them going into the midterm elections when someone shoots the next Trayvon Martin.
It’s a trap. Hussein Obama wants to tighten the noose around our necks even more and he needs to control both houses of congress to do it.
That is the evidence that this is all a ruse and that the point is to paint the Republicans as gun-mongering child killers when some poor innocent soul is gunned down near the mid-term elections. The dems don’t care about any damn guns people! EVERTHING is politics to them!!!
Nice lookin piece there.
I like C&R weapons.
It Has a seven round Mag. and my wife likes firing it, she is good. The picture I posted above is a stock picture from a PDF of the history of this Mauser’s history. The one we own is in much, much better shape. I have it’s original holster and two original magazines. Wish I could find a couple of more Mags. My Father acquired it sometime in WWII and left it to me.
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