Highland Ranger
Member
Senator Lautenberg's response to my letter asking him to let the ban sunset and vote no on his bill.
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March 1, 2004
Mr. Highland Ranger
Dear Mr. Ranger,
Thank you for contacting me about the "Assault Weapons
Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003" (S. 1431). I am
proud to be the sponsor of this bill, and I appreciate hearing from you
on this most important issue.
[He's proud, that's nice. He should be ashamed.]
Assault weapons possess unique, military-bred, anti-personnel
design characteristics. These features, taken together, make it easy
for a shooter to point - as opposed to aim - the weapon and quickly
spray a wide area with a lethal hail of bullets. These features make
assault weapons especially attractive to criminals and distinguish
them from true hunting or sporting firearms.
[Bullets are intended to be lethal, in a hail or otherwise. Assault weapons are statistically infrequently used in crimes. Features described are pretty generic i.e. distinguished how from sporting arms by this definition?]
Unfortunately, would-be criminals have demonstrated the
current ban's limitations. These limitations include: a gun
manufacturer's ability to modify a characteristic of an assault weapon
slightly so as to evade the ban's coverage; the sale of "parts kits"
which permit criminals to assemble unlawful assault weapons; and
various reports indicating the continued use of these weapons in the
senseless killing of local law enforcement personnel.
[Funny how you can pile crap that high without any substantiation and in bold contradiction to fact.]
The need for an effective assault weapons ban cannot be
overstated: a Violence Policy Center analysis of FBI data found that
one in five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty between
January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001, was killed with assault
weapons.
[How does that go about liars and statistics?]
There is no question that the elimination of assault weapons is
not a cure all to the problem of crime prevention. Clearly, we have to
get tougher on criminals who traffic in firearms, and we must
continually improve our law enforcement system. But the "Assault
Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act" is a step in the
right direction.
Thank you again for contacting me.
Senator Frank Lautenberg
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/
[What a disgrace this man is. Can't wait to not vote for him again, for all the good it does.]
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March 1, 2004
Mr. Highland Ranger
Dear Mr. Ranger,
Thank you for contacting me about the "Assault Weapons
Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2003" (S. 1431). I am
proud to be the sponsor of this bill, and I appreciate hearing from you
on this most important issue.
[He's proud, that's nice. He should be ashamed.]
Assault weapons possess unique, military-bred, anti-personnel
design characteristics. These features, taken together, make it easy
for a shooter to point - as opposed to aim - the weapon and quickly
spray a wide area with a lethal hail of bullets. These features make
assault weapons especially attractive to criminals and distinguish
them from true hunting or sporting firearms.
[Bullets are intended to be lethal, in a hail or otherwise. Assault weapons are statistically infrequently used in crimes. Features described are pretty generic i.e. distinguished how from sporting arms by this definition?]
Unfortunately, would-be criminals have demonstrated the
current ban's limitations. These limitations include: a gun
manufacturer's ability to modify a characteristic of an assault weapon
slightly so as to evade the ban's coverage; the sale of "parts kits"
which permit criminals to assemble unlawful assault weapons; and
various reports indicating the continued use of these weapons in the
senseless killing of local law enforcement personnel.
[Funny how you can pile crap that high without any substantiation and in bold contradiction to fact.]
The need for an effective assault weapons ban cannot be
overstated: a Violence Policy Center analysis of FBI data found that
one in five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty between
January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001, was killed with assault
weapons.
[How does that go about liars and statistics?]
There is no question that the elimination of assault weapons is
not a cure all to the problem of crime prevention. Clearly, we have to
get tougher on criminals who traffic in firearms, and we must
continually improve our law enforcement system. But the "Assault
Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act" is a step in the
right direction.
Thank you again for contacting me.
Senator Frank Lautenberg
http://lautenberg.senate.gov/
[What a disgrace this man is. Can't wait to not vote for him again, for all the good it does.]
