Gun Control & RKBA
Related: About this forumDemocratic 2012 Platform Calls for Reinstating Federal Assault Weapons Ban
Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., approved the 70-page 2012 party platform on Sept. 4. It addresses the Second Amendment and gun ownership on page 53, stating the party's focus is "on effective enforcement of existing laws" with an emphasis on enacting "commonsense improvements -- like reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole."
The Republican 2012 party platform adopted on Aug. 28 by GOP Convention delegates in Tampa endorses national concealed carry reciprocity, gun owner privacy and stand your ground rights while opposing reinstatement of the assault weapons ban and restrictions on magazine capacities.
http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/gun-shots/2012/09/democratic-2012-platform-calls-reinstating-federal-assault-weapons-ban
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)good citizens please check for duplicate threads
perhaps Krispos will consider locking ~ unless you would prefer to self-delete.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)and does a much better job of contrasting the difference between our platform and the Republican positions.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)to reply then carry on.
A Broad Platform
I thought the phrase should have been left out of our platform. I think a platform should be broad enough to attract as many voters as possible - to be inclusive rather than exclusive. this is just my opinion on how a platform should be constructed - obviously the republicans (to my mind) went Way Too Far in the other direction. There was no need for all that. A simple concise sentence should be all that is needed, imo.
GreenStormCloud
(12,072 posts)In 2003 the so-called renewal legislation was numbered H.R. 2038, had 111 cosponsors, and died in committee. Rep. Mark Kirk [R-IL10] reintroduced it in 2008 as HR 6257 where it died with only four cosponsors. It appears that all of congress ran away from the bill.
Text of bill here:http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/110/hr6257/text
This AWB is not the old AWB, this one has teeth. and covers many more guns. In fact, the language can be construed to cover just about all guns.
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)this is just a bone to throw to at people like you. It has virtually no chance of getting through the congress and making it to Pres. Obama's desk for his signature, if he would even sign something like that which I have my doubts.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)glacierbay
(2,477 posts)anti Second Amendment people like you seem to be. I should have been more clear although I think you know what I meant.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)I support the Democratic 2012 platform as quoted -
"We recognize that the individual right to bear arms is an important part of the American tradition, and we will preserve Americans Second Amendment right to own and use firearms. We believe that the right to own firearms is subject to reasonable regulation. We understand the terrible consequences of gun violence; it serves as a reminder that life is fragile, and our time here is limited and precious. We believe in an honest, open national conversation about firearms. We can focus on effective enforcement of existing laws, especially strengthening our background check system, and we can work together to enact commonsense improvements like reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole so that guns do not fall into the hands of those irresponsible, law-breaking few."
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)that's your interpretation and you're welcome to it, however, all you EVER post is anti Second Amendment, anti NRA, anti gun articles and then don't comment on them for the most part so, I think you've earned the title and I'm not going to get into a shouting match with you over this.
I also like the Party Platform for the most part except the call for a permanent renewal of the AWB which will do nothing to reduce crime, and drive Independent voters, who might have otherwise voted D, to either sit out the election or vote R.
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. (Hint: 1994.)
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)not the "robust" interpretation of the 2nd amendment that is promoted by the NRA.
The story that Democrats lost congress in 1994 as a result of the Assault Weapons Ban is a myth promoted by the NRA.
It is hard to make a case that the assault weapons ban was decisive in 1994.
The law certainly enraged many N.R.A. members and might explain the loss of certain Democratic seats. However, there were other major factors in the Democrats 1994 loss, starting with perceived Democratic arrogance and corruption (overdrafts at the House bank came to symbolize that).
Add to that voter unhappiness with Mr. Clintons budget, his health care fiasco, the Republican Partys success in recruiting appealing candidates, and that ingenious Republican vehicle for nationalizing the elections known as the Contract With America. The contract, by the way, did not mention guns.
Mr. Clintons successful 1996 re-election campaign actually stressed his gun control achievements. James and Sarah Brady spoke in prime time at the 96 Democratic convention, and Clinton campaign ads trumpeted his role in enacting the assault weapons ban and the 93 Brady law requiring background checks for gun buyers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/09/opinion/09sat4.html?_r=1
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)Mr. Clinton himself admits that the NRA was responsible for the D's defeat, it's right their in his book, My Life. I think I'll believe him over the NYT.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)Did you even bother to read it?
glacierbay
(2,477 posts)and the point still stands. If Pres. Clinton hadn't pushed for the AWB, then we probably would have retained control of the congress.
The AWB was an ill advised piece of legislation then and it's an ill advised piece of legislation now.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)over gun control. I was there. I watched it happen.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)Having such a failure of an idea as a persistent part of the platform is the result of giving too much power to a vociferous extremist authoritarian fringe faction.
alabama_for_obama
(136 posts)The only way to change this is to teach your fellow liberal/progressives how to shoot. Expose them to sane gun owners do that they can form an opinion that goes a little deeper than thinking all of us are right wing whackos.
That or we learn the hard way. I wonder how much bigger democratic majorities could be, if we would finally cut this albatross loose?
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)The more I think about the nuances of these seemingly AWB supportive statements, I am very impressed with how the president and the party play the gun-control expansionists for fools.
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SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)That is what you are when you want to expand gun control laws.
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Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)Playing us all for fools, if you ask me. Would have been better not to mention AWB at all.
including the word "like . . ." left us a lot of wiggle room --
kind of like Clinton's :define "is"
it was a cheap shot especially since the word "assault" is virtually meaningless in this context.
aikoaiko
(34,127 posts)I think the language was chosen carefully to be noncommittal, I've been please with the way the Obama administration has abandoned gun control expansion.
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)finished the sentence:
"on effective enforcement of existing laws".
and totally ommited this virtually menaningless (feel good) gobbledygook:
with an emphasis on enacting "commonsense improvements -- like reinstating the assault weapons ban and closing the gun show loophole."
alabama_for_obama
(136 posts)Regarding gun restrictionists is so damned funny. Still chuckling at it.