Sen. Feinstein blames NRA on gun control

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Wednesday blamed the National Rifle Association and partisan gridlock for blocking her efforts to rein in assault weapons, and she vowed to keep pressing for a full Senate vote on the issue.

"People are afraid that the NRA will come into their state with $5 million - in Arkansas, or North Dakota or Montana - and defeat them," she told reporters, following a far-ranging talk at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco.

Feinstein also promised a renewed fight on global warming, saying she would introduce a bill to slap a $10 fee on carbon dioxide emissions.

"I really hate to say this, but I've spent 40 years in this life, in government," she told Commonwealth Club members gathered at the Hotel Nikko. "To end it and not have secured a world that's capable of sustenance and beauty and wonder for my grandchildren is just a crushing blow.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Sen-Feinstein-blames-NRA-on-gun-control-4407943.php

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KQED public radio will broadcast this talk in coming weeks, and audio archives of Commonwealth Club talks are here.

[Loudly]

1. Ted Cruz wanted to debate with her about the Constitution.

But she wasn't ready for it.

I was disappointed.

[onehandle]

2. Bozo The Clown is not debating material. nt

[slackmaster]

3. Is she going to retire finally?

I'd really like to see someone else with new ideas and less personal baggage in that seat.

[pipoman]

4. 24% of Democrats in the Senate refused to vote for

her silly bill because they knew either 1. their constituents oppose it and/or 2. they don't believe it will ever be able to pass a constitutional challenge based on the 1939 SCOTUS standard of 'in common use for lawful purposes' which was recently reaffirmed in both Miller and McDonald..the NRA is a boogyman..

[graham4anything]

5. ONE Scotus and the 2nd will be reinterpreted. 100% support for Mayor Bloomberg, Great Equalizer

Bloomberg to be the great Equalizer.
If the NRA is pumping 4 million, pump 5 million.
If the NRA pumps 10 million, pump 20 million

Buy the suckers out.

There never has been a proper interpretation of the 2nd.

and it's coming.

guns and bullets by private citizens shall 100% be gone, and the NRA is sweating bullets as they know the end is proverbially near. It took 200 years to get this point, it will take a few more to get it changed.

And the soundbytes of the NRA are stale and all have been debunked.
No need to even argue any.

BTW-if there is a reclassificiation under the war on terror, the NRA can without a change in the 2nd be named a terror org. and anyone that donates would constitute a terrorist.

[pipoman]

6. LOL..this has to be parody..

bloominidiot has a better chance of passing his wacky soft drink ban or ear bud ban nationwide than having any real effect at all on this issue (outside of NY)..still sort of surprises me that liberals and Democrats support this anti-civil liberties dictator registered independent..amazing..As for reinterpretation by a different scotus..anyone who believes they will see any meaningful shift from the already established limitations imposed on government by the several scotus decisions pertaining to the 2nd just doesn't understand how Scotus works..or is an incurable wishful thinker..so again, this has to be satire or parody..

[graham4anything]

8. All fact no brag to quote Walter Pappy Brennan.

Heller was a reinterpretation you know.

ad homining me (which you are doing by belittling the poster not the message), just means I am

WINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG the argument and the NRA folks are LOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

Or are you in agreement saying the 2nd means you can have shoulder to air missiles in everyones home?

BTW, those against wellness, should have to pay more for health insurance, though it can be done as a rebate to those who are for wellness.
Why should I pay for someone who doesn't want Clarence to save them from the bridge?

and NO parody, this is 100% REAL.

The same way the 35 people a day die a REAL death, and the 100 wounded are really wounded and the millions affected are really affected.

[pipoman]

12. ROFL

[Paladin]

19. We get it: You like Scalia a lot better than you like Bloomberg.

Thanks so much for the lecture to all of us liberals and Democrats on what constitutes an "anti-civil liberties dictator." What a pity that you're not dealing in satire or parody.....

[pipoman]

20. You're welcome..

it is disappointing to see Dems supporting things like:

Bloomberg banned food donations to homeless shelters

ayor Bloomberg has demanded that hospitals stop handing out baby formula to persuade more new mothers to breastfeed their babies.

And the many others too numerous to mention..

[Paladin]

21. Not even a good try on your part. (nt)

[pipoman]

36. Yeah, that's what I expected...

[graham4anything]

9. They refuse to vote because the NRA blackmails them. Time for the great equalizer.

[pipoman]

10. ~snick~

[graham4anything]

11. according to the urban dictionary

that is an adhominem toward me, a poster

means you lost the argument and means someday my prince will come to save the world from the NRA blackmail is now here.

means my side is WINNNNNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG

shhh, don't tell anyone, actually, we do want to take the guns and bullet in the hands of private citizens OUT OF THEIR HANDS and out of the street
but don't tell anyone
Let them be surprised the day the 2nd is reinterpreted and guns are a thing of the past.

Groovy!
because
I myself do not side with Clarence Thomas and Antoin Scalia.

[pipoman]

13. Better run off to your "safe haven" for

those who can't counter those with differing views, eh?

[graham4anything]

15. We anti-gun are Winnnnnnnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggg!

but like the old war
were wave on wave died before victory is won

unfortunately the war is soon, but not yet over, therefore we need to ask

WHO will be the last one who dies from the insanity of private citizens with bullets and guns?

[pipoman]

17. ...

