Watch Live: Second House Hearing on IRS Scandal

Live Blazecast Now: The Viral Videos from the IRS Hearing plus your comments

Business

Senate Judiciary Committee OK’s Ban On So-Called ‘Assault Weapons’

Mar. 14, 2013 1:53pm Becket Adams

Senate Judiciary Committee Votes 10 8 To Approve Ban On So Called Assault Weapons

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. (Getty Images).

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted 10-8 to approve a ban on so-called “assault” weapons. Every Democrat supported the bill while all eight Republicans opposed it.

However, although the bill passed the Democrat-led committee, it has little chance of making it through the Senate or the Republican-controlled House.

The committee passed the bill after rejecting a series of Republican amendments aimed at exempting victims of sexual abuse, people living along the Southwest border, and others from the prohibition.

The GOP proposals were defeated along party lines.

“There are plenty of weapons out there,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said during Thursday’s hearing. “The whole point of this bill is to reduce over time the supply, purchase, and transfer of military type weapons.”

Democrats on the committee include Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Chuck Schumer (New York), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Al Franken (Minn.), Christopher A. Coons (Del.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii).

Republicans on the committee include Chuck Grassley (Iowa), Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), Jeff Sessions (Ala.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), John Cornyn (Texas), Michael S. Lee (Utah), Ted Cruz (Texas), and Jeff Flake (Ariz.).

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other top Democrats, including Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (Vt.), will now try to craft one package out of the Feinstein proposal and other gun-related bills,” POLITICO reports.

“The Judiciary Committee has previously approved a gun-trafficking bill that expands federal sanctions for ‘straw purchasers’ of guns, as well as a universal background checks proposal. The panel also approved an additional $40 million for school safety programs,” the report adds.

President Barack Obama made a ban on “assault weapons” part of the gun curbs he proposed in January, a month after a shooter with an assault rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at a school in Newtown, Conn. Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and others have argued that such firearms are used in a disproportionate number of mass shootings and shouldn’t be available to civilians.

The prohibition is one of the most controversial of the gun restrictions being considered in Congress. Its opponents say law-abiding citizens should not lose their Second Amendment right to own the weapons, which they say are popular for self-defense, hunting, and collecting.

But most importantly self-defense.

Thursday’s debate included a fiery clash between Feinstein, the ban’s author, and freshman conservative Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), TheBlaze noted earlier.

Cruz said Feinstein’s bill would create exceptions to the Second Amendment and asked her if she would favor exemptions to the First Amendment’s freedom of speech by denying that right to certain books.

“I’m not a sixth-grader,” said a visibly upset Feinstein. She described her decades in Congress involved in gun control debates and said, “I’m reasonably well-educated, and thank you for the lecture.”

Former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in the mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz. two years ago, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington with husband Mark Kelly, Jan. 30, 2013, for a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Several Republicans including Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who proposed the GOP amendments that were defeated, argued that the most effective approach to curbing gun violence would be to improve how mental health records are sent to the federal system that checks backgrounds of potential gun buyers.

Cornyn also said that as a result of Feinstein’s ban, criminals would still get the weapons.

“We’re going to give American citizens a pea shooter to defend themselves with,” Cornyn said.

Feinstein’s bill would ban large-capacity ammunition magazines carrying more than 10 rounds, which she and her allies say allow shooters to inflict more casualties before pausing to reload, which is when they might be stopped. Adam Lanza, the Newtown gunman, was said to have had 30-round magazines.

Her bill would also ban semi-automatic weapons that can take a detachable magazine and have at least one “military feature” like a pistol grip.

The bill specifically bans 157 named weapons while allowing 2,258 rifles and shotguns frequently used by hunters.

The measure’s passage by the Judiciary panel has been a foregone conclusion for some time. As mentioned in the above, it will be far more vulnerable in the full Senate, where Democrats are expected to need 60 votes for passage through the 100-member chamber.

Final Thought: Just so we’re absolutely clear, the Senate Judiciary Committee in its ongoing attempts to curb gun violence has so far voted in favor of a) universal background checks, b) an “assault weapons” ban, and c) limits on magazine size.

