Lawmakers look to restrict gun magazine capacity
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/12/24/lawmakers-look-to-restrict-gun-magazine-capacity-n1473300/print "I think we ought to be looking at where the real danger is, like those large clips," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas." ," where NRA President David Keene said lawmakers were asking the wrong question when discussing how many rounds a gun magazine should have. The right question, he said: "Can we keep guns out of the hands of people who are potential killers?" LaPierre made clear it was highly unlikely that the NRA could support any new gun regulations. "You want one more law on top of 20,000 laws, when most of the federal gun laws we don't even enforce?" he said. Instead, LaPierre reiterated the group's support for putting police officers in every school. "If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy," LaPierre said on NBC's "Meet the Press." ''I think the American people think it's crazy not to do it. It's the one thing that would keep people safe." Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, said he found the NRA's statements in recent days to be "really disheartening." Still, he said he agrees with some of the points the group has made about the causes behind violence in America. "But it's obviously also true that the easy availability of guns, including military-style assault weapons, is a contributing factor, and you can't keep that off the table. I had hoped they'd come to the table and say, everything is on the table," Lieberman said. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said LaPierre was "so extreme and so tone deaf" that he was making it easier to pass gun legislation. "Look, he blames everything but guns: movies, the media, President Obama, gun-free school zones, you name it. And the video games, he blames them," Schumer said.
RRD: How odd ,a organization that exists to oppose Gun Control ....opposes Gun Control instead of coming up with ways to violate the Second Amendment, which it was created to protect. Would that the NRA be as consistent in not violating our First Amendment rights ( see the DISCLOSE Act) .
Of course the issue is not "should violent felons own guns" almost no one on earth who opposes gun control takes the position that convicted felons have the right to own guns,(unless they were falsely convicted & subsequently exonerated) . The question is "does the state have the right to prohibit innocent people from owning assault rifles,because criminals commit crimes with them" , which means does the state have the right to prohibit you from owning a weapon which thousands of law abiding citizens own & have owned for decades without committing crimes, because some people commit horrific crimes with them . One other thing,unless the GOP loses the House, gun control legislation cannot be passed without Republican defections,no doubt if such defections occur we will be told that "there was no upside" to the GOP opposing gun control & that they had "no choice" & that "we have no choice but to support them" etc . etc. which will only further confirm my view the GOP needs to go the way of the Whigs ,& that we need a new party to replace them.
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2012/12/24/lawmakers-look-to-restrict-gun-magazine-capacity-n1473300/print "I think we ought to be looking at where the real danger is, like those large clips," said Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas." ," where NRA President David Keene said lawmakers were asking the wrong question when discussing how many rounds a gun magazine should have. The right question, he said: "Can we keep guns out of the hands of people who are potential killers?" LaPierre made clear it was highly unlikely that the NRA could support any new gun regulations. "You want one more law on top of 20,000 laws, when most of the federal gun laws we don't even enforce?" he said. Instead, LaPierre reiterated the group's support for putting police officers in every school. "If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy," LaPierre said on NBC's "Meet the Press." ''I think the American people think it's crazy not to do it. It's the one thing that would keep people safe." Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, said he found the NRA's statements in recent days to be "really disheartening." Still, he said he agrees with some of the points the group has made about the causes behind violence in America. "But it's obviously also true that the easy availability of guns, including military-style assault weapons, is a contributing factor, and you can't keep that off the table. I had hoped they'd come to the table and say, everything is on the table," Lieberman said. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said LaPierre was "so extreme and so tone deaf" that he was making it easier to pass gun legislation. "Look, he blames everything but guns: movies, the media, President Obama, gun-free school zones, you name it. And the video games, he blames them," Schumer said.
RRD: How odd ,a organization that exists to oppose Gun Control ....opposes Gun Control instead of coming up with ways to violate the Second Amendment, which it was created to protect. Would that the NRA be as consistent in not violating our First Amendment rights ( see the DISCLOSE Act) .
Of course the issue is not "should violent felons own guns" almost no one on earth who opposes gun control takes the position that convicted felons have the right to own guns,(unless they were falsely convicted & subsequently exonerated) . The question is "does the state have the right to prohibit innocent people from owning assault rifles,because criminals commit crimes with them" , which means does the state have the right to prohibit you from owning a weapon which thousands of law abiding citizens own & have owned for decades without committing crimes, because some people commit horrific crimes with them . One other thing,unless the GOP loses the House, gun control legislation cannot be passed without Republican defections,no doubt if such defections occur we will be told that "there was no upside" to the GOP opposing gun control & that they had "no choice" & that "we have no choice but to support them" etc . etc. which will only further confirm my view the GOP needs to go the way of the Whigs ,& that we need a new party to replace them.
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