[fso301]

1986: Ronald Reagan signs off on permanent machinegun ban.

[SoConPubbie]

1986: Ronald Reagan signs off on permanent machinegun ban.

Care to delineate the difference between a Machine Gun ban and the falsely named "Assault Weapon" ban?

[ansel12]

A man that thinks this is insane, Romney is a dedicated, instinctively, anti-gun, nutcase.

"These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense," Romney said. "They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people."

[I cannot think of a name]

“1986: Ronald Reagan signs off on permanent machine gun ban.”

Actually, we got a lot more in that bill than we gave up. Without the “Firearms owner protection act” as it was called, gun shows were nearly impossible, and any sale of a firearm to anyone could potentially get you in trouble.

As far as today goes, this is just a pathetic rerun of 1996. We just came off of a great win (2010/1994) and then put up a really weak candidate, causing gun owners to sit on their hands, and (clintoon/zero) to survive for another four years.

Boy it makes me angry that we can’t ever FINISH the job!