–

RELATED:

Dianne Feinstein Battles Ted Cruz in Heated Senate Showdown Over Guns: ‘I’m Not a 6th Grader’

Follow Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) on Twitter

The Associated Press contributed to this report. Featured image Getty Images.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (125)

michaelmoron
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:50pm
This is what you must know:

10 Trustees have been added to the list of Traitors, that will soon be in jail, for Breach of Trust and Perjury.

It is so.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- bartjoebob
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:07pm
  Hey look! There is a picture of Gabby Giffords and her AR-15, hi-cap mag lusting husband
  
  Report this comment
- RANGER1965
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:27pm
  Worry not friends, this much like the Colorado Bill is just hot air and Malarky. The Colorado gun bills that get signed into law will be challenged in court as unconstitutional on virtually the same day they become law. Much like the NY soda ban. The law won’t go into effect for long as it’s blatantly unconstituional in at least 3 different ways.
  
  The Senate bill will be tossed around from comittee to comittee seemingly building up steam for the big vote. AND….it won’t pass the Senate. To many of the Democrats come from gun loving states. Everyone knows this, so this is nothing more that some show and tell to keep the issue alive and to keep the left leaning media happy.
  
  If it were to pass the Senate, (which it won’t) it would then go to the house and die a very ugly death. I doubt it would even get a hearing.
  
  Don’t buy into this sense of urgency and importance that the Media wants to portray this issue. It’s meaningless like most of the media.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:36pm
  You’re likely right Ranger. It is imperative however that we continue to keep the pressure on and continue to LOUDLY let them know that we are out here and will NOT put up with any nonsense. The moment we quiet down is the moment they think it’s safe to sneak something awful through in the middle of the night.
  
  Report this comment
- michaelmoron
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:36pm
  This one of the most IMPORTANT things you should know !!!!
  
  “Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.”
  
  – Henry Clay
  
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  Henry Clay, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was a lawyer, politician and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and in the House of Representatives. He served three different terms as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. He lost his campaigns for president in 1824, 1832 and 1844.
  
  Clay was a dominant figure in both the First and Second Party systems. As a leading war hawk in 1812, he favored war with Britain and played a significant role in leading the nation to war in the War of 1812.
  
  Abraham Lincoln, the Whig leader in Illinois, was a great admirer of Clay, saying he was “my ideal of a great man.”
  
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  CONSTITUTION OF MARYLAND
  
  DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
  
  Art. 6. That all persons invested with the Legislative or Executive powers of Government are the TRUSTEES of the Public, and, as such, accountable for their conduct: Wherefore, whenever the ends of Government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the People may, and of right ought, to reform the old, or establish a new Government.
  
  IT IS SO !!!!
  
  Report this comment
- michaelmoron
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:13pm
  They created the Indefinite detention bill for people that know their rights, the CONSTITUTION and the LAW.
  
  They have given themselves the authority to execute any American, without due process or evidence.
  
  They have done this because they know that the educated people could easily win their case with 12 of their peers, and expose the system’s fraud.
  
  Instead, they classify the informed Patriots as “Right-wing, Anti-American, Anti-Government, Domestic Terrorists that can be assassinated without a trial.
  
  These “representatives” are clearly the true Criminals and Terrorists.
  
  Report this comment
- 1389AD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:32pm
  @BARTJOEBOB,
  Gabby’s husband, like most males, is interested in firearms. Too bad he has already decided to make a career out of his wife’s injury. He has prostituted himself and for the rest of his life, he will never be able to be honest about anything.
  
  Report this comment
- 1389AD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:45pm
  The chips are down.
  
  Report this comment
- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 5:18pm
  ‘ Senate Judiciary Committee OK’s Ban On So-Called ‘Assault Weapons’ ‘
  
  Again? This won’t last long. These bills will become worthless once they reach the state level, just like the last time these were proposed.
  
  I am getting increasingly optimistic every day. You should, too.
  
