Pro Gun Dems: No AWB

Pro-gun Democrats oppose new assault weapon ban



By JIM ABRAMS – 3 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixty-five House Democrats said Wednesday that
they would oppose any attempt by the Obama administration to revive a
ban on military-style weapons that President Bill Clinton signed into
law in 1994 and President George W. Bush let expire.

The pro-gun Democrats, led by Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., wrote Attorney
General Eric Holder that they would "actively oppose any effort to
reinstate the 1994 ban, or to pass any similar law."

They urged the administration to avoid a "long and divisive fight over
a gun control issue" at a time when Washington needs to concentrate on
the economic crisis.

The House letter came a day after Montana's two Democratic senators,
Max Baucus and Jon Tester, wrote a similar letter to Holder saying the
Justice Department should enforce existing laws before considering new
gun ownership restrictions. "We will strongly oppose any legislation
that will infringe upon the rights of individual gun owners," they said.

The letters came after Holder, during a news conference to announce the
arrest of Mexican drug dealers, said the drug cartels were obtaining
high-powered weapons like the AK-47 from U.S. gun stores and said the
Obama administration supported reinstituting the ban on the sale of
assault-style weapons.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., has said she plans to introduce
legislation to bring back the weapons ban. Feinstein was an author of
the 1994 bill, which banned 19 types of semiautomatic, military-style
guns. The law expired under the Bush administration in 2004. Another
long-term goal is requiring that all gun shows conduct background
checks before selling firearms.

The National Rifle Association has said it is mobilizing to stop any
assault weapons ban, and the opposition of 65 House Democrats, many
from rural or conservative districts with strong pro-gun sentiments,
probably would doom any legislative drive to restrict gun ownership.

Already this year, Republicans have stalled legislation that would give
the District of Columbia a voting representative in the House by
linking the bill to a measure significantly weakening D.C.'s gun laws.

House Democratic leaders have put off a vote on the voting rights bill
out of concern that pro-gun Democrats would oppose it if it is
separated from the gun measure.

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Just think of all the damage the HNIC can do with Executive Orders.

AFA importing arms/ammo etc yeah, but AFA an EO banning any gun we are GTG

Thats interstate commerce and he cant do that...then again, hes done a bunch of illegal shit as have congress so who knows