A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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I can't put my finger on it, but I have this nagging feeling that
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban is not gone. My paranoia tells
me the democrats are going to squeeze it through a "back door"
somehow.
There are those among gun right's advocates who believe that having Feinstein’s
assault weapons ban tacked onto another
(a different) gun control bill, of some kind, will make it easier to pass the
Senate.
Consider this: "It’s a trap!
It’s a non-event. What’s going to happen is they’re going to take another bill,
and that could be the veterans’ gun ban and then bring that to the floor,” said
Mike Hammond, chief counsel for Gun Owners of America, a pro-Second Amendment
group.
Hammond said bringing a
less controversial bill to the floor will make it easier to find the 60 votes
needed to open debate.
Hammond said Feinstein’s
proposed ban on “assault weapons” will be offered as an amendment to Reid’s
bill.
“Furthermore,
they’ll probably break off a magazine ban and offer that as an amendment to
that. Furthermore, they’ll probably take a universal gun registry and offer
that as an amendment to that,” Hammond told WND.
“When Harry Reid
says he’s dropping Feinstein from the bill, what he means is it’s not going to
be in the bill which is reported to the Senate, but it will be offered on the
Senate floor,” he said. “So the question we’re asking is, ‘Why in heaven’s name
should anyone vote for this underlying vehicle when we’re being told in advance
it’s going to be nothing but a vehicle for a gun-control buffet?’” Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/its-a-trap-watch-out-for-gun-safety-bill/#j0wfdKpS4Wl7APpy.99
Just saying "I don't trust
the Senate" would be a huge understatement.
Too, I am troubled that Senator
Feinstein did not raise a ruckus.
You'd think she'd be throwing a conniption
fit in front of very camera in sight -- if she were, in fact, REALLY upset that her baby, the Assault
Weapons Ban, was killed by Harry Reid. But she hasn't. THAT is truly puzzling. It is very unlike Feinstein to accept defeat
so easily. I'm just not buying it.
(Oh. If you are wondering what a conniption fit
is, well, it is a regional thing.
Here in the southeastern US
a conniption fit is a bit more physical than a hissy fit. Throwing a hissy fit does not require
physical gestures including punching something or someone. A conniption fit, on the other hand, is
basically a hissy fit with physical gestures, which may, as we said above,
include the act of punching someone in the nose. Just thought you ought to know.)
In my opinion, for gun rights folks to claim victory over the assault
weapons ban is premature. In fact, now
would be the time to really bring the hammer down by increasing the pressure on
those senators who might be wavering.
The White House has indicated it has not thrown in the towel on the
AWB. I expect we will see a good deal of
arm twisting by Obama -- and -- that
pressure is certain to change the minds of some of the weaker members of the
senate. Remember Obamacare?
Then there is the "wild
card." All it will take is for
another nut job with a gun to go on a killing spree to resurrect the AWB and
get it passed in the senate in the twinkling of an eye.
Even though I am concerned about the AWB, I am equally concerned over
the Universal Background Check legislation.
So far as I am concerned, the
Universal Background Check is a gun registry by another name. If anything gets through the Congress it will
be the UBC.
Senator Charles Schumer, D-NY, has referred to background checks as the
“sweet spot” of gun control legislation.
It's THAT important to gun control legislation.
We're now at a critical juncture for gun control legislation in the US Congress. Now
is not the time to relax, or let our guards down. The Second Amendment is in
peril. It is up to freedom-loving
Americans to offer an unflagging defense of the amendment that protects all the
rest. If the Second Amendment goes, the
entire Bill of Rights and the Constitution will go with it.
© J. D. Longstreet
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