Arizona Rampage Reignites Gun Control Debate in D.C.
"Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., is a longtime gun owner and has often spoken out in support of broad Second Amendment rights. However, the tragic attack on Giffords that left six dead and 14 wounded is reigniting the debate over gun ownership in America.
In 2008 and 2009, Giffords signed on to briefs to the Supreme Court urging justices to overturn gun control laws that severely restricted the access of those who sought to purchase and own firearms. In both cases, the court ruled to roll back the restrictions. At the time, Giffords noted the “long tradition” of gun ownership in the United States adding, “It is a tradition which every law-abiding citizen should be able to enjoy."
Many of Giffords’ Democratic colleagues are taking a different tone, including Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who said Sunday, "Guns kill. And those who glamorize gunplay or worship gun ownership do no service to humanity."
On Monday, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., announced that he is working with Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., on legislation that would ban the manufacture and sale of high-capacity ammunition clips like the one allegedly used by Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner."
US lawmaker urges ban on large gun clips
"A US Senator announced Monday he would soon present legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition clips after a gunman used one in an attempted assassination of a US lawmaker over the weekend.
"The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a handgun is to kill a lot of people very quickly. These high-capacity clips simply should not be on the market," Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg said in a statement.
Lautenberg said high-capacity ammunition "clips" holding more than 10 rounds at a time were banned under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that the US Congress enacted in 1994 but did not renew in 2004.
The lawmaker said his proposal, to be unveiled when the US Senate returns to work late this month, would ban ammunition clips that can hold, or can be easily converted to hold, more than 10 rounds."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110110/pl_afp/uscrimeshootingpoliticsgunscongress_20110110235722
Could tighter gun laws have saved lives in Tucson?
"Had the federal assault-weapons ban, which Congress let expire in 2004, remained in effect, Saturday's shooting in Tucson would likely have killed and injured far fewer people. And if either Arizona or federal law made it harder for people with a history of mental health problems to get guns, then the suspect in the rampage might never have obtained a weapon.
Gun-control advocates are reminding lawmakers and the public of how readily disturbed shooters can obtain rapid-fire weaponry in a fresh push to tighten laws in the wake of the shooting, which killed 6 people and injured 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.)."
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How is it so many progressives have it wrong? Because they lack the basic understanding of our founding documents and wish to impose their will on to you. They are after nothing less than power and control over YOU.
The simple fact is, if everyone carried a weapon, far fewer people would have died in this terrible event. He would have been put down quickly, like a dog, by someone using their Constitutionally provided right to bear arms. Quite frankly, our founders believed it to be the duty of a citizen to be armed, at all times, to be able to protect yourself and you fellow countrymen. It is my opinion that it is just like voting and serving jury duty, it's the duty of the citizen to maintain and bear arms at all times, and if you live in a state that infringes the Constitutionally given right to bear arms...well, it may be time to give serious consideration to moving to a state that embraces freedoms, not living in one that removes them.
"The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals." -- President James Monroe (November 16, 1818)
"The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed." -- Thomas Jefferson.
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