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GOP Rep. Will Introduce New Strict Gun Law

A popular GOP congressman announced today that he will soon introduce gun control legislation that will make it illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official.

Rep. Peter King (R-NY), who has generally been supportive of gun control measures, announced the new legislation alongside strong anti-gun New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Not surprisingly, the legislation, which will be introduced in the upcoming weeks, got Bloomberg’s stamp of approval.

King’s office issued a statement about the bill, which reads in part:

Congressman Peter King today also announced that he will introduce legislation that will make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress or judges of the Federal Judiciary. In the United States, it is illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a school. Passing a similar law for government officials would give federal, state, and local law enforcement a better chance to intercept would-be shooters before they pull the trigger.

Bloomberg, the head of the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, applauded the measure, saying at a joint news conference the “system that’s supposed to protect us from dangerous and deranged people has failed.”

At that same news conference, King defended the bill, saying “The fact is they do represent the people who elect them, and it‘s essential if we’re going to continue to have contact that the public who is at these meetings are ensured of their own safety.”

According to him, the measure does not conflict with conservative views on gun laws.

“From a conservative perspective, we have to have a stable society, we have to keep crime down,” King said. “You cannot do that if the police cannot be assured that illegal guns are not on the street.”

“To have a stable society and a safe society, we have to remove illegal guns,” he continued.

But the main issue might be, if a gun is already “illegal” why would we need more legislation to outlaw it? For example, in many states, laws already prevent people from carrying a concealed weapon. And the other question is how would this legislation prevent a crazed gunman — who already has no respect for laws against murder — from doing exactly what Loughner did?

Despite the rhetoric of the news conference, all indications are that King’s legislation is not just aimed at illegal guns (that would be redundant). It seems to apply more to “legal” gun owners — those who have permits to carry a concealed weapon, or those who are more inclined to abide by the law.

Reports indicate that at least one such person was at the Tucson Safeway the day Rep. Gabriell Giffords was shot. Joe Zamudio is one of the men who helped subdue Tucson gunman Jared Loughner. Zamudio admitted he was carrying a concealed weapon at the time, and said he was seconds away from using it. Under King’s legislation, however, Zamudio’s gun would have been illegal.

Still, Bloomberg thinks the legislation does not infringe one’s right to keep and bear arms.

“That does not take away the First amendment, it protects it,” he said. “That does not take away the Second amendment, I think it protects it”

King is the same congressman who vowed to hold hearings on radical Islam, and currently chairs the House Homeland Security Committee. He said he expects the president’s support on the bill, which would specifically make it illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of the president, vice president, members of Congress, or judges of the Federal Judiciary.

King isn’t the first legislator to vow more gun legislation. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) said they will soon introduce a measure to ban high-capacity gun clips (defined as more than 10 rounds).

UPDATE:

Initial attempts to contact King’s office for comment and clarification were unsuccessful.

Comments (947)

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  • AmericanLass
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:32pm

    What do Politicians do in times of trouble, use the crises to get themselves in the news and legislate more laws. Shame on this one. ENFORCE THE ONCE WE HAVE.

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  • RLTW
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:31pm

    Yes we do it for schools, so it makes perfect sense we create a BS law in order to treat feds like children.

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    • dlmarsh
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:33pm

      School gun free zone law was struck down by Supreme Court

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    • Bullcop34
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:03pm

      On the federal level but it is still active on the state level and still just as ludicrous and ineffective

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    • Docrow
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:16pm

      Does this mean that a federal employee can not use his/her CCW?

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    • runtothehills
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Nuckle heads!

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:58pm

      CORRECTION: The Supreme Court did NOT strike down “gun free zones” at schools. The SHOULD HAVE but they did NOT. They actually indicated those restrictions may be permissible which shows just how corrupt the courts really are. They did NOT address the “SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED” part of the 2nd Aemndment in either the Heller nor the McDonald decisions. Get it? Nuff said!

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  • Diamondback
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:31pm

    Rep King obviously doesn’t care to continue serving in Congress.

    Sure wouldn’t bother me to see him gone.

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  • Psychosis
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:31pm

    when wiil these idiots learn that criminals dont care what law your write, hence they are CRIMINALS

    this is just an attempt to control legal gun owners……you know, the people that followed the law, had no criminal background, werent treated special because mommy was someone in the government and got charges dropped, and dont know a sherrif that lets a psychopath off the hook after numerous reports he was unstable .

    you show me a gun crime, and i will show you a criminal with a history that somehow can get a gun, even though there are laws written on paper that is supposed to stop them from getting guns.

    ridiculous, asinine , stupid ……….description of a politician

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:13pm

      When will you idiots learn that its the Gun Show loop-hole and the lax gun laws in Southern states that allows for the easy access to guns by those who shouldn’t.

      You show me a gun crime and I will show you a gun that was legally brought in a state with lax gun laws and imported to a state with strict guns laws. It is apparent that the Az lax gun laws do not protect the citizens of Az.

       
    • TheGunLobby.Com
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:48pm

      Encinom, “when will you idiots learn” that the gun show loophole doesn’t exist? It is a fantasy dreamed up by the anti-gunners. Any transfer of a firearm from any person to any other person is subject to many laws and regulations. Any sale by a dealer is subject to federal and state law whether at their shop or a gun show. Any private individual may only sell or transfer a handgun to a resident of their own state; unless they go through a dealer and follow the law. It is illegal to transfer a handgun directly to a person of another state. Even direct personal transfers subject the transferor to punishment if they don’t take precautions; such as knowingly transferring a gun to prohibited person through a straw-purchaser. Your statements show a complete lack of knowledge about gun laws.

      Your “show me a gun crime” statement is ludicrous. Which lax state did this gun crime gun get imported from? And which strict state was this gun crime gun imported to? Learn to use some logic.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:52pm

      But, but IT FEELS GOOD!

      NOW we FEEL like we’ve actually done something.

      And, we FEEL so much better about ourselves.

      IF ONLY the current law criminalizing MURDER had just been worded a little stronger, I’m absolutely sure it would have prevented this incident. No doubt there.

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:42pm

      @TheGunLobby.Com

      The problem is that the loophole is there, or have you forgot the Mayor Bloomberg’s investigation of Ohio gun shows? The investigation showed how the law was flaunted, how gun dealers in everything but name violate the spirit of the law and avoid the background checks.

      The majority of the illegal guns on the streets on NYC and Newark NJ have been traced to
      “legal” purchases in states such as VA and FL.

      Your statements show either a dishonesty in your reporting of the facts or a blind faith in everything the NRA lies to you about.

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    • TheGunLobby.Com
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:04pm

      Encinom, you’re lying again. The “loophole” is not there. It doesn’t exist. It is a fallacy. Those “legal” purchases in the other states are subject to state and federal law. The federal law in NY is not different than the federal law in VA. It was and is illegal for a person in VA to transfer a firearm to a person in NY and not follow the federal law and/or the law in NY. The federal law states that it is a punishable offense to transfer a firearm to someone the owner has or should have reason to believe is a prohibited person or cannot legally own the firearm in their place of residence. That applies to individuals as well as dealers. And the “gun show loophole” is a lie that your ilk have made up to confuse people. Any dealer at a gun show has to follow the same laws they follow at their place of business. If a dealer sells a gun to someone at a gun show without following the law; they have committed a crime. Any of those guns that you talk about ending up in NY did so because a crime was committed. Those crimes should be punished. It was already against the law for them to end up in NY in the hands of criminals. Adding new laws will not stop that. In fact, several laws have likely been broken for them to end up there. I have read the statutes and you obviously haven’t.

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    • handloader
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:09pm

      Encinom is either an uninformed moron, or someone working directly for Mayor Bloomturd and the DNC. There is no “gun show loophole”; and there never was one. NO ONE who is not a licensed FFL dealer may take transfer of a handgun from EITHER a dealer or an individual who resides outside their State of residence, unless that person is in DIRECT family line with that individual. You MAY purchase a handgun from an out-of-state dealer; however, said dealer MUST transfer that handgun to a licensed FFL dealer in YOUR State of residence before you can take possession of that firearm—and then ONLY IF YOU PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK. Per federal law, individuals may sell and transfer LONG GUNS to an unlicensed individual legally, as long as they do not KNOWINGLY transfer that gun to a prohibited person. All licensed dealers, whether at a gun show or at their place of business, MUST complete a background check (either through NICS or a state point-of-contact agency) on any individual to whom they wish to transfer a firearm.
      As a licensed dealer, and the compliance officer for my dealership, I work side by side every day with local, state, and federal law enforcement. For Bloomturd, or any other political or media hack to openly lie about my business and industry just to purposely mislead those who don‘t know the truth is despicable calumny at its’ worst. Shame on them, and shame on those like Encinom who blindly follow them and propagate their lies.

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    • encinom
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:53pm

      Yes, there is a gun show loophole. As the NYC investigation made perfectly clear, the “individuals” at the gun shows are skirt the law, with little care as to who they are selling to, even when clear they are not in state buyers, additionally, these individuals are attending multiple shows selling a high volume of guns. Keep on repeating the nonsense the NRA is spoon feeding you.

      To Handloader, your business is killing New Yorkers, you are nothing more than a merchant of death wrapped in the American flag. The gun shows are corrupt places where the laws is ignored. You can not dispute the facts that the Bloomberg investigation brought to light, not scurry like a roach back into the shadows.

