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Old 01-05-2013, 12:03 AM
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The sense I'm getting from all of my gun bloggers and what's coming out in the news is a sense of guarded optimism that the bill(s) will fail, but I fear some sort of Hail mary from a democratic senate sensing a weakened GOP and fearing voter black lash in the upcoming mid-term elections. or a copy cat shooting with an AR-15.
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Old 01-05-2013, 05:35 AM
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The sense I'm getting from all of my gun bloggers and what's coming out in the news is a sense of guarded optimism that the bill(s) will fail, but I fear some sort of Hail mary from a democratic senate sensing a weakened GOP and fearing voter black lash in the upcoming mid-term elections. or a copy cat shooting with an AR-15.
I'm with you. A guarded optimism. Good description.
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Old 01-06-2013, 08:06 PM
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Sen. McConnell stated that no gun control measures would be heard for atleast three months while Congress tackled the fiscal cliff and the economy.

To me, this is both good and bad. Your average American will forget about gun control, which is good, but your average gun owner will too, which is bad.

To quote Jeb Stuart, "keep up the skeer."
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Sen. McConnell stated that no gun control measures would be heard for atleast three months while Congress tackled the fiscal cliff and the economy.

To me, this is both good and bad. Your average American will forget about gun control, which is good, but your average gun owner will too, which is bad.

To quote Jeb Stuart, "keep up the skeer."
At least a three month wait will take away a lot of the emotional component to this
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Old 01-07-2013, 03:28 AM
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At least a three month wait will take away a lot of the emotional component to this
That's what I'm thinking.
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Old 01-07-2013, 02:18 PM
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Sometimes the set up of our government, that allows gridlock and delays, can work in our favor. I remember in the U.K. and Australia, after their big shooting massacres in 96 (Dunblane and Port Arthur), those governments moved with breath-taking speed to outlaw the various firearms. The gun-grabbers were able to strike when the iron was more than hot it was scorching.

A couple days after Sandy Barbara Boxer (I believe it was Boxer) said in an interview that the AWB could become law if they could vote on it before the week was over. And she was right.
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Gotta love checks and balances
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Old 01-14-2013, 12:35 AM
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a bill would be doa in a republican house and dem senators in rural or gun friendly states wont risk re election by going after guns.
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http://www.assaultweapon.info/

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