Fûz talks about his votes for the NRA Board of Directors.

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Gun nuts show their nuttiness:

Surely, the gun lovers out there have lost sight of the target when they start defending a person’s right to carry rockets and grenades into a school and when they oppose attempts to keep high-powered weapons out of terrorists’ hands.

So, what law being discussed actually permits someone to buy grenades and rockets?

The NRA, you see, has blocked attempts to use the federal watch lists to ban gun sales to terrorists. Osama’s troops have Second Amendment rights, too.

First, he NRA has done no such thing. The NRA advocated the laws that are on the books. For this terror list ban thing to work, I’d think it would actually require a law. No law was even discussed until the GAO report. Also, because someone is on a list, it doesn’t make them a terrorist. Ask Senator Kennedy or Cat Stevens.

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In Illinois, the Democrats are not pushing for more gun control:

Two years after Democrats won control of the Legislature and the governor’s office, gun control proposals so closely identified with the party have gone nowhere.

Lately, bills to remove gun restrictions have been making as much progress as legislation to add restrictions.

Gun control advocates have learned, sometimes painfully, that party labels don’t matter much when it comes to guns in Illinois. Downstate lawmakers, whether Democrat or Republican, represent large numbers of hunters and sportsmen, so they tend to oppose gun control.

“The Second Amendment is a right, it’s not a privilege, so we’re just standing firm with what we believe in and what our forefathers gave us,” said Rep. Brandon Phelps, a southern Illinois Democrat who is sponsoring a bill, now headed to the House floor, to let people carry concealed firearms.

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Another article ties the gun lobby’s success in Illinois to 9/11:

The gun lobby in Springfield has been hitting its targets this year like never before, advancing a barrage of bills that would allow concealed handguns in Illinois, make it easier for people to buy and trade guns, and make it harder for the state to track gun owners.

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However, this piece details a bunch of anti-gun bills in Illinois.

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Soldiers get to keep their assault rifles. Not here in the states but in Switzerland.

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Today’s hysterical idiot who can’t be bothered to actually, you know, read about the issue is Sherry Long:

Who needs a semi-automatic weapon?

I fully understand the United States Constitution allows people the right to protect themselves and their homes by owning guns.

But semi-automatic weapons?

What in the world would you kill with a semi-automatic, unless you are just purposely going hunting for other human beings?

Are you going to go out and shoot a deer with a semi-automatic?

I admit that I don’t know a lot about hunting, but seems like if you use a semi-automatic there won’t be much left of the very animals you’re trying to take home for dinner.

Clearly, you don’t know much about anything. A semi-automatic fires one shot per pull of the trigger, just like a policeman’s service pistol.

Posted in uncategorized on March 14th, 2005 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |