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Obama, Biden statement on gun policy (11:45 a.m. ET)
- Thread starter Csanino
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LOL.
Mr. President:
Why create a commission to address gun crime when you have already decided and expressed your intention to ask Congress to ban "assault weapons?" If you know the solution, why the commission? Moreover, how can you promise that commission's findings in thirty days, when you claim that the commission will address the entire set of issues, including mental health? Call me a skeptic, but it does not seem to me that folks in Washington can get anything of substance done in thirty days, much less a thorough analysis of a problem you purportedly acknowledge as a complex one.
My concern is that by imposing this artificial deadline on the commission's findings and recommendations, you more or less guarantee a rush to judgment (indeed, it seems you already know that they will recommend an "assault weapons" ban!) And the judgment you're rushing to is, in fact, wrong; a report commissioned by the DOJ and the National Institute of Justice concluded that the 1994 AWB had NO MEASURABLE EFFECT on crime, and concluded that its renewal would also fail to create such an effect. Why would you promote a measure that the data proves is ineffective?
Mr. President, you spoke a lot about "common sense." Tell me what kind of sense it makes to waste inordinate amounts of political capital (and during the course of crucial fiscal negotiations, no less) and to infringe on the rights of many in order to pass legislation that has been empirically proven to be ineffective. I'm listening.
Regards,
ArmedinAtlanta
Why create a commission to address gun crime when you have already decided and expressed your intention to ask Congress to ban "assault weapons?" If you know the solution, why the commission? Moreover, how can you promise that commission's findings in thirty days, when you claim that the commission will address the entire set of issues, including mental health? Call me a skeptic, but it does not seem to me that folks in Washington can get anything of substance done in thirty days, much less a thorough analysis of a problem you purportedly acknowledge as a complex one.
My concern is that by imposing this artificial deadline on the commission's findings and recommendations, you more or less guarantee a rush to judgment (indeed, it seems you already know that they will recommend an "assault weapons" ban!) And the judgment you're rushing to is, in fact, wrong; a report commissioned by the DOJ and the National Institute of Justice concluded that the 1994 AWB had NO MEASURABLE EFFECT on crime, and concluded that its renewal would also fail to create such an effect. Why would you promote a measure that the data proves is ineffective?
Mr. President, you spoke a lot about "common sense." Tell me what kind of sense it makes to waste inordinate amounts of political capital (and during the course of crucial fiscal negotiations, no less) and to infringe on the rights of many in order to pass legislation that has been empirically proven to be ineffective. I'm listening.
Regards,
ArmedinAtlanta
Make your voices be heard, sign the more the better, tell him what law abiding gun/firearm owners really think.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
Well said. Mail it. Not that he cares what you or any other American want or think.
Does the general public not know that 70 years ago, the Federal Government actually argued before the Supreme Court that the Second Amendment only protects "weapons of war" ? (United States v. Miller)
Does the general public not realize that free citizens need to have weapons comparable to the ones used by potential oppressors?
That the 2nd Amendment is not to protect your hunting rifle, or your target shooter, but rather the weapons you use to protect against tyranny??
I cannot remember having been this agitated and concerned about the slope we're on...
Does the general public not realize that free citizens need to have weapons comparable to the ones used by potential oppressors?
That the 2nd Amendment is not to protect your hunting rifle, or your target shooter, but rather the weapons you use to protect against tyranny??
I cannot remember having been this agitated and concerned about the slope we're on...
Makes perfect sense to me. The argument from anti gun weenies that the forefathers were only talking about 'muskets' always makes me laugh. The weapons in question in 1787 when the constitution was ratified were the cutting edge military weapons of the day.
And I agree...'tis a slippery slope.
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Well I guess if you look on the bright side, if they ban the manufacture of "assault weapons," your AR or AK just quadrupled in value or more, and 30 round mags will bring 100 dollars each. Of course, this is if they don't try an all out gun confiscation, which I doubt would happen.
Agree 100%! People in America don't even know what rights they have. Things won't get any better as long as we have gov't schools indoctrinating kids with dribble and inaccurate "facts".
