The Gun Issue thread

[AntRobertson]

We're sure the gun-goobers will find fault with this too:

I don't know, other than it being specious, contrived, and ultimately a ridiculous comparison what's wrong with it??

[Boon Mee]

Looks like our own resident HM just might have been onto something after all, eh?:

"The dam finally burst this week as the mainstream media was forced to begin addressing the many very serious unanswered questions regarding the alleged Sandy Hook elementary school massacre."

Well you don't have to be a card-carrying conspiracy theorist to begin to see that something is/has been 'fishy' with this story and the Benghazie-Gate survivors...

The Truth Will Out

[hazz]

Given the epic levels of gullibility and general lack of interest in reality that you demonstrated on the lead up to the re-election of Obama, its not really surprising to find that you are falling for a scam yet again.

[Boon Mee]

US assault weapons ban heading for defeat in Senate

" President Barack Obama's bid to renew a ban against military-style assault weapons narrowly won the backing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and headed to the full Senate, where it appears certain to fail."

US assault weapons ban heading for defeat in Senate - Telegraph

Problem is nobody want to define what an 'assault' weapon is supposed to be?

[Humbert]

^ Now that it's coming to light that Sandy Hook was a total fabrication I guess we can expect that.

[Boon Mee]

^ Now that it's coming to light that Sandy Hook was a total fabrication I guess we can expect that.

Not quite a 'done-deal' on the Sandy Hook thing yet. More details will continue to dribble out...

[AntRobertson]

dribble

Quite.

[sabang]

If they go with limiting ammo clips, I'd say there is no pressing requirement for the assault weapons ban really.

[Boon Mee]

If they go with limiting ammo clips, I'd say there is no pressing requirement for the assault weapons ban really.

Speedloaders!

[misskit]

Duct tape two clips together.

[Boon Mee]

…in response to the exploitative political scheming of Mark Kelly, persons connected to Congresswoman Giffords released this photo in response to what they perceived to be her husband’s hypocrisy.


Gabby Giffords requests photo of her holding AR-15 for campaign purposes October 2010

[Boon Mee]

Getting tired of being proven wrong over & over are ya, gun-goobers?:

Passerby with concealed carry in Wisconsin saves woman’s life.

We hear plenty from gun-goobers that firearms don’t prevent or stop attacks, and how they’re more likely to end up being used against victims instead. Tell that to Charlie Blackmore, who recently acquired a concealed-carry permit in Wisconsin after the legislature recently made them legal. Blackmore, a Marine Corps veteran, wasn’t being attacked himself, but was driving down the street early in the morning when he saw a large man kicking something in the sidewalk. When Blackmore realized the “something” was in fact a woman, he stopped the attack without firing a shot — and probably saved the woman’s life.

A Marine Corps veteran was able to stop a man early Tuesday, March 12th from nearly kicking a woman to death. It happened near 102nd and Lincoln, and Wisconsin’s concealed carry law made his efforts possible.
Charlie Blackmore was driving home from work at 4:00 a.m. along Lincoln Avenue when he saw something on the sidewalk. Blackmore didn’t realize it was a woman on the ground being kicked in the head and stomach until he got closer.
That’s when he jumped out of his car and sprung into action.

“I said ‘stop’ and he starts coming towards me and that`s when I drew on him. He started getting closer and I said ‘get down on the ground,’” Blackmore said.

Blackmore held his gun on the suspect and called West Allis police. He says several times while waiting for police to arrive, the attacker moved toward him.

“I mean I’ve already made it up in mind that if he came at me I was going to have to take him down and I told him that. I warned him multiple times not to come towards me because he was a big guy and I wasn’t playing around and he didn’t seem like he was playing around,” Blackmore said.


See the video here

[Boon Mee]

Guns and the Constitution: Keep them both or lose them both.

[sabang]

Gunliness is next to Godliness.

[Boon Mee]

Gunliness is next to Godliness.

Nice quote!

[Mid]

https://twitter.com/yokoono/status/314339147672322050

[Mr Lick]

Michael Bloomberg funds $12m US gun law campaign


The NRA's Wayne LaPierre (left) and Michael Bloomberg. The two sides believe the next few weeks are crucial ahead of the vote on gun control

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is bankrolling a $12m (£7.8m) advertising campaign for tougher gun control laws.

The television adverts will run in 13 states and urge voters to persuade their senators to back comprehensive background checks for gun buyers.

Mr Bloomberg, a strong supporter of gun control, has said he is cautiously optimistic of winning over Congress, which votes on the issue next month.

But his campaign has been dismissed by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre said Mr Bloomberg was "going to find out this is a country of the people, by the people, and for the people".

"And he can't can't spend enough of his $27bn to try to impose his will on the American public," Mr LaPierre told NBC television's Meet the Press on Sunday.

Mr Bloomberg told the same NBC programme that opinion polls showed there was overwhelming public support for tighter background checks.

"We are trying to do everything we can to impress upon senators that this is what the survivors want and this is what the public wants," he said.

Congress is due next month to consider legislation drafted by the Obama administration in response to last December's shooting at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six adults.

President Obama had been seeking a ban on military-style assault weapons, but this was dropped from the bill last week when it became clear it would not find sufficient support in the Republican-led House of Representatives.

Instead, gun control advocates are now focusing on another of Mr Obama's proposals - to implement wider background checks on people purchasing firearms.

Currently, around 40% of gun sales - among them those conducted at local gun shows - are exempt from such checks, the BBC's David Willis reports from Washington.

Gun control is a particular issue in the 13 states being targeted by the television advert this week.

Both sides believe the next few weeks - when members of Congress are in their homes states during Easter recess - could be crucial to the gun control debate, our correspondent says.

The NRA is planning its own advertising campaign, but despite being one of the best-funded lobby groups in America its spending is unlikely, for the moment at least, to rival that of Mr Bloomberg, he adds.





The NRA's claim to want a safer gun owning society collapses when they appear to oppose basic background checks on american citizens. Bloomberg v LaPierre, pistols at dawn perhaps, although having listened to Wayne's rantings over the past few months there probably is a case for having his firearms license revoked, that's if he has one of course.

[raycarey]

^ nice work by bloomberg.

btw, the despicable NRA is currently robocalling newtown, CN.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Some residents of the Connecticut community devastated by December's school shooting said they're outraged over robocalls they've received from the National Rifle Association only three months after a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.


Newtown residents said the automated calls from the NRA began last week and urge people to tell their state legislators to oppose gun control proposals. Some also said they received postcards from the NRA supporting gun owners' rights.

Newtown residents upset about NRA robocalls

[barbaro]

^ Ray,

The NRA has to fight every position that opposes its agenda, just like the "gun control" (laugh) crowd does the same.

[Camel Toe]

That's news?

[Jesus Jones]

I'm curious, will these top politician and elites be without guns in their homes. I think not!

[Norton]

The television adverts will run in 13 states and urge voters to persuade their senators to back comprehensive background checks for gun buyers.

Arkansas, Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsylvania

Instead, gun control advocates are now focusing on another of Mr Obama's proposals - to implement wider background checks on people purchasing firearms.

All that's being voted on so will pass given big majority of voters agree needed.

Saw Bloomberg interview on TV yesterday. Said he was taking names of those who vote against bill. Implied he will spend more money to make sure they are defeated in next election. He is taking on the NRA using same tactics NRA uses to defeat gun control politicians.

[Norton]

will these top politician and elites be without guns in their homes.

Sure. As long as they get through background check. The criminal bits will just be excused.

[Jesus Jones]

A Colorado Sheriff Responds To President Obama - YouTube!

And although some of you dirty old bastards will be thinking terrible thoughts here, give her a pat on the back too.

15 year old girl leaves anti-gun politicians speechless - YouTube


Where has the gun control thread gone?

[Neo]

Where has the gun control thread gone?

After a successful appearance on the Sean Hannity show it has been invited to do a regular spot.
Boon Mee is currently acting as the threads agent while maintaining his day job as spam filter for all pro gun internet traffic.