      You keeping on arguing that there is no loop hole, well if that is the case than gun shows need to be shut down since they are places where the law is not being respected. As for the lax gun states, the problem is VA and FL, the states are not enforcing the law leading the blood on the streets of NY and NJ. Its time for the federal government to step in and do the job the states are refusing to do.

       
    • TheGunLobby.Com
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:57am

      Encinom, are you a COMPLETE moron, or just a liar? The “gun show loophole” doesn’t exist. The law must be followed at the gun shows just as everywhere else. Have you never heard of the BATF? What are they doing if they aren’t enforcing the law? Those scenarios you paint are already crimes. That is not a loophole. When you spout the “loophole” nonsense, you are trying to make it seem as if what is happening is something that is legal under a hole in the law. You know it is against the law already; yet you don’t care whether you repeat a lie. You think if you repeat it enough, people will believe it. The simple fact that it is against the law proves there is no loophole. Those “individuals” you mention are breaking the already existing law. It is against the law to engage in the business of selling firearms without a license. It is against the law to even sell or trade as a collector beyond a certain number of guns without a license. Those things are federal crimes in ANY state. Stop lying to the public. If you have proof of crimes through the “Bloomberg investigation”; report the crimes to the BATF and stop being an accessory-after-the-fact.

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    • phil1765
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 4:59am

      encinom
      I love it when uninformed idiots like you start spouting off like you know the whole story. All of these gun laws won’t stop crap, a criminal will get a gun regardless of what you do, but you can take a gun out of the hands of someone who could do something about a situation you might find your wimpy butt involved in. If you don‘t want to carry a gun then don’t, but I will be damned if I will let some bleeding heart pansy like you decide if it is ok for me to carry one. Take care of your own house and leave mine the hell alone.

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  • tamalpass
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30pm

    Bill will never see the light of day because here is no constitutional authority for it. Same for the other “clamp down” bills they’ve had planned for years.

    no problem, a long range rifle works better anyway. Just ask Oswald.

    another gutless republican shows his true colors.

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    • patriot308
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:02pm

      I agree. Following the new rules of the house, what part of the Const. gives authority to pass this bill???

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  • booger71
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30pm

    And I guess Mr King the loons that have done the killing in the past would adhere to this law. It will go no where in Congress

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  • BECKI5NUT5
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30pm

    What can we expect from the anti-gun, anti-2nd Amendment authoritarian, control-freak politicians (both democRAT and RINO) and other officials (LAWR enforcement, etc.) that seem to INFEST most northeastern-corridor environs and turn them into virtual Nanny/Police-States that are anathema to our decidedly AMERICAN Constitution, traditions, and way-of-life?

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    • handloader
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:47pm

      It is a very good thing that this tragedy happened after the November elections (of course, it is awful that it happened at all), as the totalitarian left would have taken our rights away with just the stroke of Obama’s pen within days of the massacre. Don’t take our elected representatives for granted however; be sure to call them or write them and tell them firmly “LEAVE OUR LIBERTIES ALONE!”. If it wasn’t obvious before how they believe that they are better than the rest of us, their race to impose new restrictions on the citizenry for their own “protection” makes the point for us. These jackals couldn’t wait to pick over the carcasses of the dead in Arizona so that they could vomit up more lies and hyperbole for the sheeple like Encinom to lap up and regurgitate.

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  • quarter horseman
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

    bad guys dont follow gun laws you nim rods! I’m sick of all the gun laws from you control freeks!

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    • brliantedj
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:02pm

      Thank god there are laws against Home Invasions on the books, as we all know criminals avoid invading homes since they respect such laws. That’s what we need more laws.

      Also can’t wait for the explanation of the constitutionality of this one based on the many interpetations the word “infringed” could have.

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  • SPIRIT OF TRUTH
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

    Good thing bullets don’t go further than a thousand feet.

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    • BECKI5NUT5
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:48pm

      Good point, but realization of ballistics and physics, common sense, fairness to the MAJORITY who are law-abiding, and adherence to the spirit and letter of the Constitution is NOT what these control freaks are after.

      The same goes for their call for the ban of “high capacity” magazines. The anti-gun fanatics think it is “reasonable” to limit magazines, as they did before with the Clinton/Feinstein ban, to 10 rounds. All others are considered, by them in their infinite “wisdom”, to be “high-capacity”

      They, not knowing of what they speak, and certainly not being “reasonable” in their anti-gun zealotry, do not know, or do not care, that the Glock 19 for instance, was DESIGNED from DAY ONE, to use a FIFTEEN round magazine, so… this, even though more than 10 rounds, is NOT a high-capacity magazine. Yes, it will also except 17, 19, and 33 round magazines, but even IF they were successful in banning these magazines, do they REALLY think it would stop mass shootings, or lower the carnage these, thankfully, RARE shootings entail? If not a 33 round mag, then ONE very quick reload of a STANDARD cpacity (15 rounds, in the case of the Glock 19), and the effect is the same. Or with three 10 round mags, two very quick reloads, or with two handguns. Or with an IED.

      New laws can NOT entirely prevent these violent aberrations, which is exactly what they are – aberrations. All new laws can do is trample on the rights of the vast majority of citizens who are law-abiding and merely trying to exercise their CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT to keep and bear arms that might be useful and effective in protecting all of our other God-given rights if the need arises.

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  • dlmarsh
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

    Supreme Court already struck down the Gun Free Zone for Schools law

    “United States v. Lopez, 514 US 549 (1995)

    The Court, in a 5-4 decision, held that Congress had exceeded its authority by enacting the Gun-Free School Zone law under the Interstate Commerce Clause. Acknowledging other laws had been allowed to go too far astray from the purpose of the Commerce Clause, the Court found the “Gun-Free School Zones Act” too far removed to be applicable under that constitutional provision.

    The Commerce Clause is intended to regulate activities that substantially affect interstate commerce, and that the 1990 statute failed to meet even the most superficial requirements of that particular enumerated power, on the following grounds:

    1.No economic activity was involved.
    2.The federal government lacked jurisdiction because there was no evidence the handgun had been or would be moved between the states.
    3.There was a lack of supporting evidence of a link between guns and education.
    4.The link between the regulated activity and the Interstate Commerce Clause was too attenuated to be applicable.

    Further, the Court held, by passing a criminal statute, Congress had usurped police powers that belong to the states under the Tenth Amendment (as does education).

    The Court found the government’s argument unreasonable, and the logic convoluted. Upholding the statute set a dangerous precedent that could lead to the federal government claiming Lopez allowed them to regulate other activities that “might” lead to crime, which could ultimately result in a single, centralized government, rather than the dual system of government the Founding Fathers intended.”

    Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_US_Supreme_Court_decision_in_US_v_Lopez#ixzz1Aki6NUwM

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  • Quicksilver M.S
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

    BAN THE HAND GUN

    It is only for KILLING HUMANS

    see link

    http://robotceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/glenn-beck.jpg

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Your right, that is why if creep breaks into my house he will be shot with a handgun

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:38pm

      Troll fail. Golly, that’s a 1/10, and I’m loath to even grant the “1”.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:41pm

      Yes handguns are for killing humans! That is why we own them.

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    • 48
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Not for a law abidding citizens with a level head. You are misinformed.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:19pm

      Misinformed? No, he has a great point. Of course people also use handguns for hunting and for sport. But the main reason most people own a handgun is for defense. Defense against bad people. That is why I have my CCW. I am not afraid of a bear or a tiger jumping out at me, but I am prepared to defend myself and family and possessions against another human.

      That is why law enforcement officers carry handguns. That is why crooks use handguns. Many handguns are good for little else except killing people, they are designed to be easily concealed but are not good for hitting anything beyond 20 feet. What other purpose could a gun like this have?

      No, let’s not skew the facts here, all guns are made to kill. Handguns especially are made to kill other humans. That is the point of self-defense, is it not? A responsible gun owner comes to terms with this first thing. If you own a gun then you had better be prepared to use it. You had better think of the consequences of pulling that trigger. You should think about having to live the rest of your life with the knowledge that you took someone out of this world, you killed another human. Someone who had a family, a personality, a face. It had damn sure better have been worth it! You do not pull a gun on someone unless you intend to use it and you do not shoot to wound. You shoot center mass and you know that it will effect the rest of your life.

      Yeah, handguns are made to kill humans. Sometimes we have to do that to defend ourselves and others. Making guns illegal will only serve to take them away from LAW ABIDING citizens. This will allow the bad guys to use them at will. I hope the day never comes, but someday you may thank God that someone around you was carrying a handgun and was able to save your life with it.

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    • skinflik
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:11pm

      Tell u what Quickidiot. U take a thug with a baseball bat and one with a handgun.They want what u have, there going too take it. They will get it…one just takes longer than the other. Both of these items are considered tools..should we ban baseball? Commonsense is that crimes still happen no matter what the tool is. The only diff is good people cant defend theirselfs. May I suggest u start your crusade in Tenn..It will be short lived,LOL

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    • vigilante
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:27pm

      That‘s right Ma’am. Move along now…

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    • jttri
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:59pm

      *******: Handguns are for shooting people silly, Whats wrong with you.

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  • Islesfordian
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm

    Well, it’s a no brainer that this law would have prevented the Tuscon shootings. That is, you have to NOT use your brain to believe that.

    What a lemming.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:10pm

      Yea, those laws against murdering people really acted as a deterrence in this instance as can be seen from the results!

