"White House to Push Gun Control"

[Atypical Liberal]

http://www.newsweek.com/2011/01/27/white-house-to-push-gun-control.html

"Obama intentionally did not mention gun control in his State of the Union, but aides say that in the next two weeks the administration will unveil a campaign to get Congress to toughen existing laws"

Start writing those representatives!

[DrDan]

1. will do - sounds like a great idea! Toughen 'em up. Wonder what

the Pres has in mind . . .

[valhalla]

13. Only one term....

That is all this will accomplish.

[jpak]

2. Huzzah!

:rofl:

[KansasVoter]

3. And now the crazies (not the members here) will go order guns by the 1000s. And stock up on ammo!

[CreekDog]

5. they already did

:eyes:

[KansasVoter]

6. When Obama was elected they did. Now it will start again. Wife had a contractor at work....

that said he was buying 1000s of rounds of ammo with every paycheck because Obama was elected. As much as he could afford. Talked about it all the time. The company let him go. Scared some people.

[CreekDog]

8. and they aren't already?

but you keep saying gun laws don't work, but the threat of gun laws --they do?

you contradict yourself, big time.

:eyes:

[lepus]

12. Only if your law abiding already.

Criminals by definition tend to ignore them.

[lepus]

10. I'm a prepper and did something similar.

but I only bought a box per paycheck. It adds up after a year or so. I did get to miss out on the cost run up from the "Dems are going to take our guns" panic.

People were far more nervous about me having a a years worth of food for my family than a few thousand rounds of ammo.

[spin]

7. This graph backs up your statement...

Guess what year the Assault Weapons Ban passed.

US FIREARM PRODUCTION, 1989-2008


If you said 1994 you win the big cigar.



The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) (or Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act) was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms, so called "assault weapons." There was no legal definition of "assault weapons" in the U.S. prior to the law's enactment. The 10-year ban was passed by Congress on Sept. 13, 1994, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

[benEzra]

9. Stocking up on spare magazines would seem to be the most rational response.

If the current (idiotic) purchase bans on standard magazines make it out of committee, I am going to have to buy some. Magazines are consumables for most guns, and there are also a couple of guns that I don't own yet but may pick up magazines for.

I don't see this going anywhere, but never underestimate the stupidity or influence of the corporate media. In 1994, the far less stringent AWB passed by a single vote because at least a dozen Congresspeople thought they were voting to restrict automatic weapons. :eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Finally..............

The suspense has been unbearable since he was elected.

:scared:

[elocs]

11. I sure will write my rep--encouraging supporting toughening existing laws.

Thanks for the encouragement to do that.