Assault Weapons Ban Picks Up GOP Support

Yahoo! News ^ | Tue, Feb 24, 2004 | AP

[autopsy]

This is one reason, but not the only reason, why I am no longer a Republican.

The way to get back at 'em is to just go out and buy a whole bunch of hand guns - even if you don't need them.

[MJY1288]

This doesn't have a chance in the House

[yarddog]

My guess is it will not be extended but I sure wouldn't bet the mortgage payment on it.

[uncbob]

With those RINOS plus all the 'rats, the AWB is going to be extended.

Danger ain't in extending the CURREN ban as it was easily goten around

The problem is if they add all kinds of loophole closing sections to the current one >

Hell I bought my AR16 AFTER the ban went in since it had cosmetic changes made to it

[vannrox]

"...Getting the 1994 assault weapons prohibition renewed has been a Democratic priority this year. They picked up support Tuesday from GOP Sens. John Warner of Virginia, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said. "The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted."

[MJY1288]

It's time to flood Senator Warner's office with snail mail and email

[GeronL]

Its RINO time!!

[Mulder]

I expect Hastert and the boys to screw us over in conference.

If they do that, the best hope is to get the House to kill the final version of the bill.

[2banana]

Well, since in today's world you need 60 votes to get anything passed in the senate (to get over any filibuster), what kind of chance does the renewal have?

[07055]

The newspapers need to be reminded that this is a "so-called" Assault Weapons Ban. They never hesitate to refer to the partial birth abortion ban as the "so-called partial birth abortion ban" because they favor killing all the babies they can get away with killing.

Why is this law (which is really a "Cosmetic Gun Features" ban)treated differently and given such credibility?

By calling it an Assault Weapons Ban, they set the terms of the debate---who could be in favor of ordinary people owning fearsome Assault Weapons (which most people think must be machine guns)?

[MJY1288]

senator@warner.senate.gov

[Lurker]

Yep.

L

[Monty22]

How can you say it's DOA? Sounds like a lot of Reps are going to stab us in the back on it.

[jdege]

Neal Knox's latest alert is about a White House "Statement of Administrative Policy" calling for the liability protection bill to be passed un-amended.

He says this is a message to Republican Senators that the President doesn't want the AWB on his desk.

I have no idea how this is going to play out. I could easily see putting in the AWB renewal amendment so as to get sufficient Dem support to block any filibuster, and then stripping it out again in the inevitable conference committee. So I'm not going to scream and shout, yet.

But if Bush signs the AWB renewal, in any form, he's going to lose.

[07055]

Well, since in today's world you need 60 votes to get anything passed in the senate (to get over any filibuster), what kind of chance does the renewal have?

If it is attached to the products liability bill, I would think a pretty good one.

Personally, although I would hate to do it, if push came to shove, I think the positive benefit of the products liability law is worth extending the so-called assault weapons ban (as long as the ban is not *expanded*). Without a products liability exception, some states will be able to put gun manufacturers out of business---or jack up the prices of guns as has happened with the cigarette industry.

[ExSoldier]

"The Republican Congressional leadership better get this issue in hand...."

I have just returned home from a big Republican Team Leader Training session that was hosted by the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County but run by the RNC. I was able to put a letter featuring a cut and paste set of quotes from the BANG LIST here on FR into the hands of the RNC chairman's right hand guy for "grassroots activism." I spent several minutes talking to him about the results of the 2000 election and he had to agree that GUN OWNER activism was a major driving force of the election victory and could be a real hinderance to re-election if they perceive they've been "backstabbed."

Gunowners have long memories and they do not forgive easily. Gunowners also make up a sizeable portion of BOTH parties. So a lot of Dems voted their guns last time and might do so again....or maybe not depending on the messages that are sent to them by the Republicans.

I also signed up to work on the campaign of the Republican candidate for Miami-Dade State Attorney. A female, jewish former judge with 11 years experience on the bench, who has actually drawn a firearm to save her life as a private citizen. She is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do karate and volunteered to serve in the Israeli Army during the first Gulf War while she was over there. This is one dynamic lady that deserves our support.

Her name is LESLIE ROTHENBERG

REMEMER IN NOVEMBER

[IGOTMINE]

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said. "The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted." Senator John Warner (R-ino) VA

This explains the answer I got today when I called his office. "The senator hasn't taken a position yet." My ass.

I am tired of being incrementally criminalized. If I'm to become a felon, I'll go as a lion and not a lamb.

[IGOTMINE]

Warner will be fatally damaged by pushing through the tax increase in VA, after running on a "no new taxes" platform.

[GeronL]

rinohunter.blogspot.com

[Monty22]

The legislation is useless, and could easily be overturned down the road.. Unlike the AWB, which won't ever go away if we can't stop it now.