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From what I have read these restrictions are pretty much just reinforcing present laws and re instituting a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mags that were put in place by previous GOP, NRA friendly presidents.
He's even going to offer federal money for armed guards in schools.
So why all the panic? All the Obama hysteria by the gun owners? Do they panic like this over other things in their lives?
From what I have read these restrictions are pretty much just reinforcing present laws and re instituting a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mags that were put in place by previous GOP, NRA friendly presidents.
He's even going to offer federal money for armed guards in schools.
So why all the panic? All the Obama hysteria by the gun owners? Do they panic like this over other things in their lives?
From what I have read these restrictions are pretty much just reinforcing present laws and re instituting a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mags that were put in place by previous GOP, NRA friendly presidents.
He's even going to offer federal money for armed guards in schools.
So why all the panic? All the Obama hysteria by the gun owners? Do they panic like this over other things in their lives?
First, Clinton...wasn't part of the GOP. I do have to wonder though, Clinton wanted to provide armed guards in schools...yet now that the NRA supports this, it is somehow a stupid idea, according to Democrats. I guess you actually admit that Clinton was a terrible leader in this regard.
The reason gun owners oppose the things that Obama proposes is:
1) The Clinton ban SHOWED THAT THEY DIDN'T WORK. With the expiration of the ban, violent crime declined. Rifles of all types are used in less than 2% of murders. Gun owners were willing to run the experimient, with a sunset clause...the experiment showed that such laws were useless.
2) Magazine bans do nothing to reduce violent crime...all they do is reduce the honest person's ability to defend themselves. If they made things "safer"...why were cops exempted? Why does the Secret Service have semi-autos (and autos) with standard capacity magazines? Unlike a homeowner faced with a threat, a cop has a radio, can call for backup at any time, usually is accompanied by another cop...and rarely is a target for criminals. Criminals KNOW cops are armed, they don't know with the typical civilian. If we were to restrict semi-autos and magazines for anyone we should start with LE, right?
3) The idea that criminal, selling a stolen or sumggled gun to another crimial, would decide that, because of this law, they need to walk into a gun store and do a NICS check to make the transfer...is foolish beyond belief to anyone with any sense.
4) The idea that a criminal that would ignore laws against murder, mugging, assault, armed robbery or rape, would somehow choose to obey gun laws...boggles the mind.
5) The AR-15 in particular is the most popular and largest selling platform of rifle in the country. Their numbers have grown greatly in the last 2 decades (heck, in the last 2 weeks). While violent crime has decreased. More owners are unwilling to give up their possessions or face restrictions that serve no purpose, other than political points with the weak minded.
From what I have read these restrictions are pretty much just reinforcing present laws and re instituting a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mags that were put in place by previous GOP, NRA friendly presidents.
He's even going to offer federal money for armed guards in schools.
So why all the panic? All the Obama hysteria by the gun owners? Do they panic like this over other things in their lives?
The hysterical reaction of conservatives to everything that President Obama does is not about public policy. President Obama's very physical being embodies the demographic change of the type of Americans that many conservatives hate.
The hysterical reaction of conservatives to everything that President Obama does is not about public policy. President Obama's very physical being embodies the demographic change of the type of Americans that many conservatives hate.
Wahhahaha...there we go again. More evidence that liberalism really is a mental disease.
From what I have read these restrictions are pretty much just reinforcing present laws and re instituting a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mags that were put in place by previous GOP, NRA friendly presidents.
He's even going to offer federal money for armed guards in schools.
So why all the panic? All the Obama hysteria by the gun owners? Do they panic like this over other things in their lives?
Like someone already said, they are only "moderate" to the un informed. If it was only a restriction on so called high cap magazines that would be one thing. It goes much further than that, I'm a gun enthusiast and am having a hard time deciphering all the legal speak so I really can't see how you understand it at all. For instance. I am a collect 1911's , as far as I know there isn't a 7 round mag available at the moment for a 10mm 1911. So therefore that makes my gun about as usefull as a paperweight. I won't even get into the semi auto rifle and shotgun part of it.
The hysterical reaction of conservatives to everything that President Obama does is not about public policy. President Obama's very physical being embodies the demographic change of the type of Americans that many conservatives hate.
I think you may be onto something there. I think that these folks lining up at Walmart and other gun outlets spending their children's college fund by overpaying for ammo and guns are literally in a panic that they are losing their way of life largely due to their own xenophobic feelings totally founded in fantasy.
No one wants your guns. But we do want to keep them out of the wrong hands. I think gun owners would agree with that.
So how do we do that in a country of 350 million souls? Most who don't own guns and don't understand the obsession with guns in this country by a minority group.
I personally feel that guns should be banned in large cities. There is just too much carnage and fallout for the little bit of good that they actually do. If you take a shot at someone that you think is threatening you, chances are you'll hit an innocent person. It's just not worth it.
But people in the country who are more isolated, absolutely they need guns. I saw a story of a rancher who lived on the Mexican border. I cannot imagine him not being armed with what is going on around him. I felt so bad for the guy, he should be living a peaceful life but he is under daily assault by illegals crossing his property.
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