      More laws will definitely fix it!

      Oh yea, kumbayayayayayyayyaya! Kumbayayayayayaya! Just give us more laws and we’ll all be safer. Kumbayayayayayayya

      Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahaah!

      What a bunch of idiots!

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  • theprofessor1031
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm

    We need to get on the phone to Rep. King’s office and remind him that the 2nd amendment says, “shall not be infringed”. This means in any way.

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    • Anonimouse
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:41pm

      Already done. Complaining here does little good. Address the source of the problem.

      Oh, am I allowed to say that now? Did I make a mistake calling a member of congress? Are we peasants not allowed to ask questions anymore or is there a law against that too? Again, so very, very disappointed in King. I thought he was different, but they’re all the same.

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    • theprofessor1031
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Here’s his contact numbers.

      Washington office: 202-225-7896
      New York office: 516-541-4225

      Everyone call him. We must let them hear us.

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    • theprofessor1031
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:55pm

      Here are King’s contact numbers.

      Washington office: 202-225-7896
      New York office: 516-5414225

      Everyone call him. We must make our voices heard.

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  • PhantomsPhorever
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:25pm

    One thing this week has highlighted, there are very definitely two select castes in America, Federal Employees and the rest of us. Some seem to be above our constitution. Strangely, while Marines are Federal Employees (of sorts) it’s perfectly OK for that whacko Kansas Church to picket the funerals of those that keep us free. But the thought of one of…“their”…funerals being picketed by the Westboro Baptist church is unthinkable and requires the immediate action of congress. The complete arrogance of our Federal Establishment is becoming glaringly apparent. We have death penalties simply because the victim was a Federali, why is the law that applies to the average Joe not good enough for them?

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    • Anonimouse
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30pm

      Wait, wait, I know this one!!!

      Becaust they’re all pompous A$$es?!!!

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  • pipeman32
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:25pm

    time to fire king!

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    • quarter horseman
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:32pm

      people of NY when its Kings time, vote him out of office as fast as you can!

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:22pm

      Well, I would hope NY voters and all US voters can see that politicians, generally, are spineless to just say that the guy was a nut job, and that no more gun laws are necessary. We need to inforce whats on the books already.The Hate Crime Law, which was total BS, is a perfect example of an un-necessary law.
      I don’t see any politicians stepping forward, unapologetically, and forcefully, to say ‘no more gun laws’.

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  • Anonimouse
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:25pm

    Our Congressmen are really showing their true colors this week. They seem to think they are all better than us peasants. No wonder their approval rating is at 14%. This from King? What a disappointment.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:25pm

    Also I would like to remind everyone that one of the men who tackled the KILLER was a CCW holder who was coming to help .. found he did not have to pull his gun and probably saved many other lives .. would he be hesitant to help in the future if he thought he could face FEDERAL charges? I would.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:47pm

      you can’t have a conceal carry or a handgun in d.c and since they banded the guns there is a small 51%increase in gun crime……………hows that working out

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Talk about “cutting off yor nose to spite your face” this will make them less safe..and the crazies will know.

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  • nothingbuthetruth
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:24pm

    I am sorry Peter, but a mentally ill person will not follow the law

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    • JohnQTaxpayer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:12pm

      So when a criminal with intent to kill one of the ruling class, opens fire, there will be no licensed citizen within 1000 feet that will have any possibility to stop the criminal.
      Hey Bozo don’t forget to pass a ban any terrorist from coming within 1000 feet of you either

      I always thought we were ruled by the brainless, now I know

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  • bolec slodkie
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:24pm

    Is this one of the final steps to create a “ruling Class.”
    THEY have thier own healthcare.
    THEY exempt themselves form the laws they pass on the rest of us.
    Now THEY want thier own gun free zone.
    Next THEY will want thier own speach free zone.
    Maybe they don’t want to listen to us….Oh, wait. THEY don’t listen now.

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  • Marcobob69
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:23pm

    And away goes the second amendment………………………………………. Better stash your guns away where no one can find them……

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:36pm

      When your right(s) are being infringed, that is precisely the time to NOT hide them.

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  • dcwu
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:23pm

    When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

    Thomas Jefferson

    King’s a fool to introduce that legislation. It red-carpets tyranny.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:30pm

      Just gives them another angle for potential prosecution of law-abiding citizens…Oh Well…Stand Strong…no compromise. no surrender.

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    • highcarry
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:51pm

      dear rep. king and mayor bloomberg. SCREW YOU.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:23pm

    What happens if someone with a CCW .. happens to be somewhere where a federal employee “shows up” .. it could even be a grocery or gas station .. this makes no sense .. but I see they found a RINO to do it.

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    • Anonimouse
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

      My congressman likes to hold meet & greets at the local shooting range. How is this going to work out?

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:28pm

      Your right, and I guess a husband or wife of a federal official can’t have a gun in the house.

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:40pm

      well, the only armed people within 1,000 feet will be the ones wanting to do harm…………at least WE THE PEOPLE that have carry permits will not be in the way!!!!!!!!!

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    • Just A Private
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:07pm

      Wasn’t there an interview with a fellow who helped hold the AZ shooter who had a weapon, the only reason he was in the area was to buy a pack of cigarettes. With a law like this he will be magically turned from innocent passerby to criminal with a firearm.

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:45pm

      If your next door neighbor worked for the fed it would make you a felon.

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    • Jim AZ
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 1:49am

      A perfect observation, Booger71. (You know, of course, that: ) They do not think that the laws they pass apply to them. (And they usually make sure that they don’t.)

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  • cessna152
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:21pm

    Interesting… what part of “shall not be infringed” are they pulling this bill from?

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    • TennesseeConservative
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:32pm

      Never waste a crisis.

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    • Ellie
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Yep, it is a crisis but we still must not infringe on the rights of the citizens to keep and _bear_ arms so perhaps the bill would be better if it made it illegal for any federal official to come within 1000 feet of anyone carrying a gun.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:22pm

      Second Amendment
      A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
      Definition Blacks Law Dictionary 6th Edition; “People, As generally used in Constitutional Law, the entire body of those citizens of a nation.”
      Infringement, “ A breaking into; A trespass or encroachment upon: A violation of a law, Regulation, contract, or right.”

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    • DaytonConserve
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:25pm

      If they really wanted to do something to help everyday Americans, they would enact a law prohibiting them from coming within 1000 feet of our wallet or bank accounts.

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    • 123gone
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:27pm

      Stand By – It’s time to put the TSA on the streets for a 1000-foot Grope & Poke.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:33pm

      @LT_TAZ… Dude to be fair, 1000 feet is close to a 1/4 mile, you would probably need a scope to hit a target that far.. Course if you’re just randomly shooting in that direction, that’s a different story… Just sayin.

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:37pm

      @EXODUS.. The republic started to fall on 11/04/08.. And we’ve been falling ever since..

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    • AngryMobOfOne
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:44pm

      All most congresscritters can do is write bills and schmooze them into laws. Most don’t have the authority to convene an inquiry into something like why a county sheriff let a known psycho walk the streets and then, after careful consideration, take action to fix whatever caused the breakdown – if it was something other than cronyism run amok wherein the blame ultimately lies with a single corrupt elected official and the voters (and press) that put him in office.

      Now, if Rep. King just NEEDS to show the cameras that he’s “doing something”, how about this. Most, if not all, counties have an auxiliary or reserve officer program that provide law enforcement training to unpaid citizen volunteers. Push federal dollars into those programs to put more trained, armed good guys on the street. Oh wait. That would just end up giving the corrupt official a way to create a federally funded private army (think union thugs with guns and badges).

      Rep. King needs to just settle down and stop doing the knee-jerk dance. Not only is it unbecoming and stupid, this jig of the Left always carries a high price of “unintended” (we’re told) consequences.

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    • AmericanStrega
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:58pm

      I agree with you cessna152. On a personal note, A Cessna 152? pfffffft We have a Mooney. We could blow your wings off! ;-)

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    • chickenbig
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:15pm

      @cessna152…
      To answer your question; Where are they pulling this new law from ? The answer is their asses.

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  • charliego
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:21pm

    KINDA LIKE IMMIGRATION——enforce the laws already existing!!!!! PLEEEASE!

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    • Cliff
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:24pm

      insane… just enforce the laws on the books now… ILLEGAL GUNS BELONG TO ILLEGAL PEOPLE… not the other way around!

      http://www.mentordvd.com

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    • JBaer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Amen!!!!

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Never let an opportunity go to waste. We knew it was coming. By the way, if Bloomberg agrees its got to be good…Just LQQK at the New York. What an Aqua Marroon (Mr. Bugs Bunny)

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Exactly .. I agree

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    • CatB
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:27pm

      BTW .. they put off the REPEAL of Obamacare out of RESPECT .. KING has no respect!

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    • nothingbuthetruth
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:28pm

      I am sorry, but if I am at an event and a mentally ill person who does not follow the law starts shooting, how will I protect myself. come on!!! dont do this, leave our rights alone because this Sheriff didnt do his job and try and get this guy some help???

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    • knotaclu
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:29pm

      yep, this oughta fix everything…..Why do these people not think out their solutions before they spew them? Rep. King can be a good guy but obviously has this one wrong…

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:33pm

      Yeah, a law will stop an insane person intent on killing someone. They wouldn’t dare come within 1,000 feet. Good job, Mr. King! Wait, what if they use a rifle with a scope? Better make it 1,000 miles.

