Democrats and guns
HR 6257, to reauthorize the ban on weapons that look like assault weapons, only has four cosponsors. All Republican.
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December 10th, 2008 at 11:06 am
If you look at the “questions” asked of this piece of junk, ’twas I who posted the one about the Data Quality Act.
In fact, under the DQA’s terms, there is NO statistical underpinning for any kind of assault weapon ban, and I would imagine that another AWB could be challenged in terms of the act.
As for the bill’s sponsors, I don’t understand their logic, as Republicans. Was it to get the AWB renewal out in the open and bottle it up in committee? Kirk (RINO, IL) is not renowned for his pro-gun credentials, by the way.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:21 am
It’s called Honesty in Government. The democrats said there wouldn’t be a democrat-sponsored bill in the house this year, and they were telling the TRUTH!
December 10th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I read the bill that was submitted and it has a sunset clause (10 years) as well as a review clause (saying that if the bill does not seem to be making a difference, then it can be repealed after 2 years). I think the reason they did that was to put a bill in place that can be overturned more easily than one that Reid or Pelosi might have submitted… that’s all I got!
December 10th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
FYI, Christopher Shays lost his re-election. That guy was just a political hack RINO anyways.
Of course, his loss means there are now no Republicans in Congress from New England.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Neither are there any Republicans in the senate from the west coast.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Hell, most of those politicians with an (R) behind their names are RINOs.
December 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
RINO’s?? Republicans aren’t necessarily pro-Bill of Rights anyway. They CLAIM to have a “big tent”, but it seems that those of us who are pro-2nd Amendment, pro-Bill of Rights and pro-“republican form of governemnt” as prescribed by the Constituion aren’t welcome under the tent…except on Election Day.
Otherwise I suppose these Republicans can help provide cover for Democrats with pro-gun rights constituencies.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Castle has always been notoriously anti-gun.
December 10th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Actually, you’ve got four cosponsors plus the sponsor, so that makes five Republicans. But with one exception, they’re blue state Republicans, which I think makes a difference here.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Yeah, I saw this a while back. It’s a poorly worded version of the 94 ban again.
Republican doesn’t equal pro-gun. There just tends to be more pro-gun Republicans.
December 10th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Isn’t this the same bill from here. 🙂
December 10th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I wonder how many co-sponsors…or even a sponsor, if this weapons ban applied to government officials and agents. You know, according to “the equal protection of the laws” clause in the 14th Amendment.
All of this gun control stuff is inverted. “We the people” have the rights and we only give “delegated powers” to our government employees. Gun control laws should be at least applied to them exactly as they are too us.
Now that would be CHANGE I could believe in!!!
December 10th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Yeah – that’s because the Dems have their own version: HR1022 (67 co-sponsors): http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1022
December 10th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Well, just like firearm rights should not be a bipartisan concept, it would appear as though gun control is not either.
Shiny. Unfortunately, these half-wit sell-outs are predominantly from blue states, so I cannot honestly hope for their eventual loss in an election… This is probably exactly what their constituents want.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Hey, even Paul Helmke’s a Republican.
Do anti-gun R’s seem more vocal than pro-gun D’s to anyone else?
December 12th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Gildas, you know that HR1022 is from last year, and that it’s dead in committee, right?
Anyways, don’t expect to see any viable anti-gun legislation pass through Congress for the next 2 years at least. Meanwhile, I’d recommend trying to educate more progressive voters about the fact that the 2nd amendment is as important as the rest of the Bill of Rights.