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In reply to the discussion: what is an assault weapon? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)65. did a Democrat introduce a bill to reauthorize it?
other than the 2003 bill that would have included the above pistols? How many Democrats would actually vote for it? The aftermath of the 1994 "ban" amounted to this:
Nixon predicted it
Clinton experienced it after being told by several Democrats that it was a bad idea.
Pelosi told Holder to STFU, not wanting history to repeat itself.
There was a Republican named Peter Smith that voted for it, and the NRA supported Bernie Sanders to unseat him.
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I thought there were three great speeches made during the Democratic convention and ...
spin
Sep 2012
#19
I'm glad you chose those particular handguns as examples - The original California AWB banned them.
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#5
They're not scary like the TEC-9 because it has one of those shoulder things that go up
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#15
It's just another "Sugarman Sugarism". We should ban Sugarist words from the RKBA group. nt
rDigital
Sep 2012
#13
It's pretty much whatever they say it is and that means it's pretty much everything
trouble.smith
Sep 2012
#23
The term was created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.
SecularMotion
Sep 2012
#37
*A* definition was created in 1993. Another was created in 1989. Another was created in 1994 by MD..
X_Digger
Sep 2012
#45
That's a legal definition, and thus not necessarily applicable for practical purposes
Euromutt
Sep 2012
#63
It's the definition from the Assault Weapon Ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004
SecularMotion
Sep 2012
#64