February 26, 2009

"Assault" Weapons Ban Pending

We have a rapidly degenerating third-world state on our southern border.

So what does President Obama plan to do to help? (and stem a massive refugee flood)

Gun bans.

In Our Country.

"As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons," Holder told reporters.

Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.

"I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum." Holder said at a news conference on the arrest of more than 700 people in a drug enforcement crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.


The US government has a hell of time keeping illegal Mexicans OUT of our country, so they plan on keeping guns OUT of their country.

That will work.

The Assault Weapons Ban signed into law by President Clinton in 1994 banned 19 types of semi-automatic military-style guns and ammunition clips with more than 10 rounds.

"A semi-automatic is a quintessential self-defense firearm owned by American citizens in this country," LaPierre said. "I think it is clearly covered under Heller and it's clearly, I think, protected by the Constitution."

Obama Administration Posted by AlexC at February 26, 2009 1:45 PM

This article doesn't, but a linked article mentions what I had heard last night: part of the arrests include the seizure of 169 weapons. A whole 169 weapons for over 700 people. Not firearms, but weapons. Therefore not just guns, but switchblades and anything else deemed usable as a weapon.

And Leonhart said that in addition to ramped up pressure on the cartels, the streets have felt the pinch: "The price of cocaine, in 24 months, has increased 104 percent, while the purity has decreased 34.8 percent."
Of course, and the high price invites more competition, leading to escalations in the drug gang wars that are the primary violence already.

Posted by: Perry Eidelbus at February 26, 2009 2:06 PM

If Social Security is the "third rail" for Republican politicians, then gun control is the third rail for Democrats. It is widely believed that this issue sank Al Gore in Tennessee in 2000 (a win there would have made Florida irrelevent).

Blog Bro JK is fond of Ned-blessing the Blue Dogs, so here's to 'em; they may be our only chance of defeating gun control. Hopefully, gun owners will wake up and realize that "hope and change" is no substitute for "lock and load."

Posted by: Boulder Refugee at February 26, 2009 3:07 PM | What do you think? [2]