Assault weapons ban push
Chuck Schumer has promised that Congress will take the issue up again during its next session:
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said he hasn’t given up trying to renew the ban, which fell by the wayside two weeks ago.
“Not continuing the ban on assault weapons is one of the great disgraces this year,” Schumer (D-N.Y.) said, promising that members of Congress will take up the cause during its next session.
A story in yesterday’s Daily News showed how the once-banned weapons can pierce through concrete and even some bulletproof vests.
And some law enforcement officials fear the powerful guns, once used to guard drug dens during the height of the crack epidemic, could make their way back into New York City.
“The Daily News talked about people having AR-15s,” Schumer said. “Nobody needs an AR-15. These were designed as weapons of war. … They should be abolished.”
What’s need got to do with it, Chucky? I’m guessing the push will come after the election. Also, Mayor Bloomberg is taking Bush to task over the issue.
October 1st, 2004 at 3:23 pm
The correct response to Sen. Schumer’s “weapons of war” is, “so what?”
Civilian ownership of “weapons of war” is precisely what the 2nd Amendment was intended to guarantee. Wasn’t that the reasoning SCOTUS used in Miller—that sawed-off shotguns weren’t “weapons of war” and could be restricted? Although I’m not sure how they squared that with restricting full-auto rifles…
The nation needs to be reminded, always and everywhere, that the 2nd Amendment is NOT about hunting and target shooting.
October 2nd, 2004 at 10:30 am
Nobody “needs” a golf club.