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  • Thomas Massie's closing comments on Democrats gun ban

    07/30/2022 1:22:40 PM PDT · by RandFan · 31 replies
    twitter ^ | July 29 | Rep. Thomas Massie
    @RepThomasMassie Facts and logic show this gun ban is unfortunately just the beginning. These are my closing comments. (I’ll post my full speech later) Watch... [2 mins]
  • SAF CONDEMNS ABC NEWS FRAUD IN REPORT ON SUNSET OF 'ASSAULT WEAPONS' LAW

    09/09/2004 3:13:14 PM PDT · by Richard-SIA · 9 replies · 1,024+ views
    Second Amendment Foundation | 9/9/04 | SAF
    NEWS RELEASE SAF CONDEMNS ABC NEWS FRAUD IN REPORT ON SUNSET OF 'ASSAULT WEAPONS' LAW The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today called on ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and correspondent Bill Redeker to admit the network distorted fact during a report on the end of the so-called "assault weapons" ban that aired Wednesday evening, Sept. 8. During that segment, video footage from the North Hollywood bank robbery shootout in March 1997 showed the robbers firing full-automatic weapons, suggesting that this type of firearm will be legal when the ban expires at midnight Sept. 13. These guns had been illegally modified,...
  • Republicans Head to Convention Divided on Gun Ban

    08/19/2004 10:21:25 AM PDT · by 45Auto · 87 replies · 1,471+ views
    CNS News ^ | 19 August 2004 | Robert B Bluey
    If there's one issue on which Republicans usually agree, it's their strong defense of the Second Amendment. But less than two weeks before the GOP convention, moderates and conservatives find themselves at odds over the soon-to-expire semi-automatic gun ban. In a clash with pro-gun Republicans, President Bush has publicly supported the ban on so-called "assault weapons" dating back to his 2000 presidential campaign. Although he hasn't actively pushed for an extension of the 1994 law, his spokesmen consistently reaffirm his support for it. The law would sunset Sept. 13 without action from Congress. Republican leaders in the House of Representatives...
  • Smart Guns / Foolish Legislators--The Assault Weapons Ban May Be Bush's Undoing

    02/27/2004 12:53:14 AM PST · by backhoe · 74 replies · 912+ views
    various FR links | 02-17-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086334/posts Smart Guns / Foolish LegislatorsIndependence Institute ^ | 2001 | C.Leonardatos, P.Blackman, D.Kopel     The Essential "End the AW Ban" Contact List & Sample Letter Thread! ( 1 2 3 )   Request for CSPAN Junkies ( 1 2 3 4 ... Last page )     Here's a little ammo for those writing letters-The Second Amendment - Commentaries     Anti-Gun Groups Targeting Senate Today   Key Fight In AWB Renewal THIS WEEK     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086172/posts Democrats encouraged by Senate approval of amendment requiring handgun safety locksmLive ^ | 2/26/04 | Associated Press     http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1086124/posts **...
  • For Sensible Gun Safety (BARF ALERT)

    02/25/2004 1:33:48 AM PST · by neverdem · 31 replies · 153+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | February 25, 2004 | Masthead Editorial
    FOR THE FIRST time in years, the Senate is to vote on gun safety measures that lawmakers in both parties and gun owners everywhere can and should support as common-sense anti-crime measures. The first is renewal of the current ban on certain assault weapons -- weapons needed by no one except criminals. The other is the closing of a big bull's-eye loophole that allows firearms to be sold by unlicensed sellers at gun shows without any background checks. These two vital protection proposals are being offered as amendments to a third gun-related measure that is opposed by a number of...
  • Pres. Bush statement of support for S. 659/S. 1805!

    02/24/2004 9:43:40 PM PST · by Richard-SIA · 5 replies · 188+ views
    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET | 2/24/04 | EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
    The Administration has released its Statement of Position on S. 1805. It is attached. I draw special attention to the following sentence from the SAP: <> The full text is copied below, and the SAP is attached. (See attached file: S. 1805 Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.pdf) EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 February 24, 2004 (Senate) STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY S. 1805 - Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (Sen. Craig (R) Idaho) The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of S. 1805. The Administration urges the Senate to pass...
  • Assault Weapons Ban Picks Up GOP Support

    02/24/2004 5:55:47 PM PST · by yonif · 173 replies · 873+ views
    Yahoo! News ^ | Tue, Feb 24, 2004 | AP
    WASHINGTON - Three Republican senators agreed Tuesday to support renewal of the soon-to-expire assault weapons ban, a small victory for gun control proponents as the Senate prepares to wade into several contentious gun issues this election year. The GOP-controlled Senate plans to take up legislation Wednesday that would immunize gun manufacturers and distributors from lawsuits that arise from crimes in which guns were used. Senate Republicans have enough votes to approve the legislation. Democrats plan to force votes on at least two other gun issues they want to attach to it, however, amendments to renew the assault weapons ban and...
  • Assault Weapons Ban Battle Heats Up; With 200 Days Left, Advocates Kick off Fight to Save Ban