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    • stacybernardslay
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:34pm

      Yeah , I am sure it will stop the next aethiestic,scull-worshipping nutcase. “gee, I would shoot that congressman like my dog told me too, but there is that law saying I can’t carry a gun near them”.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:34pm

      1. Somebody, anybody really, explain to me how this would have helped or prevented the episode we just witnessed.

      2. There are countless gun laws on the books now. Additionally, the right to keep and BEAR ARMS “shall not be infringed”. There is no word “except” in that amendment.

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    • Lt_Taz
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:37pm

      Man, you would have to be One Hell of a Bad Shot or just plain Blind to miss a person at a 1K feet. This legislation is going to help HOW?

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    • ltb
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:38pm

      I’m not trying to incite violence, but the main reason for the 2nd Amendment was to make sure that citizens could use their guns against their representatives, if their representatives decided that they were no longer servants, but masters.

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:41pm

      A-freakin-men!

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    • zeakster
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:43pm

      so he goes driving down a street and everyone within 1000 feet is then in violation of this law. his neighbors are all in violation if he goes hunting everyone in his group is in violation. king is an idiot a prime example of the insanity in washington

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    • click4cheapandeasyweb
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:46pm

      So if a bad guy shoots a federal officer at 1,001 feet its ok?

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    • mcfinch
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:46pm

      Agreed.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Video Website

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    • EgoBrain
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:46pm

      This is crap. Basically, keep your guns to home, regardless of your permit.

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:49pm

      Supreme Court ruling: The Constitution of the United States is the Supreme Law of the Land. Any Law that is repugnant to the Constitution is Null and Void of Law. Marbury Vs. Madison 5 US 137

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    • Exodus78
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:51pm

      Very sad….I agree with others how will we protect ourselves or others from crazy and/or demon possessed people. Lord have mercy on this country! Are we so confused and foolish that we can’t tell right from left, and wrong from right…. Are we begininning to see the fall of America, or has it already ben falling?

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    • leftiesaredangerous
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:52pm

      Well, what did you expect from a NY representative? Republican my &%*.

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    • Docrow
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:55pm

      proliferation of laws form knee jerk reactions run amuck

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    • IndyGuy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:57pm

      Utterly asinine…

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    • booger71
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:58pm

      I want a law that states a federal official can’t within 1000 feet of me with a gun

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    • jedi.kep
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:01pm

      STUPID! Enforce the laws you already have!!!!

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    • BECKI5NUT5
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:01pm

      Anti-gunners push decidedly UN-reasonable and often extreme gun control laws so that some of us on the pro-gun, pro-2A side (including the NRA) come up with the mantra – “enforce the laws already existing”.

      When we fall into this trap, we‘ve lost before we’ve begun to fight.

      What we SHOULD be demanding, is that these politicians and bureaucrats REPEAL the hundreds and thousands of non-sensical, unfair, and unconstitutional laws which ONLY negatively effect and infringe upon the rights of law-abiding gun-owning citizens, and do NOTHING to reduce crime.

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    • Deuteronomy22
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:03pm

      There should be a ban against all semi-automatic weapons and pistols. I hope that this tragedy will get all of the guns in the country out of private hands. Two guns per household. Shotguns or bolt action rifles only. Those are enough for hunting and self defense. No hoarding food or ammo either.

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    • Tucsonan
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:05pm

      1000 feet would not have stopped this madman. How is anyone going to know walking down the street that the person he passes does not fall into that 1000 feet catagory? Stop the madness and leave the gun laws as they are!!!

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    • JesusFreak95
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:06pm

      This is total B.S. They are abridging the second amendment incrementally. By the time they are done, there will be almost no place left where you can legally carry a weapon. These laws ONLY restrict law abiding citizens, the criminals don’t give a rats behind. I would argue if a law abiding citizen with a carry permit had been in the crowd in Arizona, they might have been able to take the cowardly murderer down before he did all that damage.

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:07pm

      What about the occasion when a federal official attends the Gun Show? What’s law biding Redneck to do?

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    • Independent Tess
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:11pm

      Why can’t they understand that the only people who will obey these gun control laws are the law abiding citizens? The criminals are not going to listen and will go on carrying their guns, and citizens like me will be disarmed.
      Guess that’s why robberies, home invasions, etc. are always higher in ares that have stricter gun control.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:12pm

      The Guy was a Satanist ! let’s take a look at Them ?
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NSOTarmq1c
      no wonder they are also blaming David Icke

      reason and logic will set you free

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:12pm

      Just another NY rino *****! This won’t stop a madman, but it will stop good people from being able to help. So, how’s this gonna work? I’m driving past a fed building and am carrying, i get stopped and go to jail? This asswhipe can kiss my lilly white ass!

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    • CP_TX
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Why do they assume that if one wanted to shoot someone they would think about this law and change their mind. All this does is ensure that everyone else within 1000 feet is also unarmed. So the odds are good they can get away with it!! Look at the crime rates in DC and MD. Gun free zones simply tell the bad guys with the willingness to break the law where to go and NOT GET SHOT! Check the crime rates in TX vs MD and even with the population and size difference I would bet TX is lower.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:17pm

      unconstitutional. if you don’t like the constitution, ammend it

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    • workin4alivin
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:19pm

      Use cork screws that what they do in NY

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    • 7.62AirMailComeGetIt
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:19pm

      HEY MR. KING CAN YOU HEAR ME

      1) Remove head from AZZ, buy Q-tips read box on how to use
      2) Listen to WE THE PEOPLE
      3) Tell your constituents to carry with their ccw and you have plenty of protection oops sorry your a NEW YORKER
      4) im not in new york so keep your slimy hands off my 2nd amendment RIGHTS

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:21pm

      @DUET22 – shut the hell up you dolt! No guns, no food, no ammo, no water, no LIFE! U can kiss my ass!

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    • Sergio Q
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:25pm

      WOW!!! what a concept “CHARLIEGO” so very true! , but that would interfear with the dismanteling of the 2ond admen. & the rest of The Decleration of Independance , The Constitution , Bill of Rights & America……..
      (somebody ought to tell the no gunz buttheads just how easy it is to get a firearm & ammo on the streets , back alleys & back rooms of America , keep it up you knuckelheads and soon enough the only people with firearms will be the criminals …then see how many MORE senseless murders there will be!!!)

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    • Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:28pm

      YEAH, Boomberg outlaws salt in restaurants and on the roadways during the snow.. So any new law he’s for is a good thing ??.. NOT !!! Hat tip to Mark Levin.. Hey Bloomberg, stick to being the mayor of the City of N.Y. and keep your nose out of gun legislation , please…

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    • Max jones
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:57pm

      deut….I would not want you with a gun of any kind, but you have the right You are reacting irresponsibly. What do you mean no haording food or ammo? Ammo will be a great barter medium soon. I say that every one should own a gun, a bible and a copy of the constitution. I don’t know what your politics are, but it sounds like you got skeered a little bit.
      Do you feel like a target? If you are white, black or brown and you are a Christian or conservative, guess what… you are.
      Do you believe that big impersonal government is going to protect you? It is the big impersonal government that IS the threat. The founders of this country knew that these times were possible and THAT is the real reason that the second amendment exists.
      There will be a time, soon, when you will have a choice to make….freedom or nanny state, liberty or socialism, the LIE or Christ. DEFEND yourself and your loved ones. Do NO murder.
      The left will try to kill you if you stand up for yourself and your constitutional rights. The left does NOT want you to be armed or free. The left wants you to be directed to perform their dictations. with no arguement.
      Or you can just hide in the house and wait for them to take it away from you.

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Deuteronomy22, the Second Amendment isn’t about hunting! It was put in place so citizens could defend themselves again a tyrannical government. Study history, you’ll see over and over again, the first thing tyrants do is ban guns or put unreasonable restrictions on them. The founders knew this.

      There were two main reasons why Hitler didn’t invade Switzerland. One was the mountainous terrain; the other was the fact that every household had a military rifle and knew how to use it. The Nazi idiots would have been like fish in a barrel in those mountain passes with the people firing military weapons at them. Like a true bully, they chose to invade weaker countries, like France and Poland, where people weren’t properly armed to defend themselves.

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    • NE Cowboy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:02pm

      WALKWITHME I’m not even going to call you what I really want to call you. Your just not worth it TROLL. But remember this. Don’t call the POLICE when your being robbed, car jacked, mugged, being raped, get into a car accident and any other reason as the police THEY HAVE GUNS. And in your perfect world, they would all be illegal. What an ass………….

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    • triquad
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:27pm

      I expexted nothing less from a bunch of knee jerkoff politicians with the I.Q of whale crap. what a freaking idiot. One more politician to be kicking turds down the road in 2012. And anyone else who decides to violate our 2nd ammendment rights.

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    • Pucci
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:19am

      I don’t think the 2nd ammendment was intended for deer hunting. What do you think the intent of it was?

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 5:55am

      Agreed. and please… Vote this moron out of office when you get the chance!

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 6:00am

      @Deuteronomy22 — Sorry, but it NOT about just hunting and self-defense. It’s much, much, bigger than that. Wake up, and see the big picture.