  Report this comment
- jcldwl
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 5:20pm
  @ Ranger
  You are probably right. But all they really want right now is a national registration of firearms and I am sure the failure to do so will be a felony. Thereby giving them the legal standing to classify all unregistered gun owners as domestic terrorist fugitives. Hello drones. We are already registered through the background checks done when we purchase them. If anyone believes the feds don’t log and keep all firearm purchase background checks then you really need to wake up. They don’t need to know what we purchased they just need to know we purchased and did not register.
  
  Report this comment
- Wolf
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 7:12pm
  Jail isn’t good enough for them.
  
  Report this comment
- Techcon
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:40pm
  Giffords was stabbed with a fork.
  
  That’s why she supports banning spoons.
  
  Don’t we all?
  
  Liberal (Spoiled Brat) “logic” at work.
  
  Pathetic.
  
  Report this comment
- galaxie_man
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 8:56pm
  From the citizens, “Second.”
  
  The motion has been made and seconded, all those in favor signify by stating “Aye!”
  
  AYE!!!!!
  
  The motion is passed. Sentence shall be carried out immediately.
  
  Report this comment
- naughtycal
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 8:10am
  And every senator that voted for it should be brought up on violation of their oath of office. And should face a jury of private citizens.
  
  Report this comment
AboveMyPayGrade
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:49pm
SGT ROCK, you posted at 2:28pm: “They get us smoldering and poor gasoline on us trying to cause us to rise in revolution.”

There is absolutely NO doubt in my mind that if open civil war comes in this country, it will be the LEFT who will draw the first blood or fire the first shot. As it was said in the Old West, “Only cowards draw first” – and leftists ARE cowards.

You ALSO posted: “They will cause the DHS to merrily pump “imploding” bullets into our bodies as we swarm them for the hope and dreams of Freedom.”

As I have often stated on this site, DON’T automatically assume that the employees of DHS or any of the federal gov’t's OTHER alphabet-soup agencies like TSA or EPA or IRS or SS or DoE or such can be turned into ruthless killers on command.

The vast majority of the workforce of such agencies vote Democrat, and as you YOURSELF said of them, they are non-gun folk.

The vast majority of employees of such agencies are paper pushers who only want to put in a stress-free 8 hours before going home to enjoy their evenings and their weekends. If they start turning violently on the American people, it won’t take very long at all for some to be coming home to discover that their home is a smoldering pile of ashes and/or their families are either dead or missing. Once THAT happens, their ardor for atrocities will evaporate VERY quickly.

The only such employees that MIGHT have such a mindset would be ex-military folks – and I’ll bet VERY few would tu

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Cavallo
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:05pm
  Civil wars are never Civil. There are no such things are non-combatants in a civil war.
  
  However, these bills are very unlikely to get passed in the Senate (there are some Dem Senators that would have to sacrifice their careers to vote for this) and any Republican that voted for it would certainly be out of office come the next election. In the House there is pretty much a zero chance this would pass … or anything remotely like it.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:11pm
  @Cavallo
  
  Plus, no matter what they pass, we’re not going to comply with it and will openly defy it, so really, they can all take a flying leap. If they want to be made to look like impotent fools, well, that’s their issue, not mine.
  
  Report this comment
- 1389AD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:28pm
  Many of us are angry about an awful LOT of things, starting with gun-grabbing and continuing with a long train of abuses which amount to a fast track to totalitarianism. Our founders would have been SHOOTING long before this!
  
  Report this comment
- Indo
  Posted on March 16, 2013 at 3:23pm
  You sound more like a serial killer. Based on your bravura, it is good to see the drug cartels, the Taliban, Islamists, and those of more totalitarian mindsets to have access to guns. Good way to make a living. Just think the possibilites of shoot-outs, right in your own back yard. Or your machismo, like other commentators, are subconsciously shooting from your hips (oops! excuse the pun) because of your inability to overcome a penis-complex.
  
  Report this comment
509Ptrooper
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:45pm
We won’t be like Australia. These commies who sit in their ivory towers looking down on the little people know that they have to disarm us in order to accomplish their mission. They are hoping to do it without a shot fired. If there are shots fired than so be it because some some poor smuck trying to make a living off the system and drinking the kool aid will be the one who suffers because they are expendable. It won’t be until they are on the run and looking for political asylum in some ****-hole will they come to the conclusion that they have seen their last days. We will be vigilant and hunt them down for treason like the Mossad has done with the Nazis. Roger?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:54pm
  Roger that.
  
  Report this comment
- 101stIraqVet
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:26pm
  We were trained not to think when our very way of life was being threatened, we packed up, said goodbye and prepared ourselves that one day we may fall, but we would be wrapped in the arms of Old Glory and everything she stands for.
  
  We were trained not to think when our Brothers went down beside us, we would bandage them up if they still had the luxury of being alive, and send them on their way.
  
  We were trained not to think when the bullets came our way, just return fire, close with, and kill the enemy by any means necessary.
  
  Mr. President and Congress, Are you sure you want to **** with me?
  
  Report this comment
- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:18pm
  @101st
  
  Well said.
  
  Report this comment
- barber2
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:03pm
  101: Have you noticed the crafty Democrat’s media War on the Military ? All of those “investigations ?” All of those men who have been character assassinated ? Those ones who have resigned ? General ” Be-tray-us , ” one of the Left’s old favorite targets, for one. Now all of the ” rape” investigations while pushing for gay marriage ? The military is one of the Left’s favorite target. They hate the the tradition and the patriotism of the America military. The radical Democrats want to ” change” all of that : same as they did in the 60s and 70s.
  
  Report this comment
The-Monk
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:31pm
“There are plenty of weapons out there,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said…”

Lets use that same logic on one of the progressives favorite topics…. gay marriage.

There’s plenty of woman out there, you don’t need to have such a wide variety of sexes to marry. We just want to limit it to something more reasonable. You can still get married just not to who you want to. You don’t need such a large amount of choices.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- mrunner
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Perfect! Makes much more sense than the dingbats comparison of guns to child porn.
  
  Report this comment
- TSUNAMI_22
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Maybe I should propose marriage to my AR-15 and my 9mm – both have female names, and both have children (ammo).
  
  When they try to relieve me of my AR-15 and my 9mm I’ll just scream “discrimination”. Hopefully my wife won’t have to start shooting her mouth off at the “home wreckers”.
  
  Unfortunately, they’ll try to get me on polygamy charges or something…….(eyeroll)
  
  Report this comment
- The_Jerk
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Stop making sense. Many frown upon that.
  
  Report this comment
- 1389AD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:19pm
  Great argument!!
  
  Here’s more:
  Larry Correia refutes the gun controllers, once and for all
  
  Report this comment
- earache-my-eye
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 6:30pm
  @1389,thanks for posting that article.Very lengthy but well worth the time.All of us legal firearms owners should read this and use this info whenever confronted by the people(and I use that term loosely) that are trying to disarm us law abiding citizens.
  
  Report this comment
Penn
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:31pm
I wonder if the democratzis realize they will be called to account in the 2014 elections for their continuing assault on our right to life? Perhaps they think king obama will deem those elections unnecessary thereby keeping them in power indefinitely.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 700P
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:55pm
  None of those Dems are on this committee. Even if they’re smart enough to vote for the majority of their constituents, there’s a good chance they’ll be damaged goods by association with their party and president. Case in point 2006 midterm. They only variable is whether there will be credible and competent competition (look at the last two presidential elections and the two before that for the dems).
  
  Report this comment
- 1389AD
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:35pm
  Speaking of right to life – you said a mouthful. Wonder what will happen next Tuesday.
  
  Report this comment
Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:29pm
Okay- Now for these so called leaders to lead. Pass some legislation that those voting for this ban must spend 5 hours (paid of course) a Month in the streets, alone, with no body guards, AND in compliance with any laws they vote for.
Let us see what these people are really made of.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
SGT Rock
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:28pm
Ever wonder why blow after blow they attack the American people. They get us smoldering and poor gasoline on us trying to cause us to rise in revolution. They hope we do so they can gleefully kill American citizens who are the enemy to the Democratical Socialist Peoples Party. They will cause the DHS to merrily pump “imploding” bullets into our bodies as we swarm them for the hope and dreams of Freedom. Thank goodness imploding bullets will not harm us as they would simply disappear when fired. We will be stuck with our mundane 12 gauges and deer rifles to work our carnage. Good thing semi autos tend to jam when handled by non gun folks (democrats) and good old bolt action deer rifles are so accurat, shotties are so devastating up close. This is what they want to hear us say and they dream of killing us and rasining a Muslim Brotherhood flag above the WH.

