McCarthy to Introduce AWB Bill Next Week
A new “scary looking guns” ban will be introduced next week by anti-gun activist Rep. McCarthy of N.Y. I realize that description doesn’t quite fit the acronym.
Reading the Newsday article, you’d almost think that the only reason she’s doing so is to test Sen. Gillibrand:
But McCarthy said that next week she plans to introduce an assault weapons ban - legislation that is anathema to the NRA and that could pose a problem for Gillibrand.
“I think the assault weapons bill will be a test,” McCarthy said Wednesday in an interview.
Gillibrand had no comment Wednesday on legislation that hasn’t been introduced, said her spokesman Matt Canter.
Sen. Gillibrand has already flunked my test. She’s completely turned her back on gun owners by signing every gun control bill she could since her appointment a couple months ago. Miss “A” by the NRA is now an “F.”
Anyway, I guess we’ll see whether Senate leader Harry Reid passes the test since both he and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (in the House) stated they don’t support another AWB.
Sen. Feinstein — who wrote the language for the original 1994 ban, has said she supports it but will wait for the right time to renew it. That was a couple weeks ago. Is it now the “right time?”
We already know that Obama and his AG, Eric Holder, want the “assault weapons” ban back in place.
If we do get a new AWB, it will vindicate all the folks who ran out and bought so called “assault weapons” and magazines and ammo. I wish I could have been one of them.
They keep saying that, “Nobody’s trying to take your guns.” Not at this moment, perhaps, but they want to make sure we can no longer buy the ones we want, just the ones they approve of.
Update: McCarthy is a congresswoman, she’s not in the Senate. I guess she expects Gillibrand to sponsor the Senate version of the AWB.
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on 07 May 2009 at 7:49 am # Dogboy49
When times are tough, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Back in the mid-70s, when I was laid off, I went from a respectable collection of 16 guns down to only two, my trusty Mossberg pump plus a noname .38 derringer that I couldn’t sell. I stopped all competetive shooting, and all my reloading equipment began to rust. I actually joined the National Guard to supplement my unemployment income!
The economy finally turned around. It will for you too! Hang in there.
Rgds,
DB49
on 07 May 2009 at 4:02 pm # Spook
Sounds like McCarthey wants a starring role in Operation Consequence.
The hogs are hungry! Find those hog pens and feed’em!
on 07 May 2009 at 6:52 pm # Matt
Oh, what joy WILL it be when all the (D)craps go tripping all over themselves trying not to piss off either side!
on 12 May 2009 at 12:09 pm # Carlos del Gato
Anyone who doesn’t expect another “scary looking gun” ban to be introduced is playing an ostrich. Personally I don’t think that at this time it will gain any traction as they have other things pressing that they should focus on. When the up-ticks become constant then they will try to get the necessary traction to get some sort of ban implemented. If their bill is a mirrored reflection of the 1994 legislation it will not get support. It will need to be dressed up as a anti-drug trafficker ban somehow. But its true color will always show - they want “scary looking guns” banned.
Maybe all AK’s should be painted bright PINK to please the eye.