Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
January 24, 2013
Senator Dianne Feinstein unveiled her promised attack against the Second
Amendment Thursday on Capitol Hill. The legislation she has proposed following
the Sandy Hook massacre last month will reinstate and significantly extend the
federal ban on so-called assault weapons that expired in 2004.
“The purpose is to dry up the supply of these weapons over time,” Feinstein
said. “Therefore, there is no sunset on this bill.”
Obama has vowed to sign Feinstein’s legislation if it clears significant
hurdles in Congress.
Feinstein assembled an all-star cast to call for unconstitutionally rolling
back the gun rights of millions of Americans. Those in attendance included
senators Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy. The California
lawmaker surrounded herself with “law enforcement officers, faith leaders,
mayors, gun control advocates and other Democratic supporters of the bill,”
according to Roll Call.
Others in attendance for their obvious theatrical value included survivors of
mass shootings in Arizona, Colorado and at Virginia Tech, Philadelphia Mayor
Michael Nutter and Charles H. Ramsey, Philadelphia Police Commissioner, the Washington Post reports.
A number of Democrats not attending the media event, however, have vowed to fight the legislation.
On the chopping block are 158 specific kinds of semiautomatic firearms listed
by name (see the entire list here) and others –
including handguns and shotguns – with at least one specific military
characteristic. In addition, the legislation will outlaw all ammunition
magazines that contain more than 10 rounds.
More draconian yet, the proposed legislation will target millions of
so-called assault weapons already in the hands of Americans by subjecting owners
to government background checks.
A number of states reacted to Obama’s call to rollback the Second Amendment
and his pledge to back anti-gun legislation introduced by Democrats in
Congress.
On Wednesday, Texas freshman Rep. Steve Stockman introduced his Restore the
Constitution Act in response to Obama signing a flurry of unconstitutional
executive orders and actions following his anti-firearms speech last week.
Stockman’s bill would designate any executive action to be advisory only if
it infringes on the constitutional duties of Congress under Article I, or the
Second Amendment.
Texas, Missouri and other states have introduced legislation to block
enforcement of the gun ban.
Texas Rep. John Otto (R-Dayton) filed HB553 soon after Obama’s theatrical speech exploiting
children as stage props.
The bill would make it a misdemeanor for any state or federal official to
“enforce or attempt to enforce any acts, laws, executive orders, agency orders,
rules or regulations of any kind whatsoever of the United States government
relating to confiscating any firearm, banning any firearm, limiting the size of
a magazine for any firearm, imposing any limit on the ammunition that may be
purchased for any firearm, taxing any firearm or ammunition therefore, or
requiring the registration of any firearm or ammunition therefore.”
Thursday, January 24, 2013
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