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Sandy Hook School shooting leads to new gun control bills
The Sandy Hook School shooting has led a number of law makers to call for more gun control. New Jersey’s own Sen. Frank Lautenberg will introduce a pared down version of the 1994 assault weapon ban that expired in 2004. He’s tried this before but could not muster enough support to get his bills through. However, this shooting may force the hand of many politicians who don’t want to vote no in the wake of the shooting. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the author of the original assault weapons ban will reintroduce the exact same law. I’m sure there will be others as politicians look to use this tragedy to push their agenda.
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Bob Costas uses Jovan Belcher tragedy to advocate for gun control
Bob Costas says that Jovan Belcher and his girl friend would be alive today if he didn’t have access to a gun. This is probably one of the dumbest arguments I have ever heard from the anti-gun crowd. A person that wants to kill someone and then himself will not be thwarted just because guns disappeared tomorrow. What about the person that jumped off a bridge? Should we outlaw bridges? What about someone that smothered someone with a pillow? Let’s outlaw that. I could go on and on.
Every day, there is a story of someone that protected themselves from some nut job because they were armed. Recently in South West Florida, a home owner caught two people trying to steal a water pump from his home. One was armed with a knife and the other with a pipe. The home owner had a gun. Guess who took off running? The home owner, exercising amazing restraint, didn’t fire at them but only at their car. I would have shot them both square in the head, but that’s just me. Maybe this guy realized he would be the one prosecuted! See the article I was interviewed for recently and you’ll see the problems that can come up with self defense.
We really need someone to stand up to Bob Costas and these other anti-gun wing nuts. I would like to see the NRA and other groups step up to this nonsense but I realize its hard to get air time with the way the media is.
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Evan Nappen, Esq. sets the record straight on gun control in New Jersey
This is a great article. Evan Nappen, Esq. is a great advocate for all of us. Check out this article. Be sure to post and share it on Facebook so all of your friends can see it.
Gabrielle Giffords / Tucson shooting prompts more gun control law in New York. Is New Jersey next?
I try to stay out of national issues on this blog, but you can’t ignore the Giffords / Tucson shooting and its potential impact on the already insane laws of New Jersey. While there are no state politicians making any statements as far as I can tell, I figured I’d round up some of the news articles that discuss the issue from across the country.
Long Island congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy, who went into politics after her husband was killed by a crazed gunman, says she’s going to kick off that debate as early as today by introducing new legislation to keep these weapons out of the hands of the deranged. Story is at: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/01/carolyn_mccarth.php
Rep. Peter King said Tuesday he plans to introduce a new gun safety bill in Congress in the wake of the mass shooting in Arizona that killed six people and wounded 14 others, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. King said his bill would make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within a thousand feet of “certain high-profile” government officials. Story is at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/congressman-pete-king-introduce-gun-safety-arizona-shooting/
Gun control advocates say the immediacy of the Tucson shootings is key to pushing legislation now, before public outrage fades. “The NRA is doing what it always does, they want people to not talk about the issue, they want to delay until the collective state of excitement over the issue has gone down,” said Josh Horwitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) on Tuesday called for tougher federal gun laws, including banning large ammunition clips and federal regulations on concealed weapons permits, in the wake of the shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) gravely wounded.
The number of Americans who favor stricter gun laws has spiked significantly in the wake of the weekend shooting spree that killed six and left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition, reversing a long-running trend of declining support for more stringent gun control, according to a new CBS poll.
Fears of potential legislation that would limit the size of handgun clips in the wake of this weekend’s mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, have led many gun owners to flock to gun shops to stockpile high-capacity magazines.
Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/Fearing+legislation+owners+snap+high+capacity+magazines/4093947/story.html#ixzz1AyDiQiSo
“The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a handgun is to kill a lot of people very quickly,” Lautenberg said Monday in a statement announcing the bill. “Before 2004, these ammunition clips were banned, and they must be banned again.”
A Hoyer spokesman was more certain that lawmakers would take a look at gun reform options, but offered no specifics about what those reforms might look like — or if they stand a chance of passing a GOP-led House.
Story is at http://thehill.com/homenews/house/137127-small-steps-in-moving-gun-reform
Couric: There are also laws that allow you to take concealed or non-concealed weapons and carry them with you at all times. Is that correct?
Dupnik: That is absolutely correct. That’s the height of insanity. I don’t know what else they can do. Maybe they could pass a law that would require that every child have an Uzi in their crib.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/10/eveningnews/main7232585.shtml
Yet for a number of the gun owners who wandered among the hundreds of displays of shotguns, handguns and ammunition at the South Towne Expo Center on Sunday, there potentially was another tragedy lurking in the background. It centered on the fear the shooting could spark a new wave of gun control legislation that could threaten to undermine the right to keep and bear firearms.
Story is at http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51014451-76/gun-shooting-rifle-sunday.html.csp
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