in reality we will fight them at the polls, the school boards, the budget meetings, the sherif elections, street by street We the People will take back our country with no blood shed, that is how we defeat these smucks, expose them for what they are, when we take our country back we need to kick em out and ship them off to Cuba so Fidel can have his fans back. We must never let Communism take root again, we must find our roots, dig deep, embrace your God (whatever flavor you prefer) follow his moral guidance (compass), without our morals we are lost. Just look at a liberal, they are cranky and mean and hate life.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:38pm
  ALL the WAY Sgt.
  
  Report this comment
- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:38pm
  ALL the WAY Sgt.
  
  Report this comment
- barber2
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:39pm
  I agree with you. These radical Democrats have a plan and an agenda. The “change” they are promising has to do with our rights and our freedoms. Restricting them. And I think they will try to incite an American Revolution to do so. The radicals love revolutions and they hate capitalism. And they would love to have a revolution when the government has all of the guns and the citizens have fewer rights. Remember the Mao crowd ? They went after the educated . Killed them or sent them to re-education camps. Our radical Democrats are of the same school. Obama is just Chavez minus the red beret. Castro minus the military uniform. Mao minus the jacket. All Big Brother Saviors of the Poor and Punishers of the ” rich.” They like the people who are dedicated , needy, unarmed, and not too educated. Much easier to control.
  
  Report this comment
- BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Well done, sir.
  
  “There are plenty of weapons out there,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said during Thursday’s hearing. “The whole point of this bill is to reduce over time the supply, purchase, and transfer of military type weapons.”
  
  1. They are telling you their true objective.
  
  2. Military type weapons are already banned, the whole argument is based on a lie(s). A muzzle loader is to an AR what an AR is to a military type weapon.
  
  Report this comment
banjarmon
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:28pm
WE The PEOPLE DO NOT OK this ban on weapons!!!!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:49pm
  Agreed.
  
  I sent an email to her directly. Here’s the text of it. I had to fill in a fake California address since she bounced mine back saying that she really didn’t have time to read non-Cali emails. The zip code of Beverly Hills, I’m told by television, is 90210. It appears that this is correct, as I Bing’ed it and there it was.
  
  http://www.patriotsdonotcomply.com/index.php/articles/open-letter-diane-feinstein/
  
  Report this comment
AboveMyPayGrade
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:25pm
SNOWLEOPARD, regarding your 2:11pm reply to PROGRESSIVESLAYER’s 2:07pm post, the fact that all those executive orders relating to gun control that Obama issued on January 23 were pretty flaccid tells ME that Obama ISN’T so confident that he could issue draconian anti-2nd Amendment orders and then expect those who would be charged to enforce them to actually DO so.

If Obama thought the vast majority, or at least enough, of those in our military/National Guard/civilian law-enforcement would back him up in any blatantly unconstitutional gun grab, then I argue that he WOULD have gone a LOT farther with those executive orders on January 23rd than he did.

Of course, there’s no way to know right now how true this is, but I read on some Internet site at the time that Obama DID indeed want to go a LOT farther on those executive orders than he did, but that those around him, including purportedly Harry Reid, told him to back off.

If this account is true, then if Feinstein’s bill is shot down in the Senate or by the House (ESPECIALLY if it is shot down by the Senate, which his own party after all controls), what makes Obama think that the climate will be any MORE favorable for him to try some overreach by executive order on the 2nd Amendment than he apparently thought it was on January 23rd?

And in any case, as other posters here have avowed, Americans are NOT going to obligingly surrender their guns just because Obama says to – at least, not ENOUGH of them.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- shogun459
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:20pm
  NOW you know why Obama is downsizing our military, they won’t support him in his grab for power, IE gungrab, IE ignoring Congress the Constitution and the law.
  
