Dems offer gun-control amendment to cybersecurity bill

[RPB]

Dems offer gun-control amendment to cybersecurity bill
posted at 9:21 am on July 27, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/27/d ... um=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Senate Democrats have offered an amendment to the pending cybersecurity bill that would ban possession of magazines past a maximum 10-round capacity:

I'm sure it won't pass, but you have gotta watch these guys.

[XinTX]

"The amendment was sponsored by Democratic Sens. Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Jack Reed (R.I.), Bob Menendez (N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Schumer and Dianne Feinstein (Calif.). S.A. 2575 would make it illegal to transfer or possess large capacity feeding devices such as gun magazines, belts, feed stripes and drums of more than 10 rounds of ammunition with the exception of .22 caliber rim fire ammunition."
http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/s ... ol-measure

Text of the bill here (the amendment is on the bottom right of page 2):

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/C...25-pt1-PgS5401-3.pdf

[The Annoyed Man]

Democrats. Phhhhhht! I hate them.

[Charles L. Cotton]

I'm so grateful for them helping us with out "Get Out the Vote Campaign." Thanks folks!!

Chas.

[The Annoyed Man]

I'm so grateful for them helping us with out "Get Out the Vote Campaign." Thanks folks!!

Chas.

Exactly. Charles, is the NRA going to email blast this?

[Charles L. Cotton]

I'm so grateful for them helping us with out "Get Out the Vote Campaign." Thanks folks!!

Chas.

Exactly. Charles, is the NRA going to email blast this?

I don't have any first hand information, but I can't imagine we'd miss this golden opportunity. We'll probably send flyers in key states.

Chas.

[SQLGeek]

Once again, Democrats going for "gun salesmen of the year" awards.

[Jaguar]

Schumer said,

Maybe we could come together on guns if each side gave some,” Schumer said.

Um, what would the oher side "give", would they give up an idea of a total ban? Sorry, that is not giving, it's just "delaying".

[Purplehood]

I wonder how many of these amendment sponsors have interests in Ammunition/Magazine manufacturers...I can imagine the short-term gain in revenue they would reap.

[RPB]

Washington reporter ... NPR article

The Nation: Three Gun Control Bills We Can't Pass
July 27, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/27/157471622 ... t=1&f=1057" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So what are some moderate reforms that President Obama could get behind? Here are three bills introduced recently in Congress that would easily fall into the category of "common sense"

Reinstating the Assault Weapons Ban
...
Banning high-capacity magazines (you just gotta read this)
....
Regulate Sniper Rifles

click the link above to read the rest

"No sportsman needs 100 rounds to shoot a duck,

Without destroying his statement based on 2A, He never met this duck I'm thinking Japanese Godzilla meets Duck movie

[XinTX]

"No sportsman needs 100 rounds to shoot a duck,

Sir I am sorry. I tried to copy this quote & messed up your post.
I am so ashamed.
LT

[anygunanywhere]

"No sportsman needs 100 rounds to shoot a duck,

I've read the Constitution a couple times. I know it's not recently, but I don't recall duck hunting being mentioned in there anywhere, especially as it pertains to the Second Amendment.

Very few individuals actually think that the constitution and BOR are relevant in today's America.

Anygunanywhere

[The Annoyed Man]

Washington reporter ... NPR article

The Nation: Three Gun Control Bills We Can't Pass
July 27, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/27/157471622 ... t=1&f=1057" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Here are the opening sentences of that article:

America's gun laws are truly outrageous: in Colorado they allowed James Holmes to stockpile several weapons in a short period of time, including an AR-15 assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine, without ever registering the purchases with authorities. On the federal level, as we described yesterday, there are efforts underway to put guns into the hands of veterans with mental incapabilities, people on terror watch lists, and to weaken the federal bureau that enforces many gun laws.

I will agree with him on one thing: the laws ARE outrageous. There are far too many of them, and they all violate the 2nd Amendment. I don't agree with a single thing he says, otherwise, because he's an ill-informed idiot.

[Jaguar]

"No sportsman needs 100 rounds to shoot a duck,

Maybe so, but have they never heard of "skeet" or "trap"? Heck, those are even in the Summer Olympics Games along with "pistol", "rapid fire pistol", "rifle prone", and "rifle three position".

I can go through 400 "rounds*" in one morning, yet the idiots actually think limiting my skeet and trap will keep people safer.

(*I prefer to call them shells, a round is 25 clays. )

[longtooth]

"No sportsman needs 100 rounds to shoot a duck,

They never watched me try to shoot ducks or dove.
Shotguns really give me some trouble.