[graham4anything]

18. Does this cartoonist wish to be associated with the NRA?

posting large pix on an anti-gun thread is the #3 technique used by the NRA

(or as Maxwell Smart said "it's the #3 oldest trick in the book&quot

remember, Control beat Kaos 100% of the time and its time to stop the Kaos from guns
and bullets in the hands of the same private citizens that in a million years should not be allowed to have a gun or a bullet in their hand

Because those with brains to be without guns and bullets are the ones who should be the ONLY ones qualified to own a gun and bullet.

(I.E. take the vigilante Paul Blart who became an asssassin- he NEVER should have been allowed to have a gun, as he was not qualified to be a REAL cop.
Yet, he had a LEGAL gun and in cold blood shot dead a man, I guess, don't know, but I guess he thought he was the FICTIONAL character in a Johnny Cash song and wanted to watch a man die.
Now, logic would have stated that if that man, who might have cured cancer in a few years, had had a gun, according to the law, that man actually would have had a right in that state to have used it on Zimmy.
Ain't life strange?

The pacifist packing skittles is shot dead and the other person is the NRA poster person.
WTF is wrong with this world?
Life is topsy turvy in the NRA warped world.

[premium]

22. This Paul Blart?

Paul Blart-Mall Cop.

[graham4anything]

23. That is Zimmerman.

[premium]

25. No, this is Kevin James.

Paul Blart is a fictional character, not a real person.

[premium]

26. Cool Story Bro.

[One_Life_To_Give]

7. Instead of telling Montanan's what to do

Maybe Ms Finestein should go live a year there in a typical setting. Maybe a simple house on 100acres?

edit typing

[Comrade_McKenzie]

14. Senators like Feinstein wouldn't have to tell other states what to do...

If they were smart enough to do it themselves.

[graham4anything]

16. Cool answer! +1

[One_Life_To_Give]

29. Like a White Dude telling African American's what they should do

How fast do you think the self proclaimed residents of flyover country turned off. Big Dog has some credibility there but not someone who lives her privileged life in an urban center.

[premium]

32. How about those ads that 1% Bloomie is running in those 13 pro gun states?

What he doesn't realize is that those gun control ads are backfiring on him, people of those states don't like an authoritarian 1% rich guy like Bloomie coming into their state and telling their Sen. how they should vote.

Here in NV, it's already had a negative impact, Sen. Heller basically told Bloomie to go fuck himself as had several other Sen. in other states.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

33. Nice try. But being a gun owner is a choice...

And it's a shame anyone would equate the ongoing fight that African Americans face with the battles being waged by gun nuts.

[One_Life_To_Give]

38. Thought understanding was a progressive value

But you keep telling the unwashed masses in rural area's that they don't know shit, and they will keep voting for the opposition.

[fredamae]

27. Funny.

How about all those politicians in 2004 who voted to End the Orig Feinstein AWB?
I blame Them!

We Have to start peeling back the layers and evaluating on the merits of a particular issue/bill. Their votes are All that matters. It seriously does Not matter if they are a Dem, an Ind, TP, GOP. Their Votes and the consequences to Us is the ONLY criteria we should be looking at. Don't allow them to convince you to stop thinking deeper....After they've given a Standing Ovation speech? Look up their votes to see how full o'crap they are. Don't allow them to shift blame to the other side after they've voted to pass/defeat the same damned bill. Much of what we are faced with today is because of the Dems!
For example: The Repeal of Glass-Steagalll, DOMA, Dropping FCC Regs, NAFTA/CAFTA Etc was All brought to you by Pres Clinton...The consequences of these Political Votes? Has Absolutely Devastated "us".
No more "forgiving bad votes" made by either side simply because they are a Dem or ?. They are Not Stupid. They are calculating with Every move, every speech they make. Don't forget that. They didn't become wealthy powerhouses being "stupid and dumb".

The Importance of the consequences of ALL Laws and WHO they serve are all that matters.
Yes, it's boring and tedious to research the laws they've passed--but it is also our Forgotten responsibility of self governance.

Then either Vote them OUT or work your butt off keeping them in office.

[premium]

28. Nobody voted to end the AWB in 2004,

it had a 10 yr. sunset clause and was allowed to expire. GWB said that if a renewal of the AWB made it to his desk, he would sign it, but Sen. Feinstein couldn't muster the votes for renewal.

This time around, she can't even get 40 votes for a new AWB or mag limit, that means that a bunch of Dems are telling her that they're not going to vote for it.

[fredamae]

30. You are correct

And what I Failed at in making my point is that it was Not Renewed. I apologize. I incorrectly referred to it as a "vote". The Political Learning curve is a bitch...
I hold the 2004 Senate/House Responsible for this political decision to not renew this valuable law.

Thank you for clarifying the procedures under "Sunset Clauses".

[premium]

31. No problem.

And for what it's worth, the 1994 AWB didn't really ban anything except cosmetic features, all the firearms manufacturer's did was remove the bayonet lug, remove the flash suppressor, and rename the rifle.

As far as the hi cap mag ban back then, all that did was ban the importation or manufacture of new mags over 10 rounds for non LE use, you could still buy all the hi cap mags that were still in circulation, which were millions of them.

Pretty much the same thing as Sen. Feinstein's new AWB.

[Doctor_J]

35. Weapons bans tend to sunset out

tax breaks for the hyper-rich...not so much.

[pipoman]

37. They knew challenges were coming down the pike

and really didn't want SCOTUS to determine that modern rifles are, in fact, "in common use for lawful purposes", just in case someday they can figure out a way around the pesky standard established by SCOTUS in 1939..

[Doctor_J]

34. In other news, sky is blue

but the Limbeciles won't believe it until Rusty tells them.