Anti-gun bias or stupidity?
The Buffalo News is continuing its all-anti-gun-all-the-time nonsense. LOU MICHEL, SUSAN SCHULMAN and DAN HERBECK misleadingly write:
…the NRA in recent years has succeeded in getting the nation’s assault weapons ban repealed…
The ban was not repealed. It contained a sunset provision to expire on its own after ten years. Additionally, the NRA wasn’t particularly active in its sunset. But, I’m pretty sure they knew the fix was in.
June 15th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
IIRC the NRA played a substantial role in its sunset. Dianne Feinstein didn’t put the sunset clause in there out of the goodness of her heart.
June 15th, 2005 at 4:32 pm
you are correct. I should have been more clear and stated that the NRA did not actively oppose renewal of the ban (i.e., weren’t particularly lobbying against it nor were they running ads about it) because they knew the fix was in.