Tennessee-look out!
Where'd you guy's grow this 'tard at?
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/OPINION01/702270343/1008
Let's see, do you think pretty much anyone who wants an assault weapon should have one, or do you think that's something that should be limited to law enforcement agencies and the military?
If you think that's a no-brainer, so did Congress when in 1994 they passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which required domestic gun manufacturers to stop the production of assault weapons. This ban applied to 19 highly specific types of semi-automatic weapons and ammunition clips holding more than 10 rounds. The ban did not apply to weapons for the military or for use by police units.
The ban on assault weapons made such good sense that when the law came up for renewal in 2004, the smart money was that it would be extended. Even President Bush announced his support. Without going into the excruciating details - boil them down to a tight election, partisan politics, and a hyperactive NRA - the president did nothing to assure the law's continuance, and it was allowed to "sunset."
Absolute knowledge of threat
Just last week, USA Today quoted Scott Knight, chairman of the firearms committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, who noted that more and more police departments were adding powerful semi-automatic weapons to patrol units and replacing existing weapons with military-style arms. Knight spoke of the upgrade as a response to "the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban."
Hunters and sport shooters are rightfully concerned about any law that might adversely affect their sport. Designed for accuracy and fired from the shoulder, semi-automatic hunting rifles fall outside the assault weapon definition, as do some 670 specifically exempted hunting firearms. Assault weapons, spray-fired from the waist and using magazines with scores of bullets, are what the ban can take off the streets.
You will hear the argument that there already is an assault weapon ban - that the only assault weapon is a fully automatic weapon like a machine gun, and those are already banned. The NRA likes to call the "semi-auto" a single trigger-pull weapon, implying a slowness of fire that very simply is not the case. A hair trigger, a fast finger, a magazine of as many as 50 bullets, and a violent intent can bring mayhem that other weapons cannot.
Every major law enforcement organization in America supported the assault weapons ban when it was first enacted, and again when it was time to extend it. Presidents Reagan, Ford and Clinton all favored the ban and supported its passage.
Three years ago, a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania showed that fully 68 percent of Americans supported renewing the assault weapon ban.
The ban on assault weapons is legislation all of us who believe in the Second Amendment, all of us who love to hunt, all of us who believe in most of what the NRA believes in - all of us - can and should support.
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http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/OPINION01/702270343/1008
Let's see, do you think pretty much anyone who wants an assault weapon should have one, or do you think that's something that should be limited to law enforcement agencies and the military?
If you think that's a no-brainer, so did Congress when in 1994 they passed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which required domestic gun manufacturers to stop the production of assault weapons. This ban applied to 19 highly specific types of semi-automatic weapons and ammunition clips holding more than 10 rounds. The ban did not apply to weapons for the military or for use by police units.
The ban on assault weapons made such good sense that when the law came up for renewal in 2004, the smart money was that it would be extended. Even President Bush announced his support. Without going into the excruciating details - boil them down to a tight election, partisan politics, and a hyperactive NRA - the president did nothing to assure the law's continuance, and it was allowed to "sunset."
Absolute knowledge of threat
Just last week, USA Today quoted Scott Knight, chairman of the firearms committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, who noted that more and more police departments were adding powerful semi-automatic weapons to patrol units and replacing existing weapons with military-style arms. Knight spoke of the upgrade as a response to "the absolute knowledge that more higher-caliber weapons are on the street since the expiration of the ban."
Hunters and sport shooters are rightfully concerned about any law that might adversely affect their sport. Designed for accuracy and fired from the shoulder, semi-automatic hunting rifles fall outside the assault weapon definition, as do some 670 specifically exempted hunting firearms. Assault weapons, spray-fired from the waist and using magazines with scores of bullets, are what the ban can take off the streets.
You will hear the argument that there already is an assault weapon ban - that the only assault weapon is a fully automatic weapon like a machine gun, and those are already banned. The NRA likes to call the "semi-auto" a single trigger-pull weapon, implying a slowness of fire that very simply is not the case. A hair trigger, a fast finger, a magazine of as many as 50 bullets, and a violent intent can bring mayhem that other weapons cannot.
