Assault weapons ban passed in the Senate

[Iowa_Card]

Click me!

[Trigfunctions]

Somewhere, Charlton Heston is rolling over in his bed.

[SLUBLUE]

good.....because when I go hunting, I was hoping for a legal excuse not to take a sub machine gun

now if they can only get over the immoral concealed weapons crap in this state.

[BurnKU]

Immoral?

[SLUBLUE]

for lack of a better turn.

the people vote down a measure.

the republicans enact it anyway.

[BurnKU]

Originally posted by SLUBLUE@Mar 2 2004, 12:09 PM
for lack of a better turn.

the people vote down a measure.

the republicans enact it anyway.

Kind of like a democrat mayor in California?

[SLUBLUE]

Originally posted by BurnKU+Mar 2 2004, 12:10 PM-->

QUOTE(BurnKU @ Mar 2 2004, 12:10 PM)

[Trigfunctions]

Would it kill the authors of these articles to give more info about who voted for and against the bills?

Here's a more detailed article:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...congress_guns_2

House leaders said last year that they did not intend to renew the ban on the manufacture and importation of at least 19 types of common military-style assault weapons. Senate GOP leaders also argued against the ban, saying it was ineffective and unnecessary and could cause the House to kill the gunmaker immunity bill.

But with the help of a few Senate Republicans, including Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner of Virginia, Democrats were able to get enough votes to approve the ban extension.

Most Democrats voted for the ban while most Republicans voted against it.


Democrats argued that law enforcement officers and regular citizens all would be safer if the assault weapons covered under the bill continued to be banned. "These are weapons of war. They are designed to kill a lot of people quickly," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who authored the 1994 gun ban while in the House.

Warner, who voted against the gun ban in 1994, said the testimony from law enforcement officials in his state convinced him to vote Tuesday for renewing it.

"Law enforcement has shown that it has reduced the use of these weapons in crime, so my words pale in significance to the law officers of the four corners of the commonwealth of Virginia," Warner said.

President Bush (news - web sites) has staked out both sides of the issue, calling for the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban while arguing against the Senate's adding it to the gunmaker immunity bill.

Interesting - Republican Warner says the ban is reducing crime, but most of his Republican colleagues apparently don't care about reducing crime.

Also, Bush is flip-flopping on the issue. Typical. No backbone.

[BurnKU]

Originally posted by SLUBLUE+Mar 2 2004, 12:10 PM-->

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Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

[SLUBLUE]

Originally posted by BurnKU+Mar 2 2004, 12:12 PM-->

QUOTE(BurnKU @ Mar 2 2004, 12:12 PM)

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

[SLUBLUE]

Originally posted by BurnKU+Mar 2 2004, 12:12 PM-->

QUOTE(BurnKU @ Mar 2 2004, 12:12 PM)

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

[BurnKU]

Originally posted by SLUBLUE+Mar 2 2004, 12:14 PM-->

QUOTE(SLUBLUE @ Mar 2 2004, 12:14 PM)

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

Originally posted by [email protected] 2 2004, 12:10 PM

[Iowa_Card]

You two need to quit hijacking my thread, damnit!

[SLUBLUE]

FREE NELSON MANDELA NOW!

THEY FREED HIM LAST WEEK!

oh.

[Bluenotebacker]

No one, I mean, no one, who is not in the millitary, doing military things, needs a sub-machine gun or any other kind of semi-automatic weapon. They're rediculous. I also think that no one, other than certain law enforcement officials, needs to be able to carry a concealed weapon, gun or otherwise.