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friendly_iconoclast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-11 02:02 PM
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24. IOW "Did the NRA pull a CREEP on the gun controllers?" McGovernize them, so to speak?
Edited on Sun Jan-23-11 02:02 PM by friendly_iconoclast
I rather doubt it, but it would be sheer Machiavellian genius if they did....
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  -Think your "traditional" hunting gun is safe from the proposed ban? Think again: friendly_iconoclast  Jan-23-11 01:09 AM   #0 
  - Oh, goody! Gun propaganda! More, daddy, more!  aquart   Jan-23-11 01:14 AM   #1 
  - Yes, yes.  beevul   Jan-23-11 03:16 AM   #8 
  - There's an awful lot of deer rifles that would be banned by this...  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 01:16 AM   #2 
  - so your "source" for your assertions  OhioBlue   Jan-23-11 01:21 AM   #3 
  - Do you think the NRA "got" to the Library of Congress? Read the bill there if you don't believe me:  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 01:37 AM   #5 
     - In truth, this wouldn't affect very many rifles  Euromutt   Jan-23-11 09:33 AM   #12 
     - The devil will be in the details.  one-eyed fat man   Jan-23-11 10:57 AM   #14 
     - Good grief  guitar man   Jan-24-11 09:27 PM   #31 
     - The bill's sponsor  one-eyed fat man   Jan-25-11 08:02 AM   #39 
        - IIRC  guitar man   Jan-25-11 09:10 AM   #40 
        - Don't you know that when it comes to guns, "definitions are meaningless"?  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-25-11 08:11 PM   #43 
        - I'm sure that they don't like my ML 14" 12ga double!!! n/t  oneshooter   Jan-25-11 07:46 PM   #42 
     - Don't forget the collectors that have origional rifles. n/t  oneshooter   Jan-24-11 09:29 PM   #32 
        - Yeah, like me  guitar man   Jan-24-11 10:34 PM   #34 
     - Speaking of Jim Zumbo  Katya Mullethov   Jan-23-11 11:07 AM   #15 
        - THR has a lot. n/t  PavePusher   Jan-23-11 01:35 PM   #21 
           - I certainly hope THR is aware of what oneshooter pointed out re: lever guns  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 01:57 PM   #23 
           - I would suspect Arfcommers first  Katya Mullethov   Jan-23-11 02:08 PM   #25 
              - I'm quite familiar with the verbiage...  PavePusher   Jan-23-11 02:27 PM   #26 
                 - Yeaaap.........sniff  Katya Mullethov   Jan-23-11 02:49 PM   #27 
     - and speculation is big with you  OhioBlue   Jan-24-11 09:09 PM   #30 
        - Intentionally or not, this bill would, in fact, ban certain "traditional" hunting rifles.  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-24-11 10:12 PM   #33 
        - well you did make an attempt to articulate your position  OhioBlue   Jan-24-11 10:39 PM   #35 
           - The law's "stated intention"  guitar man   Jan-24-11 11:23 PM   #36 
           - There's too much disconnect between what it is "supposed" to do *and what it actually says*  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-24-11 11:54 PM   #37 
        - Congress has passed inane legislation before.  one-eyed fat man   Jan-25-11 09:57 AM   #41 
  - and again  HankyDubs   Jan-23-11 01:34 AM   #4 
  - Factual inaccuracy is still tripping you up, I see.  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 01:55 AM   #6 
  - Don't worry!  Vinnie From Indy   Jan-23-11 02:56 AM   #7 
  - Are you suggesting that the NRA put McCarthy and Lautenberg up to this?  DonP   Jan-23-11 11:15 AM   #16 
     - IOW "Did the NRA pull a CREEP on the gun controllers?" McGovernize them, so to speak?  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 02:02 PM   #24 
  - I'm a "walnut and steel" guy  guitar man   Jan-25-11 12:27 AM   #38 
  - False as to fact: California law already bans existing weapons coming into the state  ProgressiveProfessor   Jan-23-11 09:07 AM   #10 
  - Self Deltete - Wrong Place  ProgressiveProfessor   Jan-23-11 09:08 AM   #11 
  - A ban by any other name  DissedByBush   Jan-23-11 12:52 PM   #19 
  - I almost feel sorry...  beevul   Jan-23-11 03:20 AM   #9 
  - The look on John Astor's face  Katya Mullethov   Jan-23-11 11:18 AM   #17 
     - It was actually Isray  shadowrider   Jan-23-11 11:24 AM   #18 
  - Strangly enough the M1Garand, a semi-auto BATTLE RIFLE would be ok. n/t  oneshooter   Jan-23-11 10:18 AM   #13 
     - I'd expect a "Weapons of War" provision to follow shortly  DonP   Jan-23-11 01:23 PM   #20 
     - Weapons of War criteria used by other countries  DissedByBush   Jan-23-11 02:50 PM   #28 
        - That's often more a question of what cartridge the gun uses than the gun itself  Euromutt   Jan-24-11 04:47 AM   #29 
     - A lot of the M1s out there *were* used to kill people. But they're OK by McCarthy.  friendly_iconoclast   Jan-23-11 01:52 PM   #22 
 

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