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    • chickenbig
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:10pm

      @duet22…
      You must be kidding…No storing of emergency food- And limit the citizens to stone age guns ?
      You must be posting that crap w/ tongue in cheek. If you are serious you must know that those equipped to save your ass in a “pinch” cannot live that way… you know ?…Unprepared…My house/ compound is always open to you in an emergency you MAGGOT !

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  • TruthTalker
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:20pm

    Right, the outlaws are going to turn in there guns. Stop wasting time on ridiculous legislation.

     
    • TerryJ70
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:27pm

      Give me a break! Once again, it’s Congress showing their idiocy, passing another “control” bill that will do absolutely nothing to prevent that which has happened. Come on republicans, get your act together.

       
    • 7.62AirMailComeGetIt
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:29pm

      HELLO HELLO HELLO

      HEY MR. KING CAN YOU HEAR ME

      1) Remove head from AZZ, buy Q-tips read box on how to use
      2) Listen to WE THE PEOPLE
      3) Tell your constituents to carry with their ccw and you have plenty of protection oops sorry your a NEW YORKER
      4) im not in new york so keep your slimy hands off my 2nd amendment RIGHTS

       
    • NickDeringer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:31pm

      I know!! Let’s pass a law outlawing murder!! That will stop the crazies.
      Let’s pass a law outlawing rape and it will cut way down on rape.
      Let’s pass a law outlawing drugs. That will stop the drug cartels.

      LET’S GET TOGETHER AND PASS A LAW!!!!!

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    • Polwatcher
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:31pm

      I thought Rep. King was better than that. He sure has stooped to a new low. He makes no sense at all.

       
    • DashRipRock
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:32pm

      Why a new gun law??

      SHERIFF DUPNIK WONT ENFORSE THE LAWS ON THE BOOKS NOW

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    • pajamash
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:33pm

      “Bloomberg, the head of the group Mayors Against Illegal guns, applauded the measure, saying at a joint news conference the “system that’s supposed to protect us from dangerous and deranged people has failed.”

      Do these fools realize the gun was purchased legally?! The current law didn’t fail. The local law enforcement failed by not heeding the signs that this young man was deranged and potentially dangerous.

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    • Sergio Q
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:33pm

      I would be willing to say with enough BS gun laws the number of “criminals” would increase gynormously ,since many law abideing citezens ~current leagal gun owners~ ,would not turn in there weapons out of knowledge/fear of the real criminal types and thus becoming so called criminals too.
      ~what a mess!~

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    • Godseyesareonthem
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:34pm

      So are we going to have to stand back a 1000 feet if there is a VIP in the area and be searched or body scanned? Guns don’t kill people, people with malicious intent kill people. The gun used in this incident was reported to be legal so where is their leg to stand on for this sudden passage of this law? Always about an excuse for them isn’t it!

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    • P C BE DAMNED
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:34pm

      >>> Second Amendment
      A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
      Definition Blacks Law Dictionary 6th Edition; “People, As generally used in Constitutional Law, the entire body of those citizens of a nation.”
      Infringement, “ A breaking into; A trespass or encroachment upon: A violation of a law, Regulation, contract, or right.”

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    • Young Entrepreneur
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:36pm

      This bill is UNCONSTITUTIONAL… The 2nd Amendment from the United States Constitution states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” All this bill will do is inform the criminals that they can rob and plunder without having to fear retaliation. Let’s drop this B.S. and get back to the task at hand… Repealing of Obama Care!

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    • chirodoc007
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:38pm

      You’re exactly right. Those carrying “illegal” guns don’t follow laws, as stated in the story . This bill would have to be aimed at the carriers of legal firearms. Being able to subdue the “AZ Shooter” without deadly forced allowed the guy legally carrying to not use his weapon to stop this maniac. If this had ended in similar fashion to the School Board Shooter in Florida would they be calling for more people to carrying legally? I think not.

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    • Tulsatime
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:41pm

      I own a gun(s) I live within 1000 feet of a school. Will I become an “illegal”?

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:41pm

      The only people hurt by the taking and limiting of guns by a government is the people themselves; the right to bear arms is slowly being destroyed peice by peice. So, now we know one more member of the GOP who is soon to be listed as FIRED!!!

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    • 7.62AirMailComeGetIt
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:41pm

      I need some new guns mine must be defective

      out of my 10 guns i have not seen 1 jump up and shoot someone.
      i carry my .45 (ccw) it has never gone off just by walkin , riding my motorcycle even sitting in my truck MUST be defective

      does seem to work when i put it in my hand slide off the SAFETY point and SQUEEZE THE TRIGGER though

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    • clockn63
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:45pm

      Just think the young man that held the crazy guy down had a hand gun on him. Shame he didn’t use it and save the victims alot of grief. This law is a overreaction to a horrible event. How can this law be a preventitive? How can it be enforced? How can King be for real?

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    • Studentofthetruth
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:45pm

      A left wing 911 truther, dope smoking nut case flips out and we lose more liberties. America you have to love it right? On another subject I would like to ask all Christians to stop participating in National Moments of Silence. As Christians we should call on God publicly and humble ourselves before him. We should not participate in Moments of Silence that to no honor him, exalt him, and praise his name. This is for the pagans and the unbelievers to behave this way, and as Christians we should not partake in the hoax.

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:46pm

      KISS MY ArSS walkwithme, you are a moron scumbucket!

       
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 2:51pm

      A. Agree entirely

      B. This idiot doesn’t realize bullets travel over 1000 feet? In the Marines, I dropped them into the target from 500 YARDS. That’s half again as long as his 1000 feet, and I usually hit 10 of 10 hots at that range.

      Rediculous, useless legislation. That aside, SCotUS already ruled situational bans on guns were unconstitutional TWICE!

      D.C. v. Heller
      McDonald v. Chicago

      I take it that this Republican introducing unconstitutional legislation wasn’t a tea party favorite.

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    • Ricochet
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:00pm

      Yepper…Here come the more dumb laws….

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:01pm

      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

      I can’t help but wonder if it is time, do you wonder? If they pass this gun law? And the one to restrict free speech? And all the other unconstitutional laws they have passed in recent decades? Have we have become aliens in our own country? I incite nothing but to be a thinker…

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    • UnreconstructedLibertarian
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:04pm

      I warned you all about this “week off”.

      This doesn’t surprize me one, tiny, bit.

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    • Lantern
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:06pm

      So, what, are they going to put up signs in a 1000 foot perimeter around schools now, so people who aren’t from that city or town will know to keep 1000 feet away?
      And here I thought Peter King was a smart Congressman who was going to go after radical muslims in NY. Showing his true colors now.

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    • Max jones
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Arizona has a loose concealed carry statute, but is there no background check at all? It is said that Loughner bought the gun in november, but was suspended form school for emotional/mental problems and threats,way before that, wasn’t he? If so, the government is culpable, again. Bureaucrats, pfau!!

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    • Manny NC
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:16pm

      Yes… only the good guys are not allowed.
      The problem are the ones who are going to use them.
      Don’t waste your time with these kind of laws, there are more important things to do to fix this Nation.

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    • ismkerry
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:23pm

      If a parent decides to home-school, does that constitute a school?

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    • Kpax
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:25pm

      While you’re at it would you please pass a law making it illegal for terrorists to come within a 1000 feet of airports. Then we can do away with the TSA.

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    • Cheekymnky2
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:31pm

      I guess we can have Janet and the TSA enforce this one 364 days a year.

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:32pm

      Why don’t we confine all members of the three branches of government to a gun free zone and make it a crime if they leave it during their terms in office. This would limit the violation of personal freedoms to a few hundred instead of millions.

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    • mtnclimberjim
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:42pm

      I can knock down a elk at 300yds very easily. They need to rethink this. And by the way it will be OK for them to carry? BS. I’ll carry any damned place I want and no one needs to know. I got a little piece of paper called the Constitution that allows me to carry. Besides, who would want to get within a 1000ft of a politition anyway? So now this will be called hate speech. Bla bla bla bla

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    • ovrwlmd
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:48pm

      I don’t care if someone has a gun a few feet away from me . . . I just don’t want to be shot!

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    • TexasCommonSense
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:48pm

      walkwithme1966, if they were banned I would make my own, and so would violent criminals. Then what?

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    • clockn63
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:51pm

      Oh Sgt.Crust I have wondered, What has become of our republic. I was just saying to my hubby that I think we are the last generation that knows how it’s supposed to be. Every generation says that “It wasn’t like that when I was young” but the last 20 years the changes have gone into overdrive. Thank God for Glenn Beck and the REAL history lessons he has taught.

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    • 101
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:54pm

      How about if you get elected to congress you get locked in a cell for a term of 4 years, no outside contact and we the people will write and vote on the laws as we see fit!

      This law would make innocent people into crimminals…If you ride your Harley by a federal building with a gun strapped to your hip, on your way to grammas house, then you will be prosecuted because the roadway is within a thousand feet of a Federal building!

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    • Branded
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 3:55pm

      If the STUPID legislators would realize that the laws that have already been passed are quite enough, IF YOU MORONS WOULD ENFORCE THEM, DAAAA! We have more laws than can ever be enforced, 99% of which are IDIOT laws. We also have a Judicial System that is broken by slick, money grubing lawyers and judges, the blindfold has been removed from the Lady of Justice and replaced with $Dollar$ Signs. Before a cope gets a criminal in jail, some money gurbing lawyer has him out on bond so he can repete the cycle. The taxpayer pays the bills, the criminal goes free, and the lawyer makes another killing. But we don’t have a problem with our judicial system, WRONG!! Semper Fi.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:00pm

      Lets outlaw stupid Coingressmen and we will not have any more stupid laws. The stupids come out of the woodwork every time there is an incident. IOt is not the gun it is the people. So maybe we need a law against humans. After all they are the problem. Civilization was so much better without politicians.

