Godlike Productions - Reply to Thread

Users Online Now: 3,294 (Who's On?)	Visitors Today: 1,180,506
Pageviews Today: 1,936,257	Threads Today: 850	Posts Today: 12,637
04:59 PM

Back to Thread

REPLY TO THREAD

Subject USA Gun Control Timeline, a social experiment...Post Sandy Hook to Present

User Name

Font color: Font:

In accordance with industry accepted best practices we ask that users limit their copy / paste of copyrighted material to the relevant portions of the article you wish to discuss and no more than 50% of the source material, provide a link back to the original article and provide your original comments / criticism in your post with the article.

[quote:milehighmike:MV8yMDgyMDY0XzM1NTc3OTg1XzlCNENDMEVE]
[b][i][u]"Gun lobby: Congress doesn't have the muscle to pass gun control"[/u][/i][/b]

[b]http://news.yahoo.com/gun-lobby-congress-doesnt-muscle-pass-gun-control-202436760.html[/b]
[b][i]
"Nearly a month after the massacre of 27 people in Newtown, Conn., lawmakers on Capitol Hill are dialing back expectations on what Congress can – or should – do on its own to curb gun violence.

After initial expressions of outrage, lawmakers and the White House are getting down to counting votes on what can actually be achieved on Capitol Hill, where limits on gun rights have has been a taboo for more than a decade.

On Sunday, top gun lobbyists predicted that there’s not enough support in Congress for a new ban on assault weapons and that even curbs on high-capacity magazine clips were in doubt.

“When a president takes all the power of his office, if he’s willing to expend political capital, you don’t want to make predictions,” said David Keene, president of the National Rifle Association, on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“But I would say that the likelihood is that they’re not going to be able to get an assault weapons ban through the Congress,” he added."...[/i][/b]

[b]http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message2110732/pg1[/b]
[/quote]

Original Message The purpose of this thread is to chronicle the oh-so-obvious attempts by certain elements to change public opinion about the 2nd Amendment and the RIGHT to own guns. Please feel free to add any links I've overlooked or add to this ongoing project.

Less than 24 hours after a tragedy:

"Dem. lawmaker: To get gun control, Obama must ‘exploit’ shooting"

[link to www.washingtontimes.com]

"Bloomberg: Obama Must Take 'Immediate Action' Against Guns"

[link to www.breitbart.com]

Updated: 12-20-12:"Bloomberg Vows Stiffer Fight to Overhaul U.S. Gun Laws"
[link to www.nytimes.com]

Updated 12-26-12: "Bloomberg Blasts NRA: 'Connecticut Is Because of Some of Their Actions'"

[link to abcnews.go.com]

"Rupert Murdoch Verified;@rupertmurdoch

"Terrible news today. When will politicians find courage to ban automatic weapons? As in Oz after similar tragedy."

[link to twitter.com (secure)]

Updated 12-22-12: "Rupert Murdoch backs Obama's gun grab"

[link to www.renewamerica.com]

This is copyrighted information presented under the Fair Use Doctrine of the United States Copyright Act (section 107 of title 17) which states: 'the fair use of a copyrighted work...for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.' In practice the courts have decided that anything which does not financially harm the copyright holder is fair use.

Pictures (click to insert)

News