  He will call upon the Jihad nations that hate America to supply UN troops to “Quell our Rebellions voices”, when it comes time to forcibly disarm us.
  
  You really expect ABCBSNBCMSNBCNN to report ANYTHING the State doesn’t Ok at that point?
  
  Report this comment
- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 4:23pm
  shogun
  
  He is doing the rest of us a favor. Just think of the number of young combat experienced men and women will be standing with us.
  
  Report this comment
True American66
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:20pm
Luckily, this will NEVER pass the House…where all BAD bills go to die.
…and kudos to Senator Cruz.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- shogun459
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:25pm
  Wait until Obama bypasses Congress on this “Because the needs of the Children” or some such and just ‘Dicatates” what our NEW rights are.
  
  Sometime after the ARMY numbers have been reduced by 50% of the scheduled 85% total force drawdown. Yes children, Obama is taking the majority of military cuts from the one Military Force you MUST have to take and hold ground, (that includes homecountries like America).
  
  Report this comment
AboveMyPayGrade
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:17pm
Well, I guess we’re about to find out which Senate Democrats up for re-election next year in purple to red states value more: Obama or their OWN political careers.

Do they want to commit political hari-kari for Obama like so many of their Democrat colleagues did in 2010 – or do they value being a U.S. Senator more than they value Obama’s approbation?

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
MDECKER
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:15pm
I’m just so glad to see the democrats willing to reach across party lines. Them moderate democrats are great, ain’t them?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Cavallo
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:09pm
  Are there any moderate Dems on that committee? Of the Dems on that committee I only see fascist soldiers.
  
  Report this comment
- barber2
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 5:53pm
  MD: I don’t think ” reaching across the aisle” is one of those Rules For Radicals that the current crop of Democrats follow.
  
  Report this comment
thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:11pm
It does not matter what the treasonous democrats decide on. We will not comply. Molon Labe!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:18pm
  The Winds of War.
  
  Report this comment
- red_white_blue2
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:22pm
  This is the core of it all. Pass whatever. It will create a black market, it will be unregistered, but waiting, loaded and ready. Welcome to Texas Y’ALL!!
  
  Report this comment
- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:39pm
  Remember the ALAMO…
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:07pm
  @Red_White
  
  I say, we don’t comply, but we don’t hide our non-compliance. And we show up, if anything passes that smells of anything other than “symbolic”, at our Capitols, armed, and demand our states pass legislation to prevent these “laws” from applying. Wyoming is doing it, and so is Ohio, but I don’t know about the rest of the Union.
  
  I might also float the notion that, you know, we could all appear in D.C. during normal business hours, armed, locked and loaded for a demonstration. If we can pull a cool million in for that we can neuter them into submission quite easily, and demand an immediate, at that very moment, repeal of all restrictions on the 2nd Amendment. Fact is that they would not be able to prevent an armed march of that size, and it would shock them beyond measure.
  
  Thoughts?
  
  Report this comment
Arminius23
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:10pm
So let me get this straight….. you want to gradually disarm the citizenry of their right to counter tyranny meanwhile our DOJ sells “military weapons” without accountability to Mexican drug cartels? Better proposition: call the ASPCA on Dianne Feinstein, drop any kind of weapons ban, and don’t ever bring it up again.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- JRook
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:29pm
  Let’s get beyond the ignorant rant about disarming citizens as there was an assault weapons ban in the past and plenty of people still were able to buy and own any number of weapons. As far as assault weapons having anything to do with “self-defense, hunting, and collecting. But most importantly self-defense.” is at best laughable. Other than the 2nd. amendment remedies by some of the more militant members of the IRA mentioned by the idiotic Sharon Angle I see no other situation even remotely threatening enough to require a assault weapon with a high capacity magazine.
- AvengerK
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:37pm
  Funny you brought up that ban JCROOK…the numbers say it made no discernable difference to gun crimes. So why ban them again?
  
  Report this comment
- Fubared
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:40pm
  Rookie, define assault weapon. 32oz drink, or too much salt. SUV or Smart Car. Stick with what you know and get the NEA to ban illiteracy.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:13pm
  Rook,
  
  Kid, nobody cares what you have to say. You are wasting your time and shouting into the wind. Your opinion here is useless, and your voice matters for naught.
  