    02/23/2004 9:22:44 AM PST · by chance33_98 · 37 replies · 214+ views
    Assault Weapons Ban Battle Heats Up; With 200 Days Left, Gun Safety Advocates Kick off Fight to Save Ban; McCarthy Available for Interviews 2/23/04 10:40:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National and Assignment Desks Contact: Scott Rowson of the office of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, 202-225-5516, 703-505-1613 (cell), scott.rowson@mail.house.gov MINEOLA, N.Y., Feb. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Standing near the site of one of the most shocking incidents of gun violence in American history, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) today kicked off a national campaign to improve and renew the federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expires on Sept. 13. McCarthy pledged an "all-out fight"...
  • September 2004 Assault Weapons Ban Sunset: Soccer Moms -vs- NASCAR Dads

    02/15/2004 10:45:42 AM PST · by mosel-saar-ruwer · 43 replies · 177+ views
    Okay - the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban is set to sunset in September of 2004, two months before the general election: http://www.awbansunset.com/future.html I can see many, many scenarios, but all of them get back to Soccer Moms -vs- NASCAR Dads. Here are two of them: 1) There is another big terrorist attack, the Soccer Moms get scared, and come home to the Republicans. Voter sentiment favors the Second Amendment, self-defense, and self-preservation. Bush supports sunsetting, Kerry supports extension, big win for Bush. 2) No further terrorist attacks. Further drip, drip, drip of causualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. Voters become complacent...
  • NRA Launches Anti-AWB Website

    01/25/2004 10:50:49 AM PST · by xsrdx · 77 replies · 169+ views
    Newly elected President Bill Clinton wasted little time in seizing upon “assault weapons” as a political issue. Along with “midnight basketball” and the never-to-be-fulfilled promise of 100,000 new police officers, it quickly became part of an effort to transform concern for public safety into a political issue. Clinton had barely finished moving into the White House when he proclaimed we “can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans to legitimately own handguns and rifles.” Then, stringing together several whoppers in a single sentence, he announced, “I don’t believe that everybody in America needs to...
  • "AW" & "Hi-Cap Magazine" bans WILL sunset!

    01/13/2004 1:12:04 AM PST · by Richard-SIA · 74 replies · 1,746+ views
    Self | 11/12/04 | Richard Brengman
    I attended a small gathering of about 60 republican party faithful tonight. The occasion was an informal evening meeting with Nevada Senator John Ensign (R). This was an invitational event, I was still surprised and disappointed that it was not better attended. This is my favorite type of event, the cost of attendence was only $25 to cover rental of the exhibit hall, the location was nearby (Reno), and there was plenty of time available to speak directly with my favorite Nevada senator. I believe there will be another meeting tomorrow, in Las Vegas. Anyone interested can probably get information...
  • ATF Director to Head Music Industry's Anti-Piracy Efforts

    12/10/2003 12:39:32 AM PST · by archy · 24 replies · 256+ views
    Fox News 5 Atlanta/ AP ^ | Tuesday, December 09, 2003 | AP via Fox TV News
    <p>WASHINGTON — The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leaving his post next month to lead the recording industry's efforts to stop music piracy.</p> <p>Bradley A. Buckles, who served ATF for 30 years and was named director in 1999, will come head of the Anti-Piracy Unit of the Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group announced Tuesday.</p>
  • Gephardt, Kucinich Lead Fight Against Assault Weapons

    10/13/2003 3:43:54 PM PDT · by Dan from Michigan · 75 replies · 272+ views
    Join Together, CSGV ^ | 10-10-03 | Blaine Rummell
    Gephardt, Kucinich Lead Fight Against Assault Weapons 10/10/2003 Press Release Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 1023 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 www.gunfree.org Contact: Blaine Rummel Phone: 202-297-1149 One Year After DC-area Sniper Attacks, Presidential Candidates Co-Sponsor H.R. 2038 to Renew and Strengthen Assault Weapons Ban Washington, DC - Congressmen Richard Gephardt (D-MO) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) have co-sponsored H.R. 2038, a bill that will renew and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban. Their support comes one year after the DC-area sniper attacks, which killed 10 and wounded three others. The legislation would stop the gun industry from manufacturing and...
  • O'Malley, Duncan back new Md. gun bill (Assault Weapons Ban reintroduced)