Every major law enforcement organization in America supported the assault weapons ban when it was first enacted, and again when it was time to extend it. Presidents Reagan, Ford and Clinton all favored the ban and supported its passage.
Three years ago, a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania showed that fully 68 percent of Americans supported renewing the assault weapon ban.
The ban on assault weapons is legislation all of us who believe in the Second Amendment, all of us who love to hunt, all of us who believe in most of what the NRA believes in - all of us - can and should support.
To make comment-
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"The ban on assault weapons is legislation all of us who believe in the Second Amendment, all of us who love to hunt, all of us who believe in most of what the NRA believes in - all of us - can and should support."
Speak for yourself, dumb ass.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
"The ban on assault weapons is legislation all of us who believe in the Second Amendment, all of us who love to hunt, all of us who believe in most of what the NRA believes in - all of us - can and should support."
Speak for yourself, dumb ass.
i agree allen g,some more of JIM DUMBOS kin. no doubt, anybody seen my copy of the constitution i need to copy and forward to these people![:(!][V]0 -
I'll bet the writer of that article, Mr Bill King, will be a popular guy in the great state of TENN![:0][:0]
He thinks he speaks for all gun owners and I think he is not in touch with reality.[:(]0 -
A Senator once said something to the effect of "Mom and Dad America, Turn Them All In".
Fools like this think the second amendment only protects their right to hunt.
And just who do you suppose these fools will ask for support from when the brady bunch comes for their beloved O/U's and Encore's.
The word "All" means just that...ALL![}:)]0 -
No one, but no one who supports the second amendment can possibly suppor any weapons ban. Constitution says "...The right of the people to bear arms shall not be infringed."
I am going to Tennessee in May, I will tell him I don't think much of fringe.0 -
quote:Originally posted by codenamepaul
Hunters and sport shooters are rightfully concerned about any law that might adversely affect their sport. Designed for accuracy and fired from the shoulder, semi-automatic hunting rifles fall outside the assault weapon definition, as do some 670 specifically exempted hunting firearms. Assault weapons, spray-fired from the waist and using magazines with scores of bullets, are what the ban can take off the streets.
I don't even know where to begin......
I was trained as a Marine Infantryman. I have lots of experience with real "assault weapons". Never once was I instucted to "spray-fire" my M-16 from the hip.
I was trained to hit my target by AIMING.
"My rifle and myself know that what counts in this war is not the rounds we fire, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit..."
Time to Zumbo this poser.....0 -
Gentlemen, this man obviously has been hanging around the Al Gore part of the Tennessee (located somewhere to the left of reality). Please ignore his foolishness, or better yet, leave a comment for him
at the Tennessean website.0 -
I agree-take the second to register and let him have it. You'll see you're not alone. 0 -
The nashville tennesssean is a rag much like the new york times. left wing nuts. Too bad a lot of good Tennessee people will be effected by these big city wannabes. 0 -
Even Tennessee has an idiot or two I'm sorry to say. This crap head is one of them. 0 -
Not all that comes out of TN is bad[:D]
http://www.fieldandstream.com/fieldstream/shooting/article/0,13199,1065904,00.html#
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Any gunner who even thinks about supporting a ban on those "evil, horrible assault weapons" is only feeding the enemy who will soon decide that even a 6 shot revolver looks scary because it is gasp! a gun and it fires scary bullets EVERY TIME YOU PULL THE TRIGGER.And it is designed for fast reloads (compared to a single action Colt revolver, for example)
Or that gun grabber who now "only" wants to take your evil, dangeous assault weapon from you will soon be back to grab that bolt action 30-06 rifle with the 7.5-30 power scope because to the gun grabber (who has gotten rid of the "assault weapons") now fears your "long range murder" hunting rifle.
Some gun owners are fools.0 -
quote:Originally posted by tr fox
Some gun owners are fools.
Exactly. Its a damn shame too....0 -
Bill King0
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