Dems Call for More Gun Control in Light of Operation Fast and Furious

Townhall.com ^ | June 30, 2011 | Katie Pavlich

[Kaslin]

I think every law abiding citizen should turn in their guns, when the criminals turn in theirs

[Rodm]

How about some Obama and Eric Holder control?

[Westbrook]

Imagine that!

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

Hey! I’ve got a BETTER idea.

Let’s have more CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT by STARVING THE BEAST!!!

We could save a lot of money by shutting down a number of government departments STARTING WITH the BATFE!

Imagine the hundreds of BILLIONS we would save by shutting down:

* BATFE
* Homeland “Security” (Orwellian name if ever there was one)
* National Endowment for the “Arts” (Orwell would be laughing)
* Department of Education
* EPA
* TSA

I’m sure we could come up with more.

We need more CONTROL OVER THE GOVERNMENT NOT MORE GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF OUR RIGHTS!!!!!

[Travis McGee]

BANG!

[Bidimus1]

And this is a surprise how ?

The intent or at least a very possible intent was to set this up for the purpose of showing “need” to crack down on the law abiding citizens of the United States.

The left can not accept that the 2nd amendment is not just words on a page but the law of the land.

[Batrachian]

I'm afraid that Mr. Issa is not doing his job. He should have Eric Holder down there every single day answering questions in front of the camera, just as the Dems did to Alberto Gonzales.

Now, I don't expect Obama to throw Holder to the dogs the way Bush did to Gonzales, but still. Issa needs to grow a pair, otherwise this story will never gain traction with the media, and until it does there will be no political price for Obama to pay.

[RIGHTWING WACKO FROM MASS.]

I think every law abiding citizen should turn their guns in when the government and criminals turn their guns in.

[MrB]

Gun owners call for more democrat control in light of operation fast and furious.

[apillar]

Lawmakers should give the ATF the tools it needs to fight illegal gun trafficking. They should enact stronger penalties for straw purchases and craft a federal gun-smuggling statute; close the gun-show loophole, which allows buyers under certain circumstances to purchase weapons without a background check; resuscitate the ban on assault weapons; and give the ATF the authority to collect data on multiple sales of long guns in border states. The Senate should move quickly to confirm a director for the long-leaderless bureau."

They couldn't even get that gun control crap through when Nancy Pelosi was speaker and Democrats controlled the house by large margins. The chance for it getting through now, or even being allowed to come up for a vote are somewhere to the south end of slim and none.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Completely agree. Issa talks the talk. That's (unfortunately) all.

[all the best]

I think every law abiding citizen should turn in their guns, when the criminals government turns in theirs.

[MrB]

Beware when any entity, group or person seeks to remove your means of resisting the use of force to make you conform to their will.

They intend, at some time in the future, to use force to make you conform to their will.

[Kaslin]

So you are okay with criminals having guns, but not the military and law enforcement? Which are part of the government

*rme*

[Durus]

"The intent or at least a very possible intent was to set this up for the purpose of showing “need” to crack down on the law abiding citizens of the United States".

The most logical explanation for this operation was to provide support for this administrations desire to ban "assault" weapons.

[wiggen]

I don’t recall if its these hearings or another but Holder has ignored these requests in the past and i find it difficult to believe he would show up. That being said i’m all for them making the attempt.

[meyer]

I think every law abiding citizen should turn in their guns, when the _criminals_ government turns in theirs.

At this point in time, "government" and "criminal" are synonymous.

[opentalk]

Every law abiding citizen should own a gun, it makes us all safer.

[baddog 219]

[Batrachian]

Of course he wouldn't show up. That's where political pressure comes in, and the nuclear option of issuing subpoenas. But, maybe I'm doing Issa a disservice. Maybe right now, even as we speak, he's amassing evidence that will really blow the top off this thing, and now it's just the calm before the storm.

Probably not, though. Republicans haven't had that killer instinct since Newt left.

[all the best]

No. I never said the government shouldn’t have guns. I did say that as long as they do we will keep ours. If you think that government forces can always and forever be counted on to protect your rights and freedoms, you are ignorant of the world around you.
Second Amendment was primarily intended to protect us from government. People who rail against out-of-control government and always genuflect at the mention of its armed enforcers are delusional.