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Obama: 'I have not backed off' on assault weapons ban
The Hill ^ | April 16 | Sam Youngman

Posted on 04/17/2009 6:53:50 AM PDT by PghBaldy

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To: PghBaldy

Its views like this that a one term Presidency is made of....


41 posted on 04/17/2009 8:00:46 AM PDT by Badeye (There are no 'great moments' in Moderate Political History. Only losses.)
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To: Travis McGee

Never ceases to amaze me that they go overseas or out of the country to make statements like this...

Somehow we let them back in...geesh...

I actually might not go to the gunshow tomorrow looking for anything useful like more ammo and firearms...

Finding a Gadsen flag might be more valuable at this particular juncture...And actually fly it...

I got a sneeky feeling most people who see it and even notice it will even get the message...

What am I saying!!! Crap...Of course I’ll buy some more ammo as well!!!

If anything folks need to start flying some of these flags to send a constant message following the Tea Parties we had this week...


42 posted on 04/17/2009 8:04:07 AM PDT by stevie_d_64
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To: andy58-in-nh
The real figure is 17%, but Obama is happy to let the lie stand unchallenged.

Everytime I hear the "90%" figure, usually followed by a belt fed .50 and grenades, I scream at the TV.

Total fabrication, but nobody will call them on it. The fact that a portion of the guns are EVEN TRACEABLE is because the US keeps good records, unlike the vast majority of countries from which the other 83% of the automatic weapons orginate...

43 posted on 04/17/2009 8:05:06 AM PDT by xsrdx (Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
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To: bmwcyle

I’ve got a Gadsden (yellow one) and I also fly the civilian US flag (blue stars on white field, red and white vertical bars).

There were two US flags, one to signify military jurisdiction/law and one for civil jurisdiction/law. After the civil war, the civilian flag was seen less and less as so many places were under emergency powers ofthe military. But in certain books (Mark Twain, a couple others) make mention of the flag, some old photogrpah images show it.

You can purchase one still, there is a guy who has a flag company that makes them. Google “US civilian flag” and I believe you’ll find him.


44 posted on 04/17/2009 8:05:48 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: PghBaldy

45 posted on 04/17/2009 8:14:31 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: PghBaldy

SSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Let him push it, it will ony lead to his demise for reelection.


46 posted on 04/17/2009 8:16:08 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Joe Brower

He is no good.

But then Bush II said he would sign it if it came across his desk too.

BOTH were no good, but Obama is far worse.


47 posted on 04/17/2009 8:29:16 AM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: PghBaldy

LIARS!!

Only 19% come from the U.S. and these are handguns, not “assault” rifles.

Obama has gone beyond Jorge Bush in proskensis before the Mexicans.


48 posted on 04/17/2009 8:30:56 AM PDT by ZULU (Obamanation of Desolation is President. Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam.)
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To: PghBaldy

Instituting laws depriving us of our God-given rights to “aid” another country in their struggle against their home terrorism: treason.


49 posted on 04/17/2009 8:50:35 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: PghBaldy

Is this rag reporting along with Fox, that only 17% of the weapons recovered in Mexico come from the US?


50 posted on 04/17/2009 8:51:58 AM PDT by wastedyears (April 21st, 2009 - International Iron Maiden Day)
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To: xsrdx

It drives me crazy, too. The news media is filled with idiots on one hand (the ones who wouldn’t know a flash suppressor from a flash bulb) and left-wing advocates on the other (who might know but don’t care).


51 posted on 04/17/2009 8:53:15 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
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To: PghBaldy
Now wait - didn't the Wall Street Journal join the media chorus yesterday, singing that the upsurge in firearms and ammunition sales was based on fear, hysteria, paranoia, and greed? Yeah, it looks like they did.

Well, whaddya know. Bambi's carefully-worded denials were lies. Who'da thunk it?

52 posted on 04/17/2009 9:00:29 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: PghBaldy

The day of reckoning is being forced upon us sooner than I’d hoped....


53 posted on 04/17/2009 9:24:07 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (I am inconsolate over the death of our country.)
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To: neverdem; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Back Door Gun Control:
Obama Backs Inter-American Arms Treaty That Has Ties To United Nations—
The Washington Post | April 16, 2009 | Scott Wilson
Posted on 04/16/2009 5:58:29 PM PDT by NorwegianViking
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231086/posts


54 posted on 04/17/2009 9:25:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: PghBaldy

Bring it on, Barry.


55 posted on 04/17/2009 9:28:22 AM PDT by DTogo (Time to bring back the Sons of Liberty.)
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To: NeverForgetBataan

I know everyone hates people from California, but I really want to empasize that not all of us are libs. We have been invaded and taken over by libs and what has happened to us can happen to you. If not for S.F. and L.A. the state would be Conservative. Just like you.

My family came to California at the turn of the century so we have been here a long time. Other relatives came in the 1840’s before Ca. was even a state. Why should I have to sacrifice my state to the parasites who have infected us?


56 posted on 04/17/2009 9:47:42 AM PDT by maid of orleans
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To: maid of orleans

“My family came to California at the turn of the century so we have been here a long time. Other relatives came in the 1840’s before Ca. was even a state. Why should I have to sacrifice my state to the parasites who have infected us?”

Because, Maid of orleans, you and I are just part of the current indigenous tribe who is being displaced and cleansed,just like what happens over and over throughout history. The current batch of political whores won’t do anything about it either, just like they didn’t do anything about it when it happened to Native Americans for 2 centuries.
None of it is about ‘race’, it’s all about ‘power’.


57 posted on 04/17/2009 9:55:06 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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To: Travis McGee
If we are to BELIEVE the LIE about US guns going to Mexico,

Then WHY Aren't there gun battles in CANADA with these weapons???????????????

58 posted on 04/17/2009 10:04:08 AM PDT by BerserkPatriot (Worst POTUS Evah, I pray Zero's not the LAST)
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To: PghBaldy

OBAMA THREAT MATRIX ITEM:
- Assault weapons ban: Obama wants it. Faces stiff fight in Congress.


59 posted on 04/17/2009 10:12:58 AM PDT by WOSG (Why is Obama trying to bankrupt America with $16 trillion in spending over the next 4 years?)
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To: wolfcreek

“So many Socialist goals, So little time.”

There is so much socialist cr*p Obama is throwing at us, that I decided I need an “Obama Threat Matrix” that outlines the threats to our freedom and where we stand on each one.

Obama is clearly prioritizing based on what he can do or not do and what will provoke backlash. My guess is he will wait until after 2010. If Dems survive 2010 with a Congressional majority intact, he will push the assault weapons ban and some of the other politically risky items.


60 posted on 04/17/2009 10:16:46 AM PDT by WOSG (Why is Obama trying to bankrupt America with $16 trillion in spending over the next 4 years?)
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