An excerpt of something a wrote a few weeks ago, as part of another conversation. Many of the bills mentioned have died or are expected to die in committee, but introducing an anti-gun bill is still doing somthing.The reason I wonder this is because he has not really done anything to this point and we have a liberal congress and they have not really done anything either.
me said:No gun laws being addressed in Congress? Really? How about H.R. 2159, introduced 4/29/09 by Peter King (and its corollary S. 1317 introduced 6/22/09 by Frank Lautenberg) that would allow the Attorney General to deny the right to purchase firearms, and also to revoke state-issued firearm licenses, to anyone s/he determines "might" be a terrorist, without due process, and includes a provision that the AG doesn't have to disclose the reason for denial. Or how about H.R. 2401, introduced 5/13/09 by Carolyn McCarthy, which would deny the ability to purchase a firearm to anyone on the TSA "no-fly" list. A list famous for falsely accusing law abiding citizens of being a terrorist, and denying them the right to know why and by whom they are accused. And most notoriously, H.R. 45, introduced 1/6/09 by Bobby Rush, which would prohibit gun ownership unless one has a federal license, establishes federal registration of all gun sales or transfers (widely feared among the gun community as the necessary first step to an all-out ban and confiscation program), and effectively bans a self-defense firearm in homes with children.
No changes in our right to keep and bear arms mentioned? So I should ignore Dianne Feinstein’s comments to 60 Minutes reporter Leslie Stahl when, asked about whether a gun ban would take priority she answered “I wouldn’t bring it up now.” But when pressed on whether it would appear at all she said “I’ll pick the time and place. No question about that.” Or off the Hill I should ignore the appointment of Arne Duncan to Secretary of Education. The same Mr. Duncan who won the 2008 “Man of the Year” award from an Illinois gun-ban group. The same Mr. Duncan who calls gun ownership a “public health epidemic” and states that “we know the cure… getting rid of guns.” Perhaps I should also ignore the appointment of Eric Holder to U.S. Attorney General. The same Mr. Holder who signed an amicus brief in 2008 in the SCOTUS case of Heller v. District of Columbia supporting the District’s ban on use of any firearm for self defense, even at home. The same Mr. Holder who opined in a 2000 oral argument in the 5th circuit case of U.S. v. Emerson that the Second Amendment was no barrier to gun confiscation. The same Mr. Holder who stated on 2/25/09 that “… there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstate the ban on the sale of assault weapons.” A ban, incidentally, that prohibited weapons based largely on cosmetic features, and which was proven ineffective by the DOJ’s congressionally mandated study which concluded in 2004, “Should it be renewed, the ban’s effects on gun violence are likely to be small at best, and perhaps too small for reliable measurement. [Assault Weapons] were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.”
I agree with scudder. They are waiting for the right time.
Maybe I'm naive , but I can't see them ever actually trying confiscation .
Another goofy ban on weapons or laws restricting reloading components sure but not outright confiscation .
I certainly hope that it doesn't come to bloody streets. But there has already been one incident in which it was "reported" that it was because he thought the feds were coming to take his guns.
Seems like things are getting ugly already about a lot of topics...not just the 2A. Did you all hear about the unfortunate census worker in Clay Co., KY? He supposedly had the word "FED" on his chest when they found him.
Just remember what England thought in the mid 1700s. Those colonists would never stage a revolt if we come for their weapons. If I remember my history correctly, they were wrong.Course thats what they thought in England and Australia also.