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    • Hoosier Daddy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:01pm

      Pandering…the default position of every politician.

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    • Sgt.Crust
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:02pm

      I think the last true generation of AMERICANS, lives today, between the left crying for murder and outright violent revolution and our BANKRUPT economy, how can it not be so?

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    • ironcowboy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:16pm

      So let me get this straight… If I can’t come within 1000 foot of a “federal officer” by logical extension that means that no federal officer can come within 1000 foot of me! Say that might not be a bad idea! As a citizen with basic freedoms, I have the god given right to be where I am legally allowed to be, without compulsion of law to flee my residence or location. My rights are not dependent on the desire of a federal officer. How the hell will I know if a “federal officer” encroaches on the mandatory 1000 foot buffer? How do I even know how to comply with this buffer, unless I am informed of the EXACT LOCATION OF EVERY FEDERAL OFFICER, WHEN THEY WILL BE THERE, THE ROUTE OF TRAVEL THE INTEN TO TAKE, AND HOW LONG IN DURATION THAT OFFICER WILL REMAIN?

      King is an absolute idiot!

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    • Failsafe
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:24pm

      Pfffft, gun control laws, everyone knows that it raising taxes that solves problems!

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    • fritz57
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:26pm

      You will just create a 1000′ shooting gallery where nobody can protect themselves! Thanks to idiocy like this we are all at risk!

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    • Live_Free_orDie
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Give a politician a soap box and they’ll get up to open their stupid mouths everytime. HEY JACKASS…FELONS ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE LAWS YOU ALREADY PASSED AND DON”T CARE ABOUT ANOTHER INEFFECTIVE LAW! . TRY JAILING THEM!!!!!

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    • zorroo
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:35pm

      Didn’t the man who performed first aide on the congresswoman state he carries his gun. Why do we need to remove peoples personnal protection. The shooting should not have taken place period. It is no surprise a shout for government to remove rights from the people is the first thought. Do we not already have enough useless laws! Geez why waste a crisis?

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    • RabidPatriot
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:35pm

      They have passed similar laws for schools. How is that working for you? Oh. You mean that someone that is bent on mass homicide is not gong to change his mind because of some 1,000 foot law? But its a law. Does King not know that murdering people is already against the law? Since it bans firearms to be within 1k feet of politicians and federal buildings, would this not be a de facto ban on firearms in Washington D.C.?

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    • siralien
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:37pm

      Its the finger that pull the trigger. Why not pass a law to prohibit elected officials from getting closer than 1000 feet from legaly abiding citizens. That way they can see who the real crazies are.

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    • 101
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:42pm

      An armed society is a polite society.
      Robert A. Heinlein

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    • Hokiedad
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:46pm

      It’s getting to the point where the only legislation I think either or both parties should propose is the complete elimination of ALL politicians. Everyday that goes by all I ever hear is one more stupid, irrelevant proposal from both parties. I seriously think we should just disband our society completely and let every American protect and defend themselves. I can’t possibly be any worse than these guys are doing and it for sure would be cheaper! I find myself singing “Wizard of Oz” show tunes all day…“if they only had a brain”

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:47pm

      @leftfighter,

      “Rediculous, useless legislation. That aside, SCotUS already ruled situational bans on guns were unconstitutional TWICE!”

      SCotUS doesn’t DECIDE what is Constitutional or not; They have a responsibility to use reason to determine whether or not something is Constitutional. And when SCotUS gets it wrong, the People’s rights are being violated.

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:48pm

      Another RINO with a great idea.My question to this clown is why would you need to protect an elected official that people vote into office?Oh wait I know,a person from outside there distirct might want to harm them,again why?If you think like this then you better put them all in steel box’s and never let them out.
      Why not outsource all the house and senate to India,I would bet an Indian could do the job of three of these clown’s and in less time.It wouldnt matter weather you understood him or not,it‘s mostly all lie’s anyway.You political moron’s created the monster now live with it or fix it.

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    • NE Cowboy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 4:53pm

      I‘m not even going to say what i’m thinking right now. But man, these two idiots need to move to the UK, to see just how well gun control is working out for them. NOT!!!!!!!

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    • exdem
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:00pm

      This is why both parties suck!!! They are going to keep it up until the Tea Party becomes a third party big enough to leave these radicals on both sides in the dust. We need the WE THE PEOPLE PARTY…

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    • avenger
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:09pm

      hey King….I am going to come to your state and work against your next election.you are a typical stupid politicain that does not deserve to represent the people ! frigging moron….

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    • Pale Horse
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:10pm

      So Mr. King how would this work, as I run into my Rep. in the grocery store weekly? do I have to give him my schedule? or do I run from the store to my car to secure the two guns I carry? ………….. sorry my bad that’s not going to work, will have to drive the car 1000 ft away before returning to shop? Still have a problem though, I don’t know who the Federal Judges are …………. I guess I will just have to stop carrying guns :( …………………… but that‘s what you really want isn’t it.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:16pm

      @WalkWithMe

      And people who say “if I had my way” are the reason the Founders finally settled on a Bill of Rights instead of trusting that people hundreds of years later would have the common sense to still realize what “Rights” mean.

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    • APatriotFirst
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:23pm

      Please do not mistake Peter King from NY with the good guy from Iowa, Steve King.

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    • GEW
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:26pm

      kings just another wanna be do gooder. Gettin on the band wagon now while the bright lights are shinning on his face. Said it before THEY ARE COMING AFTER YOUR GUNS. And the leaders of this crowd will be the the Reps like king here….let me be a do gooder, let me lead the charge please please please……………………ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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    • TAXLORDCOMETH
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:26pm

      We’ve got laws against shooting the President. Why do we need a Secret Service?

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    • MOVETERAN
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:30pm

      @TRUTHTALKER
      But that is what politicians do best. Waste time, money, paper, oxygen, oh and pretty much anything and everything they get involved in. It is becoming more and more obvious that it doesn’t matter what party they belong to none of them really are interested in saving this country or this economy not to mention doing what is in the best interest of the citizens of this country. Want my gun come get it, is all I have to say.

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    • Alphonso
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:36pm

      Congressman King’s phone numbers are: 202-225-7896 and 516-541-4225.
      Call him on both numbers and express your polite objection to his proposed new law.

      I did…

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    • 101
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:42pm

      This guy’s Australian but he says it well. And considering what’s coming maybe we could use a little of that Fourth-of-July-Proud-To-Be-American feeling while we have the chance.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TC2xTCb_GU

      And one more tidbit from him:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1geyoxeifk0&feature=fvw

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    • dwh320
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:44pm

      The father of the nine year old girl who was killed in the shooting said it best… “We don’t need more government restrictions on our lives”

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    • proantisocialist
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 5:47pm

      cant believe we actualy pay this guy!!!

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    • PubliusMM
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:00pm

      Yet one more example of the elitists setting themselves apart from the real folks. Rep. King…pound sand, you snob.

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    • Bob Holland
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:05pm

      I’m sure the people who were shot wished this law was in place.

      Of coarse you may say that they wished they had a gun to shoot the guy who had starting shooting everyone.

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    • Xcori8r
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:06pm

      Its’s a shame we did not have this type of law in back in 1963. It certainly would have Lee Harvey Oswald more than the 265 feet away he was when he shot JFK.

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    • foobear
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:07pm

      It’s idiots like this, that think a law would have stopped the pointless shooting in Arizona, that make me sad to call myself a human.

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    • Ookspay
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:23pm

      Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without exception. Reason or force, that’s it.

      In a truly moral and civilized society, people exclusively interact through persuasion. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

      When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force.

      The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gang banger, and a single guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.

      There are plenty of people who consider the gun as the source of bad force equations. These are the people who think that we’d be more civilized if all guns were removed from society, because a firearm makes it easier for a [armed] mugger to do his job. That, of course, is only true if the mugger’s potential victims are mostly disarmed either by choice or by legislative fiat–it has no validity when most of a mugger’s potential marks are armed.

      People who argue for the banning of arms ask for automatic rule by the young, the strong, and the many, and that’s the exact opposite of a civilized society. A mugger, even an armed one, can only make a successful living in a society where the state has granted him a force monopoly.

      Then there’s the argument that the gun makes confrontations lethal that otherwise would only result in injury. This argument is fallacious in several ways. Without guns involved, confrontations are won by the physically superior party inflicting overwhelming injury on the loser.

      People who think that fists, bats, sticks, or stones don’t constitute lethal force watch too much TV, where people take beatings and come out of it with a bloody lip at worst. The fact that the gun makes lethal force easier works solely in favor of the weaker defender, not the stronger attacker. If both are armed, the field is level.

      The gun is the only weapon that’s as lethal in the hands of an octogenarian as it is in the hands of a weight lifter. It simply wouldn‘t work as well as a force equalizer if it wasn’t both lethal and easily employable.

      When I carry a gun, I don’t do so because I am looking for a fight, but because I’m looking to be left alone. The gun at my side means that I cannot be forced, only persuaded. I don‘t carry it because I’m afraid, but because it enables me to be unafraid. It doesn’t limit the actions of those who would interact with me through reason, only the actions of those who would do so by force. It removes force from the equation… and that’s why carrying a gun is a civilized act.