  No debate, no conversation, no compromise, no compliance. Get used to being powerless.
  
  Report this comment
AvengerK
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:10pm
By the way…can Sen Feinstein tell us what’s gonig to be done with the thousands of rounds of “imploding bullets” and “assault weapons” coming back into the U.S from Obama’s Fast and Furious Fiasco?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- AlansTigg
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:23pm
  They are used for people hunting of course….still trying to find out how to get a license to hunt people
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:14pm
  You have to go to the same stores that sell imploding bullets, to get a people hunting license.
  
  Report this comment
AvengerK
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:08pm
By the way…anyone find it amusing that the morally bankrupt democrats like to wheel out props for their agenda? Gabrielle Giffords, Sandra Fluke (that one’s particularly hysterical, she was paraded before an ad hoc, all democrat “hearing” on “affordable healthcare”). Let’s not forget that heart warming quote about the dead children from Sandy Hook being “little martyrs”. Liberals are such warm and humane creatures aren’t they?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- SUNTZU
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:35pm
  Time for the pic.of the millions cooked
  in the ovens in Germany ,starved to death in Russia
  and the men women and children of Africa.
  I could go on
  All because the means to defend was limited to rocks
  and sticks
  Sticks and stones can break their bones.
  But will be no match for the Progressive,commie
  bass-turds taking our country
  There are peaceful ways to fix this now,but wait to long
  it wont be nice…
  
  Report this comment
showmerancher
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:08pm
Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day. St. Patrick is said to have driven the snakes out of Ireland. I wonder if we could prevail upon the good Saint to work his magic in Washington, D.C. this weekend.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
progressiveslayer
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:07pm
The progs won’t pass their gun grabbing ant-freedom bill but they’ll continue to buy ammo by the ton,and force banks to not do business with firearms manufacturers. They’ll work every angle they can think of to infringe on our right to bear arms so we’ll have to continue fighting them every step of the way.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:11pm
  Exactly if not by legislation then comes regulation, failing on that, court rulings and executive orders across the board. We have King Obama allowing his minions of his court (the Cabinet Secretaries) free reign in the running of their fiefs.
  
  Report this comment
- AboveMyPayGrade
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:14pm
  PROGRESSIVESLAYER, the firearms manufacturers right now are just too prosperous for the federal government to be able to force EVERY potential source of financing for them to stop doing business with them. There’s just too much money in this sector of the economy for any other sector of the economy looking to make money to simply ignore.
  
  If AMERICAN banks are enjoined from doing so, then FOREIGN banks will happily take up that slack.
  
  And SOMEONE will set up financing companies, if need be, to provide funding for firearms manufacturers.
  
  Report this comment
krazysworld
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:06pm
“TRUST US” the government says:…Sensationalism at its best…the “Assault Rifle” referred to in the Newtown tragedy was found in HIS TRUNK! IT WASN’T WHAT HE USED! Disarm the people, re-educate them to the new standard and resistance will be overwhelmingly met by the oppressors. The Orwellian “predictions”have begun to come true!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- AlansTigg
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:21pm
  That is incorrect, despite the original reports that it was in his trunk, the gun in the trunk was a shotgun, in the school he had 2 handguns and the AR, he used the AR to shoot his victims then shot himself with one of the handguns…not sure why they don’t specify which handgun.
  
  http://www.ct.gov/despp/cwp/view.asp?A=4226&Q=517284
  
  Report this comment
scuba13
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:05pm
Now that Harry Reid is going to”craft a bill” into a piece of legislation, I wonder how the NRA feels about giving five thousand dollars to his Senate campaign in 2010? Or how about giving Joe Manchin an A rating when he is leading the call for gun registration.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
AvengerK
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:05pm
Because I’m confident that Feisteins’ assault on “imploding bullets” and “assault weapons” will die in congress I’m just going to offer a bit of trivia rather than carry on about this vote by this committee.
The picture of Leahy reminded me that he appears in two of Chris Nolan’s Batman films as a board member of Wayne Enterprises.

