Feinstein to introduce "Assault Weapon Ban" renewal today.

San Fransisco Gate ^ | 5/07/03 | MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

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People who want to keep assault weapons off the streets are divided over how best to extend the ban on those guns, which is set to expire two months before the 2004 elections.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday intends to introduce an extension of the assault weapons ban that she helped enact in 1994. The Bush administration has announced its support for continuing the prohibition on military-style assault weapons.

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Fitting that Feinswine uses Hitler's own propaganda in using the term "assault weapon".

This bill must be defeated. It makes a whole class of criminals out of ordinary gun owners like me. It bans types of rifles that have certain combinations of cosmetic features and bans the manufacter and sale of all gun magazines after 1994 with a capacity of more than ten rounds. Pistol magazines that hold ten rounds are generally more flimsy and don't work as good as the original ones. And now as a direct result of the "AWB" pocket and compact size handguns are becoming all the rage as you cannot buy new magazines that hold more than ten rounds anyways.

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I'm sorry, I meant to say that it bans the manufactor and sale of all NEW (just made) magazines. Ones made after 1994 as they are "Law Enforcement Only" capacity.

[rellimpank]

--one of the idiotic cliches' of the day-- "keep assault weapons off the streets"--I have yet to see an "assault weapon" on the street and suspect no one else has either--

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The "for the children" and "on/off the streets" rhetoric has become so tiresome that I think even the diehard gun control freaks are trying to think of something new.

[George Smiley]

Feinstein unwittingly (is that redundant?) validates my purchasing decisions:

Everything I own has been deemed illegal by certain unconstitutional (IMHO) statutes in California.

:^)

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Didn't I hear a report just the other day where Washington D.C. (strictest gun laws in the country) has once again become the murder capital of the country?

[Puppage]

The "for the children" and "on/off the streets" rhetoric

Yes, but it FEELS GOOD. And, feelings ALWAYS overide FACT. <<sarcasm

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Didn't I hear a report just the other day where Washington D.C. (strictest gun laws in the country) has once again become the murder capital of the country?

The cities with the strictest laws always have the highest gun death rates. The honest urban citizens are like fish in a barrel.

[joesnuffy]

The "Chief Moose & Friends" show during the DC sniper snipe hunt...
was a great example of assault rifle hysteria & fearmongering campaign tactics of the anti gun- anti constitution- anti liberty- pro libertine crowd..and their penchant for dishonest rhetoric..

Cant believe ole Di Fi blew that opportunity-to associate herself with the DC Sniper crowd-..shes a deseperate demoncrap in search of a "Holy" agenda....something to take the voters in CA's minds off their real problems and DiFi's complicity...
Of course DiFi is another of the CA elite who has a CCW permit that are nearly impossible to get....especially in her district..


If the repubs go along with this hysteria...well they deserve what the get vote wise...imo

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The difference is in the definition of an assault weapon. The current law and Feinstein's bill cast a narrower net than does the proposal by House Democrats.

As usual, the perceived issue is the messenger instead of the sender. When is the last time that a politician defined a "criminal" instead of what a criminal used to perpetrate a crime?

[Eric Esot]

I Just love it when they get greedy and overcommit.

I have four words for "Ms" FineSwine - "shall not be infringed"

[Joe Brower]

Sheesh. Sorry folks! Today is turning out to be a busy day on the RKBA front.

With the looming battle over the 1994 AW law being renewed, I expect it will get busier as time goes on. No rest for the weary, I suppose...

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Yes, but don't say it out of context or they'll come back at you with "well regulated".

"The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Funny, every other amendment where the wording is the same is undeniably an individual right and yet for some reason the second is always argued to be a collective right.

It's a power thing. It's about people wanting to gain power over your life, nothing more.

[hattend]

Hmmm...gotta get me one of those TEC-9s

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I don't recommend it, they are a P.O.S.

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"In swing districts, suburban districts particularly, a lot of members are going to have to decide whether they want to be on the side of supporting the assault weapons ban or letting it expire," Sudbay said.

I think my tag line sums this up nicely.

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Btw, what the heck ever happened to bookmarks in our profiles!!!??? I put alot of time and effort into that!

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I think you're right....

[TexasGunLover]

Sadly, there's no way to keep Bush from signing this... this bill can't and won't be stopped... as much as I would like to see it not renewed, it will be...

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I don't think it will be renewed, because it's not likely to ever reach George Shrubbery the III's desk. The Republicans will keep it in subcommittee and it will never reach the floor for a vote. Even then, it wouldn't have the votes to pass. Remember, it barely passed in 94'.