Nra-ila: Feinstein Introduces "assault Weapons" Reauthorization Bill

[Esky]

You guys make it so easy!

Kreed-

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, and for supplying all the links.

Thanks also to Diggler for the sample letter, which I've shamelessly stolen & modified to make it "mine."

And I've just now finished sending emails to all those Senatecritters (or should that be senilecritters?)

If it would do any good, I'd email my two state Senators too, but since I live in California, that would be a waste of time. I know, because I've done it lots of times before.

Now if EVERYONE on THR does just as I've done, which is a very easy thing, it would give those GOP functionaries something to think about!

So DO IT. (For your own good.)

Esky
who is sure glad he's on The High Road with so many good folks

 

[Stepbyrd]

Letters sent. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Diggler]

I'd like to state that it's not important whether the renewal of the current ban is, in effect, dead.

Every bill, every attachment that gets introduced gives us gun owners an opportunity to make ourselves heard, to become a larger and larger presence in these lawmakers' minds. Who cares if the bill doesn't go anywhere? As long as it's anywhere in the system, inundate them with letters, phone calls, etc. Make them know how many of us there are, and that we're a force to be reckoned with.

Silence can only be interpreted as acceptance. We're not talking about bankrupting the GOA and NRA by using them to fight every two-bit battle tooth and nail, because a lot of these can be won by our grassroots phone calls and emails. Get to it. Look at all the time they're going to waste debating and voting on this garbage. You all can take 15 minutes of your time to contact your representatives. Then contact representatives that aren't in your area, because all Republican lawmakers have an interest in Bush winning re-election. Thus, if a pro-Bush state such as Texas has its representatives contacted by a lot of Florida voters, for example, regarding this issue, the fact that a swing state may be won or lost based on whether the AWB gets passed may give them something to think about.

In the immortal words of 'Blazing Saddles':

Now go do that voodoo that you do so well!

 

[Librarian]

The brief text is up at Thomas ; search S 2498

Note the usual suspects:
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself,
Mr. WARNER,
Mr. SCHUMER,
Mr. DEWINE,
Mr. LEVIN,
Mr. CHAFEE,
Mr. DODD,
Mr. JEFFORDS,
Mrs. BOXER,
Mrs. CLINTON,
Mr. REED, and
Mr. LAUTENBERG) introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

 

[whistlepig]

Permanent Extension?

The brief text is up at Thomas ; search S 2498

Brief is right. This link should work

This thing claims To provide for a 10-year extension of the assault weapons ban. But it contains no new sunset date. Here's what it does:

SEC. 110105. SUNSET PROVISION.

This subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle are repealed September 13, 2014.

That's it. So where's the new sunset date?

Update: Doh! I gotta learn to wake up before I read this legal stuff.

 

[Highland Ranger]

The kicker is that she has a concealed carry permit.

This is the problem with ignoring the bastions of liberal anti gun nuts, the California's, New York's and New Jersey's of the world.

Unless the message gets heard here, Schumer, Feinstein, Lauder, Corzine adn their ilk will continue to dominate.

 

[Deavis]

This is the problem with ignoring the bastions of liberal anti gun nuts, the California's, New York's and New Jersey's of the world.

Isn't the official story on this that she turned it in after the "terrorists" stopped threatening her? Now she realizes the folly of protecting herself, evne though she testified that every American should do so. I'm writing letters tonight.

 

[LAR-15]

She don't have any more and she damn sure doesn't have one while in DC.

Whether she got rid of gun is a different story........
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[Pebcac]

Here's my take on this. First, I agree with Publicola entirely.

Several years ago the House actually passed a repeal of the AWB by a pretty decent margin.

This was done in a mid-term session of Congress, and by a House that knew there wasn't a snowball's chance of it passing in the Senate. This was a GOP move to win over the hearts and minds of NRA members without really doing anything. Pure window-dressing.

Won't the GOP just poison pill this just as last time? The one with the limitations being placed upon the courts trying to establish vicarious liability upon gun manufacturers.

Yes, they likely will. And I have a shocker for you - it would still pass this way. This is the key here - the Republican fence-sitters will use this as an attempt to lighten the blow on us while still appeasing the grabbers. The Democrats will let it pass to preserve their precious ban.

Do not misunderstand me. I think we should fight this tooth and nail, and I'll be sending my letters - on paper, not emails - letting my reps know that my vote won't tolerate this passing in any form. I expect my Senators to filibuster if necessary, and my Representatives to help ensure that this never reaches the floor. I just don't think there's much hope. All it will take is one high-profile shooting incident, and it's all over.

The tendency of liberals to use the suffering of others to further their own agenda is, to me, the most reprehensible phenomenon in politics.

 

[Bubbles]

A note on poison pills... if the Senate passes a "clean" ABW renewal bill, and the House version actually does pass with poison pills such as protection for firearm manufacturers, or (another possibility) repealing the 1986 machine gun ban, the bill then will end up in a conference committee. At that point all bets are off.