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    • Jackdaball
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:25pm

      You notice how much more important their lives are than John Doe citizen.1000 ft,100,000 ft. or 1000 miles if someone is hell bent on taking you out,they will.Trained snipers can hit their target 1000 yds away you DA . Had someone been armed at the Arizona event,perhaps a few less lives would have been lost.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:35pm

      Why wouldn’t the GOP support Gun control ?
      Secretly most of them do.
      But don’t have the Balls to stand up and say so.
      Watch ***** very closely in the next few months.

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    • Salvatore
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 6:58pm

      Why is it that progressives always use a tragedy to put forth their anti-gun philosophy. Come on guys. The govt cannot control everything. Bout time you realized that. Let us mourn for the dead and injured.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:13pm

      Does that mean I will have to yell at my Representative with a bull horn and then be called and angry mob? Somebody needs to tell that RINO that the Constitution rules the land and not his fear of Progressive Nuts…

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    • VermontPatriot
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:24pm

      @Reagan/DeMint.disciple
      “@LT_TAZ… Dude to be fair, 1000 feet is close to a 1/4 mile, you would probably need a scope to hit a target that far.. Course if you’re just randomly shooting in that direction, that’s a different story… Just sayin.”

      Basic Marksmanship – Man sized target, 300 meters. Tough shot through peepsights, but any ex-soldier could do it easy. We had 300 meter shots everytime we went to a range.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 7:50pm

      If there were two societies…One that banned guns and the other made every sane and responsible person carry a firearm which would have a lower murder rate? Which would you feel safer in?

      If you say the unarmed society, YOU ARE A FOOL!!!

      I carry because there are drug infected insane people like this shooter on the loose. I would have killed him instantly if I would have been there…But I dont go to Dem or RINO rallies, so no help from me…Unless of course they want to hire me for your security detail.

      The Second Ammendment was not a good idea…It was the best one our Founding Fathers had.. You will not take my guns away from me..Not now, not ever!

      Peter,,,I think you are toast in the bext election, We hate RINOs and people who take our rights. So say be bye to your job *****…

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    • wdg
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:10pm

      TruthTalker has it right! A ridiculous move …that will not work. Will not stop crazy people

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    • 7HAM
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:56pm

      Let’s pass a law that will keep politicians 1000 feet away from the ability to trash the Constitution!

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:05pm

      Okay, we are going to put a GPS on all Federal employees so they show up on our screens and we can then keep 1000 feet away? How else can we citizens be advised that we are nearing a moving object that we must say 1,000 ft away from. Now what if they are the standard inside-the-beltway lawbreaker (excuse me I meant Lawmaker) who is doing double the speed limit on the Interstate and catching up to me? When he is within 1,000 ft of me, I’ve just broken the law? Why are our elected officials not aware enough to think about these things before they pass a bill?

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    • happyboy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:15pm

      KING, THE STEALTH RINO

      How about a law stating Islamic Terrorists cannot come within 1000 feet of an American Citizen. The 1000 foot rule will make it illegal to have a gun anywhere. There are elected people on my street so I would have to turn in my guns.

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    • Sam I am
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:25pm

      Another stupid law.
      Why not try enforcing the thousands we have now?

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    • Rapunzel
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:35pm

      @Ookspay – what a well-written and thoughtful essay on firearms as an equalizer! May I quote you? Do you blog?

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    • Lord_Frostwind
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:38pm

      An important lesson that will never be learned, there is no way to defend against the lone lunatic. You can put every measure of regulation, punishment, and whatever in their path, but it doesn’t work. The answer why is simple, if something doesn’t get a red flag as being a problem, the systems continue with normal operation. With a lone gunman, you typically have little to no warning of an attack, and it doesn’t take much to either do damage with a legally obtained weapon, or to obtain an illegal weapon for some havoc. What King is doing is trying to impose order and sense onto something that is by its nature chaotic and unpredictable. It doesn’t work.

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    • GApatriot55
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:45pm

      Yeah, that will really stop the people who already don’t care about the law and know they are going to jail anyway!

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    • andrewbsheets
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 9:48pm

      amennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
      its time 4 the 2nd revolution

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    • Timekeeper
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:21pm

      Bloomberg is a rabid anti-gun lefty. Now we have Pete King (a RINO) wanting to advance his carreer and get in the good graces of Bloomberg with this stupid piece of legislation.

      Folks, the people that we have in office now need to go. They don’t have common sense and are not looking out for OUR Rights, or the best interest of this country.

      VOTE Them ALL OUT in 2012

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    • Dominican
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 10:28pm

      I wonder if the security around Mayor Bloomberg is allowed to carry guns,since he hates guns so much he should walk around Harlem without security or guns like he wants every NEWYORKER to be disarmed;And now a RINO wants to have more gun control in NY,why not outlaw mariguana too…

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:20pm

      WALKWITHME1966 criminals commies always want handguns banned… that way it only take a two dollar knife to rob, rape and kill.
      Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
      Joseph Stalin

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:25pm

      “illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official” How would I know??????????

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    • NE Cowboy
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:34pm

      How true. We all knew what was going to happen. “Never let a crisis go to waist”. Thanks Rahm you idiot………

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    • voiceofsanity
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:59pm

      When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.

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    • Luckywon
      Posted on January 11, 2011 at 11:59pm

      Truly, this is idiotic Legislation. Like all gun legislation, it does absolutely nothing to stop the bad guys from using a weapon to try to kill someone. The only people who get caught up in this kind of law are the Law Abiding Citizens themselves. Imagine if someone in Az was carrying when the lunatic opened fire? Congresswoman Giffords would still have been shot in the head, she was the initial target after all, but maybe the 9 year old girl would have lived. But if this was the law, then the law abiding hero would have been taken to jail after saving everyone.

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    • FormerLib
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:07am

      Next, let’s pass tougher laws to control all those spoons and forks that are obviously responsible for our deadly obesity epidemic.

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:11am

      The ******** strike again!

      Maybe they need to add somewhere in the language that all Government officials also are not allowed to drive cars seeing that they might get killed in a car crash while driving!

      When will the progressives learn that the more they keep interfering and going against the will of the people the more we will resent and expose them!

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:13am

      “You cannot do that if the police cannot be assured that illegal guns are not on the street.”…Rep. Peter King
      Wow! So, Peter, all along, this was all we had to do to get illegal guns off the street? OK, sounds good.
      So, let me see if I understand it… your goin to pass this law, and the gang memb’s and boyz from the hood are goin to come on down and give up their illegal guns?
      The police will then be ‘assured’ that illegal guns will be off the street. Great, Pete. You go, guy.

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    • voiceofsanity
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 12:39am

      Crazy people don’t need guns!
      On March 23, 2010, Zheng Minsheng (郑民生)[3] 41, killed eight with a knife in an elementary school in Nanping,[1] Fujian province;[4] The attack was widely reported in Chinese media (called 南平实验小学重大凶杀案),[3] sparking fears of copycat crimes.[4] Following a quick trial, the Minsheng was executed about one month later, on April 28.[1]

      [edit] AprilJust a few hours after the execution of Zheng Minsheng in neighboring Fujian Province,[5] in Leizhou,[6] Guangdong another knife-wielding man named Chen Kangbing, 33 (陈康炳)[7] at Hongfu Primary School wounded 16 students and a teacher.[4] Chen Kangbing had been a teacher at a different primary school in Leizhou;[7] he was sentenced to death by a court in Zhanjiang in June.[8] On April 29 in Taixing,[1] Jiangsu, 47-year-old Xu Yuyuan went to a kindergarten and stabbed 28 students, two teachers and one security guard;[4] most of the Taixing students were 4 years old.[9] On April 30, Wang Yonglai used a hammer to cause head injury to preschool children in Weifang,[1] Shandong, then used gasoline to commit suicide by self-immolation.[4]

      [edit] MayAn attacker named Wu Huanming (吴环明), 48, killed seven children and two adults and injured 11 other persons with a cleaver at a kindergarten in Hanzhong, Shaanxi on May 12, 2010;[1] early reports were removed from the internet in China, for fear that mass coverage of such violence can provoke copycat attacks.[1][10] The attacker later committed suicide at his house; he was the landlord of the school,[11] Shengshui Temple private kindergarten, and had been involved in an ongoing dispute with the school administrator about when the school would move out of the building.[11]

      On May 18, 2010 at Hainan Institute of Science and Technology (海南科技职业学院), a vocational college in Haikou, Hainan, more than 10 men[12] charged into a dormitory wielding knives around 2:30 am;[13] after attacking the security guard and disabling security cameras, 9 students were injured, 1 seriously.[13] The local men attacked the dorm in an act of revenge and retaliation against college students following conflict the previous day at an off-campus food stall in which 4 students were injured, for a total of 13.[14]

      [edit] June and JulyDuring this period there were no reported attacks as it was the summer holidays for many schools in China.

      [edit] AugustOn 4 August 2010, 26-year-old Fang Jiantang (方建堂) slashed more than 20 children and staff with a 60cm knife, killing 3 children and 1 teacher, at a kindergarten in Zibo, Shandong province. Of the injured, 3 other children and 4 teachers were taken to the hospital. After being caught Fang confessed to the crime; his motive is not yet known.[15]

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    • Sam I am
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 1:39am

      So let me see if I understand. A unstable individual might be willing to kill someone, but wouldn‘t dare bring a gun within 1000’? Yeah, that makes sense. How do these bozos get elected?

