[sunsetnews] Feinstein virtually concedes defeat..

[Verson 0]

"Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the champion of the ill-conceived "assault weapons" ban appears to have essentially given up on getting a renewal passed before the ban expires in September, acknowledging that, "while the ban has 52 votes in its favor in the Senate, it is unlikely to pass in the House of Representatives."

 

While she may very well proceed with another attempt to get a renewal passed in the Senate, she is well aware that the House has expressed no interest in bringing the measure up, and even if it does make it to the floor, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) is confident the votes "are not there" for the bill to succeed.

 

Feinstein is reportedly "looking toward November's elections to produce a president and a House leadership more supportive of gun control" and plans to launch a "nationwide effort" next year to pass a ban "similar" to (translation: more restrictive than) the current ban.

 

While it would be foolish to take her statements at face value, and assume that we have indeed won this round, it should be noted that the upcoming elections will be every bit as crucial to the 2002 elections that gave us the current congress. This battle will not be over on September 13th. The anti-gun crowd will be boiling over with bitterness over having lost on this issue, and will be lashing out to whoever is willing to listen.

 

At this point, the only hope for revitalizing the gun control movement, which has been foundering for several years, will be to get John Kerry elected president, and/or gain a significant number of seats in congress, so that a new "assault weapons" ban can be passed and signed into law.

 

In other words, DO NOT make the mistake of thinking that, if the ban does indeed expire in September, our work is done. It will, in fact, have only just begun, with a successful 2004 election being an integral part of ensuring our victory is not short-lived."

[Gaddis 1,689]

Hmm, I just read somewhere else not too long ago that she was conferring with Barbara Boxer and a few other of the anti-gun crowd to try and get her bill pushed through still (since President Bush said he would sign it into law if it passes his desk).

 

Anyway, I still don't trust the old bat no matter what she claims. She's an old bitter woman who's not above lying to try and further her causes.

[G O B 3,516]

Has anyone else heard that Fienstien now has a concealed carry permit? Maybe she just wants our guns so she don't have to buy her own?

 

G O B

 

"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America but which historically has proven to be always possible."

- Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, MN, campaigning

for the 1960 Democratic Presidential Nomination

[KySoldier 2]

GOB, I posted these quotes a while back...

 

"A strong body makes a strong mind. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks."

-Thomas Jefferson

 

"To disarm the people [is] the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

-George Mason, 2nd Amend.Primer

 

Thomas Jefferson has the best views on the peoples' rights.

[Verson 0]

That reminds me of Rosie O'Donnell who is very anti-gun however someone noticed that the guards who follow her kids around are armed to the teeth and when asked that if her guards should not carry guns she responds something like "thats different and does not apply because its my kids." A mind set of many libs is people shouldnt have or do etc, but they are allowed to.

 

idiots

[G O B 3,516]

KySoldier T. J. was the man.

 

Verson Those with the money to hire someone to carry a gun for them are always the ones to demand we give ours up.The very wealthy still think of the rest of us as peasants or slaves. Their world would be so much nicer if we would just shut up and do whatever we were told.

 

G O B