For a bit of perspective….when the GOP put forward legislation to bring Fannie into scrutiny in 2005 (and by so doing helped to reduce some of the impact of the mortgage crisis)…Democrats like Chris Dodd and Barney Frank killed it in committee, thus never allow it to go to the floor for a vote.

We can see where the democrat priorities lie…”affordable housing” for people who would never qualify for a loan in a sane world, over protecting yourself and your family in your own already afforded “housing”.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gonzo
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:24pm
  I think the real reason for passing this at the committee level and having it die in the Senate is to set up Republicans as the bad guys next time some whacko with a gun goes off. I can hear them now: “If it weren’t for Republican obstructionism, these lives would not have been lost.”
  
  Report this comment
- AvengerK
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:41pm
  No question GONZO…they’ll demagogue the hell out of it but the numbers aren’t on their side. There’s enough democrats in districts who’s citizens want their firearms options to remain as they are. It won’t affect anything at the polls.
  Notice…even Obama’s gone quiet on it? It’s dead. There’ll be some loophole filled “universal checks” banality go through at best..nothing more.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:16pm
  @Gonzo
  
  Well, who cares what they say? They never, ever do anything but spin, lie and deceive. I’m sick of the lot of them. As far as I’m concerned, their childish lying and screaming have disqualified them for inclusion in any future discussions or debates about this nation. They are children, and will be treated as such.
  
  Report this comment
- Gonzo
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:58pm
  Ghost, it’s not what they say that bothers me. It’s that roughly 50% of the population is apathetic enough to believe what they say instead of looking at the issue. Look at Obama and his “balanced approach to deficit reduction”. It polls really well because most of the idiots polled don’t even know he’s talking about raising their taxes. Just look at how they have made the term “assault weapon” acceptable by even the conservative media!
  
  Report this comment
- katzkiner
  Posted on March 15, 2013 at 10:35am
  Unknown to Americans, Obama has extended the fraud under the name of “disparate impact” legal theories and “set aside” programs for “oppressed minorities”. In short, Obama has accelerated the house give away program. $30 billion dollars in nearly worthless MBS are being sold to the Fed every month. Down the road this will crush our financial system again.
  
  Report this comment
FrankieBaby
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:04pm
If this bill did pass all they would accomplish is a 2nd American Revolution.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
gyro
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:03pm
nice quote
“We’re going to give American citizens a pea shooter to defend themselves with,” Cornyn said.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
termyt
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:02pm
Thankfully, this bill has very little chance of becoming law. But it was shenanigans and legal wrangling that made Obamacare law.

What if this becomes law? Will you follow an illegal law or will you exercise your rights?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- FrankieBaby
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Everyone I talk to or over hear about the ban says they will give up nothing and defend the constitution with their last breath.
  
  The democrats are blatantly stomping on the U.S. constitution and it wont hold up to a Supreme Court challenge even if it did pass congress.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:20pm
  I will not comply, and yes, I will find that to be time to exercise my rights, openly. My rights do not come with the stipulation “but only if we think you neeeeeeeed that”. Screw these people.
  
  Report this comment
Gonzo
Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:00pm
Dead On Arrival and rightfully so.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- AvengerK
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Oh Testify GONZO.
  
  Report this comment
- momrules
  Posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:02pm
  Gonzo………These efforts are not put forward without a reason. We assume this bill will die but each one promoted brings us closer to……something. I keep thinking that we are not just fighting anti 2nd amendment communists but who they represent.
  
  I look at all the damage done since Obama took office and how he just skates by with an adoring and complicit media. I think about how morally low America has sunk, the DNC booing God, the hatred of Israel, the rise of Islam, a President who openly supports things God hates like abortion and homosexuality.
  
  I think we are past a time when voting counts. I think that with Obama in office, with the people he appoints to high ranking posts and his absolute hatred of the American way a gun ban is inevitable.
  I also think that it does not matter to him how he gets this ban or how many have to die in the process.
  
  I think all of the gun control rhetoric and bills are just theater for the masses as the real plan is put into motion behind closed doors. It is when those doors finally open that we will see that America has been conquered.
  
  Report this comment

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.