Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:38 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

George H WBush banned imported assault rifles in 1990 - by Executive Order

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Just saying

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17 replies	Author	Time	Post
George H WBush banned imported assault rifles in 1990 - by Executive Order (Original post)	malaise	Jan 2013	OP
Link?	riqster	Jan 2013	#1
There are several links - here's one from guess wh0 - FOX news	malaise	Jan 2013	#3
Thanks! Here's another:	riqster	Jan 2013	#9
Thanks for this one n/t	malaise	Jan 2013	#10
Bill Clinton AND George H.W. Bush both have issued executive orders regarding gun control	Tx4obama	Jan 2013	#4
I hope he does	malaise	Jan 2013	#7
If Obama does that, it'll be 1776 all over again!	freshwest	Jan 2013	#14
Yeah,	Turbineguy	Jan 2013	#2
But this time four times as many persons were killed n/t	malaise	Jan 2013	#5
I am sure domestic manufacturers would be happy.	hack89	Jan 2013	#6
yes, but he's a white guy born in america with a valid birth certificate.	spanone	Jan 2013	#8
They will learn	malaise	Jan 2013	#11
i listened to marsha blackburn whining about the debt today on tv	spanone	Jan 2013	#16
That was one of Bush elder's most useless Executive Orders.	Archae	Jan 2013	#12
I was aware of that, and to give u an idea of where NRA's true focus is, it says "importation" i.e	okaawhatever	Jan 2013	#13
kick	samsingh	Jan 2013	#15
Huh? I bought a new Romanian semiauto AK about 3 years ago. Did the ban go away? n/t	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#17

Response to malaise (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:47 PM

riqster (4,175 posts)

1. Link?

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:56 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

3. There are several links - here's one from guess wh0 - FOX news

Issuing an executive order is not a new idea. It has been used many times before.

In 1989, then-President George H.W. Bush halted the importation of some semi-automatic firearms that could be considered “assault weapons” under existing legal authority provided by the 1968 Gun Control Act, under the determination that they were not “particularly suitable for or readily adapting to sporting purposes.”

Bush used his executive powers after a career criminal killed five kids and wounded 29 others with an AK-47 assault rifle on Jan. 27, 1989, in California.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/12/range-executive-actions-possible-on-guns-some-more-controversial-than-others/#ixzz2I0NThhdu
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This time it was 20 kids plus teachers and administrators

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:07 PM

riqster (4,175 posts)

9. Thanks! Here's another:

https://www.law.nyu.edu/ecm_dlv1/groups/public/@nyu_law_website__journals__journal_of_legislation_and_public_policy/documents/documents/ecm_pro_060716.pdf

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:11 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

10. Thanks for this one n/t

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:56 PM

Tx4obama (28,965 posts)

4. Bill Clinton AND George H.W. Bush both have issued executive orders regarding gun control

-snip-

There's ample precedent. After a mass school shooting in Stockton, California, in 1989, George H.W. Bush issued an executive order, pursuant to the 1968 Gun Control Act, that banned imports of certain assault weapons unless used for sporting purposes. Years later, Bill Clinton by executive order banned imports of almost five dozen different assault weapons that had been modified to get through that "sporting purposes" exemption. President Obama could go even further.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/obama-executive-power-debt-ceiling_b_2447359.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:04 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

7. I hope he does

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:33 PM

freshwest (31,524 posts)

14. If Obama does that, it'll be 1776 all over again!

http://allhatnocattle.net/blog7/

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Response to malaise (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:48 PM

Turbineguy (16,550 posts)

2. Yeah,

but he was a white-skinned republican. So no problem for the wing-nuts.

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 08:57 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

5. But this time four times as many persons were killed n/t

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:04 PM

hack89 (21,287 posts)

6. I am sure domestic manufacturers would be happy.

less competition with high demand would be very profitable.

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:06 PM

spanone (72,136 posts)

8. yes, but he's a white guy born in america with a valid birth certificate.

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Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:20 PM

malaise (106,082 posts)

11. They will learn

Obama got more electoral college and popular votes..so there

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Response to malaise (Reply #11)

Tue Jan 15, 2013, 12:06 AM

spanone (72,136 posts)

16. i listened to marsha blackburn whining about the debt today on tv

she spent four years in congress when bu$h was prez and signed off on every

huge spending bill he put forth.

didn't give a thought to the deficit.

how they get away with their hypocrisy is a testimant to our lame media.

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Response to malaise (Original post)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 09:26 PM

Archae (26,393 posts)