Today's Op-ed in the Wall St. Journal.. he says assault magazine.. never mentions rifles at all.. hmmmm....

 

The column:

 

"As a hunter and gun owner, I believe that we should protect the Second Amendment right of law-abiding individuals to own firearms. As a dad and grandfather, I also believe that we have a responsibility to make our schools, streets and communities safe. We can do both if Congress steps up. Many of the president's executive actions will help reduce gun violence, but the policies that would have the greatest impact require congressional action.

 

After being named chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month, I held town-hall meetings in my Northern California district. Hundreds attended, and I heard from law-enforcement officials, mental-health experts, school officials, National Rifle Association members and gun-control advocates.

 

Federal authorities also give undue attention to prosecuting prohibited buyers who attempt to purchase firearms. Federal law bars nine categories of people—including felons and those who have been judged seriously mentally ill—from buying guns. But when ex-convicts attempt to buy guns, they are hardly ever prosecuted. Although the FBI referred more than 76,000 such cases to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in 2010, Justice Department attorneys prosecuted just 44 of them. Prosecuting these criminals should be a priority and Congress needs to stiffen the penalties.

There is also strong popular support for a national program modeled on California's Armed Prohibited Persons System, which requires that those convicted of certain crimes or found to have serious mental illness turn in any firearms they own. Expanding California's system nationwide would help make sure guns are kept out of the hands of those we all agree shouldn't have them.

A majority of Americans also agree (according to a Pew poll released this month) that assault magazines have no place in our society. These magazines hold more than 10 rounds and allow a shooter to inflict mass damage in a short period of time without reloading. Banning them will save lives.

On the issue of reducing gun violence, there is a path between extremes. This debate isn't a choice between protecting the Second Amendment or reducing gun violence. It is about the willingness of a responsible majority to do both."

— Mr. Thompson, a Democrat, is a member of Congress from California.

WTF is an assault magazine? I don't get why people can't understand the difference between standard capacity and high capacity or for that matter an adjective and a verb.

WTF is an assault magazine? I don't get why people can't understand the difference between standard capacity and high capacity or for that matter an adjective and a verb.

 

Most people still can't differentiate the proper wording of clip and magazine, even though most people know what a mag is. Blah blah blah pollitically bs and dead horse beating a stick.

Don't get caught up in the semantics.. the point is this guy is THE MAN on the hill. And i found it interesting he didnt mention going after rifles.. i think this is encouraging..

assault magazines have no place in our society.

 

Probably true.

 

 

Somebody send him the one of the various mag switching videos online. Although, I'm sure once he sees that, he'll want to limit us to bolt actions.

Somebody send him the one of the various mag switching videos online. Although, I'm sure once he sees that, he'll want to limit us to bolt actions.

 

There was a guy who converted his Bolt-Action to Belt-fed.

There was a guy who converted his Bolt-Action to Belt-fed.

 

Put me down for three.

Put me down for three.

 

I know more people know about that, but I don't like briging it up in case someone decides to hear it and use it as more fuel, because any argument can be used to fueld a worse and more trivial counter argument.

"It doesn't sound so bad"

 

"He's THE MAN on the hill"

 

All that stuff scares the crap out of me. The head, nose and front leg of the camel are under the freaking tent and you're acting like any action forward is ok. Smack the camel on the nose and kick his arse out of the tent!

"It doesn't sound so bad"

 

"He's THE MAN on the hill"

 

All that stuff scares the crap out of me. The head, nose and front leg of the camel are under the freaking tent and you're acting like any action forward is ok. Smack the camel on the nose and kick his arse out of the tent!

 

Congress is treating us like we're teenagers in the back seat of a car. "C'mon, just the tip"

Don't get caught up in the semantics.. the point is this guy is THE MAN on the hill. And i found it interesting he didnt mention going after rifles.. i think this is encouraging..

Really? Just give 'em YOUR damn guns already. He aims for your nuts but he slugs your gut, that a good thing?

Really? Just give 'em YOUR damn guns already. He aims for your nuts but he slugs your gut, that a good thing? Kinda answers NJ magazine capacity limit.

I love how a standard capacity mag is considered a high capacity mag by all these tards.

Here's the thing: they are still crafting the conversation since they now see an outright ban on firearms may not be as possible as they thought. They are looking for avenues that may be acceptable to the public. They will only succeed IF we continue to allow them to do. That he now mentions "assault" magazines instead of rifles should in no way be viewed as "encouraging". Instead, it should be viewed as a new avenue from which the gun grabbers intend to attack. They are emboldened in this action because certain states acquiesced to magazine restrictions; they are hoping to emulate this stupidity to the other states.

Today's Op-ed in the Wall St. Journal.. he says assault magazine.. never mentions rifles at all.. hmmmm....

 

After being named chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Gun Violence Prevention Task Force last month, I held town-hall meetings in my Northern California district. Hundreds attended, and I heard from law-enforcement officials, mental-health experts, school officials, National Rifle Association members and gun-control advocates.

 

— Mr. Thompson, a Democrat, is a member of Congress from California.

 

 

I became confused, because the Democrats are the minority party in the House (and I wasn't aware that the Republicans had lost control, in spite of their best efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in November) so a Democrat shouldn't be the chair of any official House committees...

 

http://www.usatoday....ompson/1854965/

 

Thompson's panel is a Democratic Party group in the House trying to develop legislation that could pass the Republican-controlled chamber. It is not an official House committee.

 

He seems to imply that this is an official House panel. It's not. The gun grabbers are pulling out ALL the stops for this. I'm surprised that the Wall Street Journal fell for it.

Wall Street Journal = media

 

The media trumpet their role as dispassionately presenting facts, but in the US that has likely never been their role. They attempt to drive policy change and shape society.

the news today at 5 pm started calling the rifles for the cali schools security force semi automatics.seems like they call them semis when they are for the cops.if for law abiding citizens they are termed assault rifle.maybe the tin hat on too tight but if you followed the money trail to social engeneer thru media bias toward firearms rights it would point to goerge soros,bloomberg and other billionairs giving money i presume to media outlets to push this agenda...