H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008

[ttown]

Well that didn't take long


H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008



http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...57&tab=summary

[RyansFortyFives]

Originally Posted by ttown

Well that didn't take long


H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008



http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...57&tab=summary

This is the republican sponsored bill. Not Barak Obama's proposal.

Note the 10 year expiration in the first paragraph.

[mons meg]

Republican sponsored??? Are they trying to lose ALL their seats?

I tried to check on the bill but govtrack is having issues.

[initseven]

Why are the Republicans sponsoring such a bill? I think it goes against what they have in their platform. They might think they are going to beat Barak Obama to the punch, but I don't think it will satisfy him.

[Talacker]

Originally Posted by ttown

Well that didn't take long


H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008



http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...57&tab=summary

This bill was introduced in June. It is dead for this session. At present, the Dims may have the votes to pass another one, but I personally don't believe they have political capital to do it.

[mons meg]

Title: To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.
Sponsor: Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10] (introduced 6/12/2008) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 7/28/2008 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. COSPONSORS(4), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)


Rep Castle, Michael N. [DE] - 6/12/2008
Rep Ferguson, Mike [NJ-7] - 6/12/2008
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18] - 6/18/2008
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 6/12/2008

Kirk is an Illinois Republican, FWIW, and Castle is a big ol' RINO.



ETA: What Talacker said...this is old news.

[Soulman]

didn't this get brought up right after the election?

[jmtgsx]

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[GMThunder]

It DID take "long" That bill was introduced several months ago. A superficial review will show that the bill never made it past committee.

Originally Posted by DrJekyll

didn't this get brought up right after the election?

Yep..... I think it's the third or fourth time. FUD revisited 4.0

[J.P.]

Originally Posted by mons meg

Republican sponsored??? Are they trying to lose ALL their seats?

I tried to check on the bill but govtrack is having issues.

They won't lose too many seats, the American people want an AWB.
(a lot of them do not clearly understand the implications of such a law...you know...the Zumbos)

Originally Posted by initseven

Why are the Republicans sponsoring such a bill? I think it goes against what they have in their platform. They might think they are going to beat Barak Obama to the punch, but I don't think it will satisfy him.

I don't know if you've looked around lately but "Republican" does not equal "conservative".
There are precious few in the gonvernment that are truly pro-gun/2A

Originally Posted by Talacker

This bill was introduced in June. It is dead for this session. At present, the Dims may have the votes to pass another one, but I personally don't believe they have political capital to do it.

Originally Posted by GMThunder

It DID take "long" That bill was introduced several months ago. A superficial review will show that the bill never made it past committee.

I don't think that this is a dead bill.
Last I checked it was introduced and passed to the Comitte on "crime, Homeland security, and Terrorism"...or something like that.
I saw no indication whatsoever that it was dead.
(I could be wrong tho')

At any rate....
We have at least two stickied threads about this already so this one's closed.