AWB declaration added to Obama's website

[kohburn]

Barack Obama and Joe Biden: The Change We Need | UrbanPolicy

Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn't have them. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets.

 

[zoostation]

Anybody who thinks their taxes are going to go down under Obama needs to read all of his programs on that page. It's one long position paper on how to spend, spend, SPEND more of your money on the cities (because that plan has worked so well in the past).

 

[Rattlesnake46319]

They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets.

Can you say NIMBY? I'm sure they both say that terrorist attacks and collapsing buildings belong on foreign soil as well.

 

[simplegreen]

buy up your "assault weapons" now boys. I gotta rush my collector and c&r's through so i can get the ones i want while i can. More bans dont work, make a proactive attempt to solve crime at the root.

 

[bboyneko]

the good thing about the last AWB is it showed how it was completely flawed. At least that data can be pulled up to show the idiocy of such bans.

 

[Norton]

It's time to write the campaign and tell them that you will pull your vote and vote for McCain now that he's put that up there.

So much for Biden's assertion that they aren't coming to take your guns.

 

[Rattlesnake46319]

the good thing about the last AWB is it showed how it was completely flawed. At least that data can be pulled up to show the idiocy of such bans.

Yeah, but you can't rationalize with irrational people. Obama, Biden and their ilk truly believe that the AWB made the streets safer. They also truly believe that if they talk about "change" enough, it'll happen.

 

[Decoy]

It's time to right the campaign and tell them that you will pull your vote and vote for McCain now that he's put that up there.

So much for Biden's assertion that they aren't coming to take your guns.

Yeah that lasted about a day.

 

[bboyneko]

Well, they can take my EBR if they pay me twice what it's worth so I can buy a good and moral wooden rifle in a higher caliber.

 

[zoostation]

Yeah that lasted about a day.

.....and they aren't even in yet.....

 

[shawn]

ok so all the people on this forum who said they would vote for obama need to take a look at this thread.

Some people said...."oh obama has bigger fish to fry "...."he wont waste time on 2A stuff"


Now it is official......he WILL bring back the AWB

It is on his waebsite so it might as well be a campaign promise

 

[Decoy]

http://www.gunbanobama.com/

 

[ozwyn]

Obama was militantly anti-gun from the start, selecting Biden as vip was another reminder he is not firearms mainstream or even close.

This last update proves a vote for Obama is a vote against your rights.

 

[gamer_jim]

So according to Obama, does AW = automatic weapons or just any gun that looks like those weapons used on foreign battlefields?

 

[Jaybeez]

So according to Obama, does AW = automatic weapons or just any gun that looks like those weapons used on foreign battlefields?

mini 14
mini 30
sks
fal
cetme
semi auto akm clone
ar-15
svt 40
ruger 10/22
glock handguns with rails
ect ect ect


They tried to renew the awb in congress the last 2 years with Biden on board. The new AWB would have banned just about everything. Not just high cap mags, but guns that can take high caps, much like in DC. Handguns with front rails, because they can take a front grip and spray bullets from the hip. Cireect me if i'm wrong , but the new awb listed firearms specifically by name , not just by feature.

 

[gamer_jim]

I had an accident back in July and I might be getting a settlement for it. I was thinking about buying a DSLR camera with it but now wondering if I should get my AR instead just in case.

 

[bboyneko]

it's silly to restrict guns because they are better at killing than other guns. Guns are weapons! they are DESIGNED to inflict harm on targets.

duh..thats what guns do..besides shooting the undead.

 

[novus collectus]

mini 14
mini 30
sks
fal
cetme
semi auto akm clone
ar-15
svt 40
ruger 10/22
glock handguns with rails
ect ect ect


They tried to renew the awb in congress the last 2 years with Biden on board. The new AWB would have banned just about everything. Not just high cap mags, but guns that can take high caps, much like in DC. Handguns with front rails, because they can take a front grip and spray bullets from the hip. Cireect me if i'm wrong , but the new awb listed firearms specifically by name , not just by feature.

I have to look again, but the last AW ban listed specific guns and guns with certain features and so does the new one. The difference is that the list has grown and at least one version I saw included most of the guns you listed like the SKS was not on the last ban, the Mini 14 was not and the Mini 30 was not.
There is a story, I remember seeing a source a while back but never followed up on it, that the reason why the Mini 14 was not included on the last ban was that William Ruger cut a deal to keep it off the list if he supported the proposed ban.
Now that he is dead and the Ruger company does not seem to be on board as much or at all, all of a sudden the rifle is on some new bills....kinda ironic if you ask me.

 

[NittanyLion]

I had an accident back in July and I might be getting a settlement for it. I was thinking about buying a DSLR camera with it but now wondering if I should get my AR instead just in case.

LOL, I just sold a bunch of extra DSLR gear to 'perhaps' fund an AR. Wasn't going to do it, but now maybe I will.

 

[NittanyLion]

Here it is:

[size=+1]H.R. 1022 - Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007[/size]

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/05/14/bill-would-renew-federal-assault-weapons-ban.htm