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<blockquote data-quote="JesseR" data-source="post: 2024919" data-attributes="member: 5258"><p>Whoa...</p><p>Let's bring some factual discussion back into play and leave the emotion on the table.</p><p></p><p>First off, AWB bills have been introduced regularly on a yearly basis since the last one expired. They haven't gotten far. Why? Because CongressCritters are mainly interested in reelection. When the emotion of this situation dies down, the vitriol will subside. And even if it passes the Senate, it then needs to pass the House, then the two separate bills reconciled and then voted on again. By that time, it will be reelection time and folks will be looking to history to see if this is worth staking their Congressional career on. The calculus says no, but we shall see. Even if it does manage to go through, even Feinstein's bill explanations goes to great lengths to state that it is NOT a RETROACTIVE bill. As in, will not confiscate existing weapons. So breathe a little bit. Now, consider the Constitutional protections against government takings. The only thing that prevented the previous AWB from being shot down on this front was that it did have a sunset. The gov cannot just seize legal property without compensation.</p><p></p><p>So what about an Executive Order? Yep, he could do that. But the House provides all the funding and the House has certainly failed to fund EO's in the past. Could easily happen again, too. This is all political brinkmanship that is pornographically capitalizing on the blood of children in order to posture and point fingers. In the end, I think we will be right back where we started.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JesseR, post: 2024919, member: 5258"] Whoa... Let's bring some factual discussion back into play and leave the emotion on the table. First off, AWB bills have been introduced regularly on a yearly basis since the last one expired. They haven't gotten far. Why? Because CongressCritters are mainly interested in reelection. When the emotion of this situation dies down, the vitriol will subside. And even if it passes the Senate, it then needs to pass the House, then the two separate bills reconciled and then voted on again. By that time, it will be reelection time and folks will be looking to history to see if this is worth staking their Congressional career on. The calculus says no, but we shall see. Even if it does manage to go through, even Feinstein's bill explanations goes to great lengths to state that it is NOT a RETROACTIVE bill. As in, will not confiscate existing weapons. So breathe a little bit. Now, consider the Constitutional protections against government takings. The only thing that prevented the previous AWB from being shot down on this front was that it did have a sunset. The gov cannot just seize legal property without compensation. So what about an Executive Order? Yep, he could do that. But the House provides all the funding and the House has certainly failed to fund EO's in the past. Could easily happen again, too. This is all political brinkmanship that is pornographically capitalizing on the blood of children in order to posture and point fingers. In the end, I think we will be right back where we started. [/QUOTE]
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