Puerto Rico and the ban
I’m not quite sure how laws and such work in Puerto Rico, but I found this article on the assault weapons ban as it relates to Puerto Rico interesting (it sounds like they are trying to pass a local ban):
Despite the fact that the period in which to renew the ban has ended, the Senate approved a resolution in favor of keeping in place the Assault Weapons Ban.
New Progressive Sen. Norma Burgos was the only member of her party’s delegation to vote in favor of the proposal filed by Popular legislator Jose Ortiz Daliot, a newspaper reported Friday.
More interesting to me was this:
The possibility of extending the ban, approved by Bill Clinton in 1994 for a 10-year term, generated controversy when it was revealed that the New Progressive mayor of San Juan, Jorge Santini, supported its repeal and possessed at least 20 of the large weapons.
Armed progressives! I love it.
October 16th, 2004 at 2:06 pm
The NPP are the pro-statehood party and generally include PR’s conservatives, such as they are
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/New_Progressive_Party_of_Puerto_Rico