The popular wisdom says Team Obama is too busy with other priorities. In case anyone hasn't noticed, the economy is in the toilet, the guy can't even assemble a cabinet, and some are beginning to express "buyer's remorse" as his popularity slips. And if the history of "gun control" edicts shows us anything, it's that when politicians have no clue, what better way is there to distract, make it look like they're doing something, and get favorable publicity, than to propose something that will be wildly popular with the media?http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Will-Alabama-shooter-bring-assault-weapon-ban-to-front-burner



Alabama killer Michael McLendon fired more than 200 rounds from his military-style semiautomatic assault weapons. He lived in a state that has pathetically weak guns laws: In the Brady Campaign’s recent state scorecards, Alabama earned a score of 15 out of 100. Assault weapons were banned under federal law until four years ago.

McLendon shot complete strangers, women, children, dogs and his own mother before taking his own life. He had an SKS assault rifle, a Bushmaster assault rifle and a 38 caliber handgun.
Alabama has the fifth-highest gun death rate in America, including the third-highest rate of gun homicide.

“This man needed the firepower of assault weapons to execute his plan of mass carnage. Alabama, and our nation, must take action to make it harder for dangerous people to get dangerous weapons,” said PaulHelmke, President of the Brady Campaign.http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=1117



Hopefully some, besides me, question the wisdom of the second amendment zealots that are promoting getting a gun and a concealed carry permit. I say this because it's fanciful for these people to think they're going to go Dirty Harry on any crook. The unfortunate statistical fact is that those guns will be used for accidental shootings, suicide, domestic violence and for the occasional slaughter, like happened in Germany and in Alabama yesterday, far, far more often than to stop crime.

Of course, for your gun to help you you have to get your gun out and point it at the criminal before he points his at you. And it's hard to tell if he's a criminal until he has his gun pointing at you, so that's kind of an unlikely scenario.

I think what they're hoping, is that they will see the criminal doing a criminal act before the criminal sees them. Then, they'll go up and ...do what? Start blasting? Say, "Freeze mister", like Marshall Dillion? Umm..that wouldn't be very smart. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_146586.asp



National Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Call for Effective Federal Assault Weapons Ban in Wake of Alabama Rampage Shooting Leaving 11 Dead, Including Shooter

WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following yesterday's assault weapon rampage shooting in Alabama leaving 11 dead including the shooter, America's leading national gun violence prevention organizations -- Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, Freedom States Alliance, Legal Community Against Violence, and Violence Policy Center -- issued the following joint statement:

"Our sympathies go to all those affected by this terrible tragedy.

"The guns used in yesterday's rampage shooting across Alabama -- a Bushmaster AR-15-style assault rifle and an SKS assault rifle -- are military-bred firearms developed for the specific purpose of killing human beings quickly and efficiently. Yesterday's shooting is only the latest addition to a string of preventable tragedies committed with these military-style weapons. America needs an effective federal assault weapons ban to stop the mass production and marketing by the gun industry of these anti-personnel weapons. Today we call on the U.S. Congress to pass a federal assault weapons ban modeled on California's effective law that would ban these weapons once and for all.

"The answer to gun violence is not more guns. Alabama has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the nation -- more than 57 percent of the state's households have guns -- and some of the weakest gun laws in the country. At the same time, its overall gun death rate for 2005 (16.18 per 100,000) ranks it fifth in the nation. The sad truth is that America will continue to experience these horrific events until Congress listens to the friends and families of the 30,000 Americans who die from guns each year instead of the National Rifle Association." http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-11-2009/0004987025&EDATE=

as with the VT shooter. There were no outward signs of potential. What is a CCP holder had takenout the DC snipers?

I guess the Brady group had to trump the two good gun stories of the week.

Given the election, Holders confirmation, and many other thing sin the news over the past couple months....

I didn't realise that an AWB was on the back burner :D

Of course, for your gun to help you you have to get your gun out and point it at the criminal before he points his at you. And it's hard to tell if he's a criminal until he has his gun pointing at you, so that's kind of an unlikely scenario.

And what part of the above statement would change if guns are illegal?



The law-biding citizen concerned with breaking the law would not have the gun to "get out and point at the criminal"

Whoever that quote was from is an Asshat...

Alabama has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the nation -- more than 57 percent of the state's households have guns -- and some of the weakest gun laws in the country. At the same time, its overall gun death rate for 2005 (16.18 per 100,000) ranks it fifth in the nation. The sad truth is that America will continue to experience these horrific events until Congress listens to the friends and families of the 30,000 Americans who die from guns each year instead of the National Rifle Association."
yet Alabama had nearly twice the amount of murders before the advent of "assault weapon" civilian ownership than in 2005

well, there are some anniversaries coming up...so, I expect a couple more AW rampages to get into the media spotlight to get the fires burning out of control and voila...feel good--do nothing legislation full of gun control.

Quote:

"The answer to gun violence is not more guns. Alabama has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the nation -- more than 57 percent of the state's households have guns -- and some of the weakest gun laws in the country. At the same time, its overall gun death rate for 2005 (16.18 per 100,000) ranks it fifth in the nation. The sad truth is that America will continue to experience these horrific events until Congress listens to the friends and families of the 30,000 Americans who die from guns each year instead of the National Rifle Association."


Statistics, gotta go to year 2005 to make it work? :shaking:

http://www.examiner.com/x-1417-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m3d11-Will-Alabama-shooter-bring-assault-weapon-ban-to-front-burner



http://www.bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=1117

should that be an "assault" 38 special. they put assault in front of everything else!! :mad3:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_146586.asp

^^^ that shit is pure-d propaganda. "these guns will be used more often in massacres than to stop crime" Fuck you!!! :mad3:



http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-11-2009/0004987025&EDATE=


liberal bastards

Today we call on the U.S. Congress to pass a federal assault weapons ban modeled on California's effective law that would ban these weapons once and for all.


yeah, and a couple of the most infamous shooting sprees and killings were done during the last AWB, one of them in Kalifornia: North Hollywood shootout and the tragedy at Columbine.

Good thing the AWB was in place back then!! Fucktards.:shaking:

i wonder where they got m16 and sks from? i heard pistol and shotgun were recovered.

Maybe they need to outlaw murder.. Ya, that will put an end to this :laughing: