Assault weapons ban of 2022

[Glocktogo]

Haven't you learned by now that ALL politicians will lie through their teeth, tell you only what they think you want to hear, and promise things they know they can't give, just to get your vote to put, or keep, them in office? The words honesty, ethical, and politician has never existed together as friends.

This is the biggest existential threat to America. Our government is no longer in control of itself. Worse, it doesn't even see that they've devalued faith in our institutions to the point a reset has become possible, if not likely. The warning lights and alarms are going off, but they don't care. Things are going to get spicy at some point.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-one-three-americans-may-202408076.html

A majority of Americans say the U.S. government is corrupt and almost a third say it may soon be necessary to take up arms against it, according to a new poll from the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.

Two-thirds of Republicans and independents say the government is “corrupt and rigged against everyday people like me,” according to the poll, compared to 51 percent of liberal voters.

Twenty-eight percent of all voters, including 37 percent of gun owners, agreed “it may be necessary at some point soon for citizens to take up arms against the government,” a view held by around 35 percent of Republicans and around 35 percent of Independents. One in five Democrats concurred.

The findings come after a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol wrapped up its final hearing for the summer, seeking to place former President Trump at the heart of efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The panel also said Trump readily accepted and even encouraged the attack from his supporters, watching violence play out on television for nearly three hours before finally making a statement telling them to go home.

Despite the hearings, Trump still enjoys broad support among Republicans, who are more concerned about inflation, education and crime than they are about Jan. 6.

About 56 percent of Americans say elections are fair and accurate, but that number falls to 33 percent among Republicans, according to the Chicago University poll.

The division between conservatives and liberals across the country is only growing, the poll shows, and a quarter of Americans say they have lost friends over politics.

More than 70 percent of Republicans and more than 70 percent of Democrats both agree the other side “are generally bullies who want to impose their political beliefs on those who disagree.”

And half of all Americans believe the other side is misinformed about politics because of where they get their information and news, the poll found.

The University of Chicago-Public Opinion Strategies-Benenson Strategy Group poll was conducted May 19 to May 23 among 1,000 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.53 percentage points.

 

[Seadog]

If a politician cannot understand a simple mechanical device like a firearm, or knowingly lies about it, how can we trust them with environmental laws or more complex issues like our power grid? They have proven themselves intellectually not capable of the job they have been elected to do.

Democrats have never been accused of being smart or truthful.

 

[RugersGR8]

 

[RugersGR8]

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/27/dems-punt-policing-package-00048181

 

[RugersGR8]

Anyone know anything about this website? I just wish the percentage was down in the single digits or low teens and not 43%.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr1808

 

[Fredkrueger100]

Well the AWB passed the house. So much for them scrapping it. They have no intentions of stopping it. They will keep pushing until they achieve their goal. Whether that is now or 20 years from now.

 

[Timmy59]

U.S. panel subpoenas Smith & Wesson over assault rifle data | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-panel-subpoenas-smith-wesson-report-2022-08-02/

 

[Timmy59]

Well the AWB passed the house. So much for them scrapping it. They have no intentions of stopping it. They will keep pushing until they achieve their goal. Whether that is now or 20 years from now.

246 years ago they fixed the problem at hand. It would only be right and proper for it to occur again.

 

[Chuckie]

U.S. panel subpoenas Smith & Wesson over assault rifle data | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-panel-subpoenas-smith-wesson-report-2022-08-02/

Does anyone besides me think that Pelosi's recent 'Grandstanding' act of going to Taiwan against the advice of those vastly more experienced in diplomatic relations was primarily done to redirect the media spotlight from the very unpopular AWB proceedings that are currently going on? Redirecting attention is a common and often used political strategy.

 

[chuter]

Does anyone besides me think that Pelosi's recent 'Grandstanding' act of going to Taiwan against the advice of those vastly more experienced in diplomatic relations was primarily done to redirect the media spotlight from all the very unpopular AWB proceedings that are currently going on? Redirecting attention is a common political strategy.

I figure they're redirecting for something, don't know if it's all about the AWB or not. Maybe something else too.
I just don't trust them.