Text of new Assault Weapons Ban introduced in Senate

[Shooter 2.5]

The message we have to get out is we won't vote for anyone who tries to pass or sign the Assault Weapons Bill.

At the next election, we simply can't allow another dem back in the White House. That's reality.

[FSPress]

What about the bitch who says he wants to sign it. Did the NRA work for him

[Squantos]

I'll repeat this little gem for all here.....

""Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them broken....There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." -- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, Ch. III, "White Blackmail"

Stay Safe !

[Threepwood]

Whoops. Well, I've been wrong before.:)

[Mulder]

The FBI should arrest every single co-sponsor of this seditious legislation, and they should be put on trial before a jury of their peers (drawn by lot) for sedition and conspiracy to deprive Americans of their civil Rights, along with other charges.

[river rat]

Amen....

Looks like our next/last campaign will be a lot closer to home that any of us imagined...

I guess that's good for us old farts with bad knees, and short of wind...

I'm as ready as I'll ever be...

Semper Fi

[billbears]

You vote a solid Republican straight ticket so the majority of Pro-gun legislators can kill Bills like this in Committee.

Sorry but no. That person is to represent me in Congress. I vote for what a person believes in and how I feel they will cast their vote. That may seem old fashioned to some around here, but the intent of the Founders was just that and not to vote strictly down party lines.

[TexasCowboy]

Yep! That reminds me of a time over in Opelousas, Louisiana, when I saw a white tail deer stretched out in a long bed pickup with his head hanging off the tailgate.
He field dressed close to two hundred pounds.
I asked the guy driving the pickup where he killed it.
He said, "In the game preserve that used to be public hunting property I've hunted since I was a kid."
I said, "And you aren't afraid of getting caught?"
He said, "Well, the last one they sent to catch us is still on the missing person's list at the sheriff's office."

[TexasCowboy]

"I'm as ready as I'll ever be..."

We used our brawn as youngsters, river rat.
Now we gotta depend on our brains......or what's left of them.

[btcusn]

We Are Governed By Traitors in high places
You are right, but there is not much choice. My representive will not even answer my email any more since I insist that the live up to his oath. Also vote against him every election, and recommend the same to all friends.

Jack

[T Wayne]

The hogs need to be fed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cacophonous]

The real irony is that Saddam Hussein allowed his people to be armed. Who is the REAL tyrant?

I'm counting on Bush to veto this thing (if it passes). If he doesn't I want one of the die-hard Bush supporters that frequent this site to explain why.

[river rat]

"Now we gotta depend on our brains......or what's left of them."

Roger your last!

Semper Fi

[Cacophonous]

Yeah, I feel as sorry for North Carolina being saddled with Liddy as I do for New Yorkers being stuck with Hillary. My sympathies to residents of both states.

[epow]

Which is why I think it's a decoy, designe to make the other ban extension, ( S. 1034) look more "reasonable" and to in effect "run interferance" for it. That one merely makes the current ban permanent, and bans import of full capacity magazines, regardless of when manufactured.

You are exactly right. This is part of an orchestrated political maneuver by the antis. It's actually an old trick. They throw out a truly outrageous bill as a sacrificial decoy, then your congressman or Senator hopes you will be so grateful that he or she voted against the really "bad" gun ban bill that didn't pass that you will forgive him or her for voting FOR the "not-so-bad" AW ban which did pass. Of course there will be a repeat of the process in another couple of years and they will get another slice of the salami.

It's a variation of the old 3 steps forward and 2 steps back routine. The antis have been using it successfully for the last 40 years, and that's why we're in the mess we're in today. It's time to draw the line and vote against ANYBODY, Dems, Pubs, Bush, whatever, who votes for or signs the "not-so-bad" bill.

That could hurt us in the short term, but it's the ONLY way the pols of either party will ever get the message. If the antis keep getting another free slice of the salami every couple of years it won't be long until the whole salami is gone.

[m18436572]

From the way it looks, they ain't got nothin' else to do up there in DC.

They should spend more time outdoors.

[El Gato]

They throw out a truly outrageous bill as a sacrificial decoy, then your congressman or Senator hopes you will be so grateful that he or she voted against the really "bad" gun ban bill that didn't pass that you will forgive him or her for voting FOR the "not-so-bad" AW ban which did pass.

It also gives the NRA cover to endorse those who vote for the "not so bad" version.

[basil]

I'll just say this. I am one of the founders of Second Amendment Sisters, and work tirelessly to try to save the second amendment. I won't go into all that I have done during the last four years in this regard. I would use up so much bandwidth that I would probably get banned if I went on and on about my activities to preserve our Second Amendment rights.

I'll turn the question around. What did YOU do?

[El Gato]

they should be put on trial before a jury of their peers (drawn by lot)

Why would you want them tried before a jury of Communists and other Socialistic scum? I'd prefer a jury drawn by lot from the voter registration lists accross the country. With the county or precinct from which a single voter would be drawn also drawn randomly. (I.E. One juror per precinct no more.

[El Gato]

I'm counting on Bush to veto this thing (if it passes).

Don't hold your breath. During the campaign he said he would sign a renewal of the AWB, and since then his spokesmen have said that is still his position. This must be killed in the House, but my fear is that it, or the "not so bad" version, will be attached to some "must pass" legislation at O Dark Thirty, and will pass by acclimation of the 10 Congressmen and 3 Senators present.