      A law like this will only guarantee that law abiding people in the crowd won’t be able to defend themselves.

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    • skalican
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 5:18am

      um to quote a great man OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!

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    • Stu-Pidasso
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 5:37am

      No guns within a 1000 feet of a federal politician, then a federal building, then federal property…aren’t mailboxes federal?

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 6:11am

      Several people are railing on “walkwithme1966”, and she probably has it coming judging from other posts I’ve seen of hers, but… I cannot find her original post in on this topic that got several folks riled up on her.

      Where is it?

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    • American_Joe
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 7:19am

      I have $10,000 in gold and a guns. My neighbour also has $10,000 in gold but he has no way to defend himself or his property, all criminals know this. Who will be attacked?

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    • MOLLYPITCHER
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 8:35am

      ONLY CRIMINALS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE GUNS IN NEW YORK. We could expect nothing less from Nanny Bloomberg. For the anti-gunners out there – when you hear someone breaking down your door at 3:00 am, I would bet money that you were wishing you had the very thing you despise; especially if you can hear the frightened cries of your small son or daughter just down the hallway as they wake up scared to death of the noise at the front door.

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    • GymCy81
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:04am

      Several points for consideration:

      1. Somewhat like the terrible shooting that occurred, the proposed legislation looks like a planned / kneejerk reaction to as Rahm would say: ‘not lot a crisis go to waste’ and as such use the hyperbole to create a law without much depth, or openness in forethought.

      2. Why develop a special legislation for protection for elected representatives? Other people have accidents, or are victims of crimes too. Are elected representatives more elite, or special than other citizens in this country? – And that comment is not to imply a potential additional silly notion that the proposed legistlation should be applied to all citizens.

      3. The text of the law could also be (mis) interpreted by enforcement such if an elected representative is driving around, that anyone with a hunting or other self defense firearm – and within x feet – would be instantly, and unknowingly, breaking a law. It sounds like an underhanded way of arresting a lot of innocent people just because someone, elected, drove by a citizen.
      At that point – if it ever occurs (and hopefully clear minds will prevail to prevent another trajedy upon the citizenry of the U.S.) – the citizens should be looking for legal / lawful protection from the elected people that may be making a driving sweep of the communities and the country side over time.

      If that law did come to pass someday, does anyone hear the ka-ching of attorneys cash registers (again) and wonder about the available prison space – all the while the elected elite poke their noses a little higher in the air as time passes? hmmm….

      p.s. to the great credit of some elected officials, not all get themselves trapped into the unguided and destructive philosophies of hedonistic, individualist, minimalism, and relativism thinking. But many do. Greatly, not all citizens do either – but unfortunately like their elected reps, too many do.

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    • mill
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:11am

      tell that to gang members…wanna see it enforced, yeah right..

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    • GymCy81
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:47am

      Rahm Emanuel, a politician, has said that “…do not let a crisis go to waste …” which from what I can tell by some of the actions that have occurred that someone thinks that if a wrong occurs, that then that is an opportunity to exploit the situation to create another wrong (under the guise, cover, or media marketing that it is a purported good).

      By my simple non elitist math and looking at the above thinking: 1 wrong + 1 wrong = 2 wrongs

      If you look a that math, something does equal a right. That is, it is doubly wrong, not right.

      So, someone now wants to hijack the what the voters across the country said, and turn the attention due to the inappropriate act of one person in Az. ? – While ignoring the corrective legislative actions of the incorrect legislative actions that many did that lead to the recent election results?

      The spin masters love to spin. Nothing new.

      Yes, how about facing the truth, openly and truthfully?

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:20am

      What an idiot, if someone is going to go as far as shooting people how does a paper law saying you can’t have a gun 1000 feet from a federal official help? So that means that if a man does bring a gun to kill people it almost guarantees nobody has a gun to protect themselves from this person, really smart move.
      Also, does this law apply to all places. So if a federal official I don’t know comes into my favorite lunch restaurant and I have no idea he is a federal official but I have my gun on me could I be arrested? Maybe they need to add an amendment that says federal officials must have man with bullhorn by side 24 hours to yell out “If you have a gun you must step back 1000 feet because this man is a federal official”
      It is amazing we are paying these people hundreds of thousands of dollars a year and they are stupider than a flea circus!

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    • chickenbig
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:40am

      Sure, that punk would have obeyed a law like that. If we only had a another rule to follow nobody would have been shot in Az. last weekend. This chap was a law abiding citizen right ? At least up until the time he decided to assinate a public official.
      How about a law requiring a person to turn themselves in once they make a decision to commit a crime.
      It seems that the Govt. is waiting to take some control of one kind or another, (regardless of party affiliation), every chance that comes about., and the govt. likes shootings the best

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    • foolsgold
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 1:40pm

      Here are the facts:

      O’reilley: “Tiller the Baby Killer” Result: Tiller shot dead by rightwinger
      Palin: “Take back the 20 in the crosshairs. Dont retreat, reload.” Result: Gifford shot
      Beck: “Dollar is Crap. Revive the Gold Standard!!” – Result: Loghner’s Youtube video saying the SAME crazy thing.

      Now there’s a US gun manufacturer who has put “You Lie” on the butt of a semi-automatic. Result: That scares me.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 4:56pm

      How are we suppose to be able to tell which whore monger, drunk, drunk driving, drug user, lying scum is a politician and who is just a regular guy? Want an education on how our Comgress really acts? Just ask a DC street cop. They are not allowed to arrest unless they commit a severe felony.

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    • USthepeople
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 7:40pm

      This is not really a reply to yours, but the only place I could find to add a comment.
      Just how are we to identify these “federal officers” etc. they look like and wear civilian clothes just like everybody else. And if we can’t come within a 1000 feet (buffer zone) of them, then they sure as hell can’t come within a thousand feet of me even to arrest me. What idiots we have in Washington and New York. Chicago while back banned all gun from the city. Guess what? The murder rate in that city went up over 50% pretty soon thereafter. Didn’t work so the banned the ban.

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    • TOSKIMAN
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 9:32pm

      ….tell a baby not to cry it’s just impossible…. lalalalalalalala.
      Illegal guns??? This guy had a legal gun.

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    • quicktackle71
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 10:53pm

      This is just another case of politicians feeling they have to do someh

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    • Zenvis
      Posted on January 12, 2011 at 11:32pm

      (with sarcasm) That’s right we, the law abiders, will turn over our guns and let the crazies and murders keep theirs.

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    • ricklap
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 5:02am

      The GOP had better remember why they were elected, and stop playing for the camaras. “Protect and Defend the Constitution” not come up with stupid laws for every event that occures. Gun laws are a STATES right, not the federal governments.

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    • NE Cowboy
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 7:44am

      Yep soooo true….from my cold dead hands!!!!

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    • REDPILLREADY
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 8:29am

      More feel good, useless, gutless pandering we don’t need, especially from a Republican. Stand and speak the truth and win the “apolitical” on principal not this stupid stuff that doesn’t work and only helps the left advance their tyranny incrementally. First schools and 1000 feet, then politicians. Next it will be more public and govt locations and then 2000, 3000, 4000 feet….until the 2nd ammendment is effectively legislated away. Just like taxes, free speach, etc. We’re stopping this. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

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    • Bob0213
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 9:01am

      Does anyone else wish more people were carrying guns? Fort Hood, Virginia Tech and Tuscon all would have been lessened if someone there had a gun. Had the guy with the concealed weapons permit in Tuscon been outside LESS people would have died and the right person would have died. EVERY statistic published shows more guns result in less crimes. So now we want to prevent good people from carrying guns so that the bad guys, who don’t obey laws anyway, have less to worry about. Are you kidding me?

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    • Curioso
      Posted on January 13, 2011 at 11:10am

      The house speaker squashed it. He might be better than we think keep your fingers crossed.

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    • ALBERT2012
      Posted on January 16, 2011 at 5:48am

      We have idiots running the nation. The only thing that stops a madman with a gun is a good shot from a law abiding ccw holder. Since i do not go where my gun is not welcome i will not be able to save your life. Madmen love gun free zones. Lets see what will work—–carry your own gun and know how to use it. Hire a seal to protect you. Have your meetings in a federal building—-etc etc etc.

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  • CatB
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:34pm

    Yes … so the people who might help .. won’t be armed …..Does this include the Federal Officials? .. after all they are next to each other often times …..

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  • kmichaels
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 8:35pm

    Actually, the new law is even more stupid and unmanageable, in that it states you can’t carry a gun within 1000 feet of members of congress. As if they were stationary objects, which they are not. That means that if a congressman shows up at your gun club you are all immediately placed in illegal status for having your guns to close to him or her. It is just more liberal mental retardation in action.

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  • trolltrainer
    Posted on January 11, 2011 at 1:39pm

    Sheesh, those two have you running in circles, don’t they? You do realize that all you are doing is encouraging them to keep trolling because they have such an effect on people.

    Which is fine with me, I like trolls. I can get them to do all kinds of neat tricks and they are not even aware they are doing them. :-)

    Please, feed the trolls!

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  • jttri
    Posted on January 12, 2011 at 1:02pm

    Everyone go to the Huffington Post and sign up for an account, watch there heads explode it is a riot.

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