    09/16/2003 6:40:04 PM PDT · by ForOurFuture · 5 replies · 160+ views
    The Baltimore Sun ^ | 9-16 | David Nitkin
    They may battle soon for the right to challenge Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., but yesterday Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan were united in support of a proposed state assault weapons ban they say will make streets safer. O'Malley and Duncan participated separately in news conferences - held hours and miles apart - to lend their voices to a Maryland effort to restrict sales of military-style semiautomatic weapons. A federal ban of the weapons is scheduled to expire in a year, making a state replacement imperative, supporters say. For some, the back-to-back events seemed...
  • CFA: Strengthen the Federal Assault Weapons Ban; Demand President Bush Keep His Promise

    09/10/2003 6:41:40 PM PDT · by Brian S · 124 replies · 301+ views
    CFA: Strengthen the Federal Assault Weapons Ban 9/10/2003 Press Release Consumer Federation of America 1424 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 www.consumerfed.org Contact: Naomi Seligman Phone: 202-628-7772 ext. 126 Leading Consumer Advocate, Howard Metzenbaum, with 25 State Consumer, Gun Control and Public Health Groups Call on Congress and President Bush to Strengthen and Renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban National and State Groups Demand President Bush Keep His Promise To Support Legislation Before the Assault Weapons Ban Expires, September 13, 2004. Washington, DC - Retired Senator Howard Metzenbaum and Sonia Wills, mother of bus driver Conrad Johnson, the last victim...
  • Petition for the Sunset of the AWB in the 1994 Crime Bill

    09/09/2003 5:35:37 AM PDT · by mbynack · 13 replies · 307+ views
     Sunset of the AWB in the 1994 Crime Bill   View Current Signatures   -   Sign the Petition To:  U.S. Congress, Senate, President of U.S.A. We the undersigned, believe the current Assault Weapon and High Capacity Magazine Ban found in the text of HR3355 “VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1993” (As passed by the House on August 21, 1994 and subsequently approved by the Senate on August 25, 1994); TITLE XI-FIREARMS, SUBTITLE A-ASSAULT WEAPONS, should sunset as provided by SEC. 110105. EFFECTIVE DATE, paragraphs (1) and (2). This ban has not reduced crime by preventing...
  • Assault-weapons ban expiring in silence

    09/07/2003 3:35:04 AM PDT · by ABG(anybody but Gore) · 25 replies · 272+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | Sept. 7, 2003 | James G. Lakely
    <p>The 1994 ban on assault weapons expires next year and with its renewal hardly guaranteed, gun-control advocates plan to keep the pressure on Congress.</p> <p>But so far, none of the Democratic Party's presidential candidates has made gun-control a major thrust of the campaign, further dimming the prospects of passage of a tougher ban.</p>
  • Court Rejects Gunmakers' Appeal (Federal AW Ban Upheld)

    09/04/2003 12:51:32 PM PDT · by 45Auto · 10 replies · 186+ views
    KRON TV San Francisco ^ | 4 September 2003 | AP staff
    Two gunmakers who challenged Congress' authority to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of semiautomatic assault weapons lost a Supreme Court appeal Monday. The court, without comment, rejected an appeal that said Congress exceeded its power to regulate interstate commerce when it outlawed such weapons in 1994. The 1994 law, an amendment to the Gun Control Act of 1968, defines semiautomatic assault weapons to include a list of specified firearms and ``copies or duplicates of the firearms in any caliber.'' Navegar Inc. and Penn Arms Inc. challenged the federal ban in 1995. Florida-based Navegar, doing business as Intratec, manufactures two...
  • Schwartzenegger: Supports Brady Bill, closing gun show "loop hole", "assault" weapon ban

    08/27/2003 1:17:48 PM PDT · by Atlas Sneezed · 74 replies · 504+ views
    Sean Hannity Radio Show ^ | 8-27-03 | Self
    No direct link. Source is freeper listener reports. For prior statements on gun control: "Gun controls should be stiffer." -Arnold Schwarzenegger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/953400/posts
  • Extending ban on assault weapons; Sen. Feinstein wants temporary prohibition to become permanent

    08/24/2003 5:13:26 PM PDT · by Brian S · 50 replies · 353+ views
    By MIKE CRUZ Staff Writer The current assault weapons ban is scheduled to expire in September 2004. To get the bill passed in 1994, supporters had to agree to "a 10-year sunset," said Howard Gantman, a spokesman for the senator. Feinstein's proposed legislation aims to permanently prohibit the manufacture of 19 types of military-style assault weapons as well as a group of assault weapons that have been banned by characteristic for eight years, according to Feinstein's press office. The legislation also protects roughly 670 hunting and recreational rifles for use by legal gun owners, and enables law enforcement agencies to...