This news is making the rounds and if true, it’s big news:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on the prospect of reinstating the assault weapons ban, highlighting Democrats’ reluctance to take on gun issues.
Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would push to bring back the ban. But Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he never talked to her. The Speaker gave a flat “no” when asked if she had talked to administration officials about the ban.
“On that score, I think we need to enforce the laws we have right now,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “I think it’s clear the Bush administration didn’t do that.”
If she keeps this off the table for the duration of her term as Speaker of the House, heck, I could actually like her. Well, “like” is a strong word. Instead, maybe I’d feel a certain fondness for her. OK, “fond” implies something that might not be there. Let’s not get crazy around here. How about if I just say that I won’t think she sucks?
Update 2/27: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that he does not support bringing back the AWB either:
Reid spokesman Jim Manley said the Nevada Democrat will preserve his traditional pro-gun rights voting record.
“Senator Reid would oppose an effort (to) reinstate the ban if the Senate were to vote on it in the future,” Manley told The Hill in an e-mail late Thursday night.
It was not immediately clear whether Reid would block the bill from the Senate, but his opposition casts serious doubt on its chances. Also, Manley noted that Reid voted against the ban in 1994 and again when it expired in 2004.
I’m feeling a slight lessening of the tension in the muscles of my neck.
If hoplophobe describes a fear of guns, what’s the Latin word for fear of pro-gun voters? That’s the only reason I can think of for these pronouncements.
14 Responses to “Pelosi & Reid: No AWB, Now!”
on 26 Feb 2009 at 6:13 pm # Dock
Believe you me, I am suffering from the same mixed feelings right about now.
Also I am taking this with a very healthy grain of salt. She’s an anti at heart, we must keep this in mind.
on 26 Feb 2009 at 7:24 pm # emdfl
She’s a f*****g Kali commie. She’s lying. What she means is that as quickly as she can figure out where to hide a new gun ban amendment in the some piece of the socialist garbage that they are jamming through the house every day, it’ll be game on. We should only hope that they will all be in their seats when Iran tests its bomb.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 12:46 am # straightarrow
“How about if I just say that I won’t think she sucks?”
Then you would be wrong.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 9:01 am # Borepatch
I think it’s hoploeklogophobia.
I’ve probably had my ancient greek license to practice suspended.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 9:57 am # Bob Roth
They know that the Assault Gun Ban will be very difficult to pass in Congress and that Al Gore lost his chance at being God because of it. So, they will be more subtle.
There are already trial balloons such as requiring registration, requiring liability insurance that is unobtainable (Illinois), unbearable taxes on ammo and components, micro-stamping, elimination by caliber . . . .
There is no end to the mischief that a dodgy left wing pol can inflict with the help of a compliant Congress.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 10:40 am # Roland Johnson
Hoplophile, sounds like OBOphile - one who likes his Oneness
on 27 Feb 2009 at 11:27 am # Rustmeister
Yeah, they’re trying to keep a low profile.
“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”
on 27 Feb 2009 at 12:16 pm # BobG
“If hoplophobe describes a fear of guns, what’s the Latin word for fear of pro-gun voters?”
Liberalis democratus.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 12:35 pm # Dock
Well, for starters, I think “hoplophobe” is in fact Greek.
But I’ll throw in “tyrannophobe” because I likey.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 4:47 pm # Ed
I think it’s hoplopsēphophόrophobia.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 6:13 pm # doug in colorado
“I’m feeling a slight lessening of the tension in the muscles of my neck.”
Funny, I’m feeling two rather severe pains in the neck acutely…must be Reid-Pelosi Syndrome. The both of them are two faced incompetent liars who could just as easily change their minds on gun legislation in a heartbeat, so I get a stiff neck just swivelling my head to check all four faces…i.e., both faces of each of the two democrat “leaders”.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 6:15 pm # doug in colorado
Sorry, that should read, “two faced lying incompetents” rather than “two faced incompetent liars”…they’re very competent at lying.
on 27 Feb 2009 at 11:18 pm # RickR
I don’t want them to pass it. Most if not all of the gun laws on the books now should be repealed. But I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t care if they pass it, I won’t abide by it. I just don’t care.
RickR
Molon Labe
on 28 Feb 2009 at 1:08 am # Ronald
I think Reid and Pelosi have an agenda that will require more than two years to implement. They don’t want to risk not getting re-elected in 2010 because of the AWB issue. However, don’t count on it staying off the radar for too much beyond that.