I never was much on guns. I had/have a 20 ga and a marlin 66 22lr from my much younger days of occasional hunting. Then I got to reading about Obama and his band of merry men and their attempts to make it impossible for me to get any more. The more I looked int what they were doing/attempting, the more pi**ed I got, so I found a nice range nearby and started shooting my guns. Turns out it is FUN. So, about 1 year later I also have: a Remington 870 7 round pump that I keep loaded with 00 buck for any people in my house uninvited a Hi-point 9 mm carbine, with hollow points, for the same, and any feral dogs or coyotes that threaten my dogs and cats. a Chinese Communist 1957 assault rifle (7.62X39 mm) for just about anything- most fun shooting 2x4's and 2x6's to pieces on the range and a Briowning 22 LR pistol for fun Also have a used Barretta 92s Italian Police surplus (9mm) in transit. Hi on my "wish list" and M1 Garand I took a class, joined the NRA, and got my concealed carry permit..... I did all this because that temporary occupant on the White House said I shouldn't be allowed to do it. (Fips middle finger in direction of DC) Long Live the Constitution
His actual agenda was limited by political/popular opposition, so gun control was the best he was aiming for. However, given the chance, he and his ilk would ban guns from the public in a heartbeat.
Or maybe he could have gone about riding a unicorn. He didn't do it, nor was it his position, whether forced on him or not. Anyone could have told you that it was going to happen, yet you decided to buy guns anyways.
With "if you like your insurance, you can keep it" in the Whitehouse, how do we know what to believe when he speaks? He ran without a voting record in 08, so we assumed that the politics of where he came from(Chicago) is what he believed. He hasn't attacked the 2A because he is wisely choosing his battles, but that doesn't mean that he supports the 2A. Don't be naïve.
"The President’s plan includes: 1. Closing background check loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands; 2. Banning military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and taking other common-sense steps to reduce gun violence; 3. Making schools safer; and 4. Increasing access to mental health services." http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/wh_now_is_the_time_full.pdf Ban assault rifles, not ban guns.
obama wants to ban all firearms, he just has not had the chance. Remember, obama was Director of the Chicago based Joyce Foundation, the most radical gun ban group in the US if not the world.
Total propaganda. Banners always move incrementally but no matter what "common sense" gun reforms they put in place, they always come back for more. Today a 10 round magazine limit is "common sense", if that was passed then at the next shooting the banners would be squeeling that a 7 round limit was just "common sense". And so on. After Sandy Hook when Feinstein and company were saying they wouold not touch hunting rifles, the banner PR camps were already calling the most popular hunting rifle in the US (the Remington 700 series bolt action with a scope) a "sniper rifle". - - - Updated - - - LOL and LOL and LOL again, I can't believe anyone would actually write that, at least not a thinking person.
This brilliant plan of "closing loopholes" also includes making a felony out of family-to-family transfer of a firearm, hunters borrowing one another's guns, and storing one's guns in a family member's house (such as when going away on vacation). "Assault rifles" (which is a made-up term by anti-gun zealots) are functionally no different than any other semi-automatic firearm: Their only difference is their appearance (by containing a flash suppressor, folding stock, pistol grip, bayonet lug, and some other features that do nothing to add to the gun's deadliness). By wanting to ban a gun that you arbitrarily deem an "assault weapon" based upon how it looks, you are effectively giving yourself carte blanche to just turn around and ban any similar firearm for any random reason. It would be like the government calling a Honda Civic an "assault vehicle" with an "assault engine" and "high capacity gas tank" and then advocating to ban this car. If you owned a Nissan Sentra or Toyota Corolla, would you feel safe that the government couldn't just turn around and ban those cars as well? Of course not, because there is no functional difference between the three aforementioned automobiles.
Most banners and squealers havn't a clue what they are talking about. I actually heard a politician say the 10 round limit was good because it would "save" the 11th victim!! Now someone well practiced with his weapon and set on shooting 30 people in a crowded mall, how much difference would there be between 1 30 rd mag and 3 10 rd mags? four seconds ? six tops..... Best one was a California lawmaker whowas asked how much good a nation-wide ban on high capacity mags would do, what with so many out there already. She said (with a straight face) that once they are shot they would be used up......She actually thought you use a mag once and then it is no good any longer...... THAT is what we are dealing with in legislators...
Kranes....can you give me a definition of an "assault rifle" vs. a "gun". Don't cut and paste from some website, in your own words......
AWB II changed the feature test for defining an "assault weapon" from two features to one. Virtually banning all semi-automatics. So no, you are wrong.
Assault rifles are already practically banned, not many people can afford $20,000 for an M-16. Obama's platform clearly states he is is favor of banning firearms. You just quoted it.
And what is he calling an "Assault rifle"? The most popular longarm in the US, which is used in less than 4% of all shootings. This does NOT qualify for "common sense". It certainly does take the teeth out of the 2A. Same with the "high capacity" magazines. What his ilk are calling "high capacity" is actually the standard magazine for the firearms he means to TAKE from us. Niether you nor he are addressing imbeciles here. We know the end game.
Absolutely true. At Sandy Hook, Lanza did not use up every magazine but reloaded when he could, cops found many discarded magazines which were less than half used, and he didn't come close to using up all his magazines. Banners have no foundation in fact or logic, but they aren't really interested in public safety either.