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Patrick Kennedy Says Resistance to Gun Ban is 'Insanity'

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Posted by Steve 2005-02-09 9:58:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Jim "the war is all the Jooos fault" Moran, D-Auschwitz? Its always good to be lined up with a guy like that. Democratic inability to defeat him in a primary is one of the reasons they're leaking reasonable people like a sieve.

McCarthy and Kennedy have family histories that earn them a certain amount of slack for hysteria on this subject, but not enough for a law imposing it on the rest of us.

Posted by VAMark 2005-02-09 10:36:20 AM|| 2005-02-09 10:36:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A handout provided to the media at Moran's press conference listed 12 instances in which a .50 caliber rifle was used, threatened or intended for use in a criminal act.

*snort*

Twelve? That wouldn't show up in crime statistics if they all happened on the same day!

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-02-09 10:45:54 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-02-09 10:45:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The other day I asked (I never saw an answer) do the threats of things like this often turn into realities. I mean if you threaten someone with your .50 caliber rifle what are the odds you would use it? Or how often do threats pan out to actual violence?

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-02-09 11:43:55 AM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-02-09 11:43:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I've used my Barrett to hold up 6 convenience stores. At this rate, it will have paid for itself by 2185.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-02-09 11:52:34 AM|| 2005-02-09 11:52:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Boy, I'd back down if the guy had a .50 rifle. A .30-06, no, but .50, sure

(/dumbass)

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-09 11:54:20 AM|| 2005-02-09 11:54:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 What about the BFG9000? They gonna ban that one too? Huh?

Posted by badanov 2005-02-09 12:03:50 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-02-09 12:03:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm a lot more worried about a police department that feels it *needs* a .50 cal. In fact, our local Sheriff bought himself a .50 cal MACHINE GUN, a serious military weapon. I hardly think it will ever be necessary to use a .50 cal MG on Darnell, after he has held up that same 7-11 again, just like it wasn't necessary when he held it up the other five times.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-02-09 1:38:12 PM|| 2005-02-09 1:38:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I have no idea why this hysteria even got started. Some gun grabbing fool one saw a Barret on TV and decided that 50 cal were bad I suppose. I know this ban part of a concerted diabolical plot to deprive citizens of the right to keep and bear arms. These political hacks need to be branded as traitors and purged from elected office.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-02-09 1:39:55 PM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-02-09 1:39:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 LOL Mrs. D.

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-09 2:07:20 PM|| 2005-02-09 2:07:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Have you all forgotten that Al Queda is comming here and buying .50cal sniper rifles at gun shows? /sarcasm off.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-02-09 2:18:10 PM|| 2005-02-09 2:18:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I am more concerned that they haven't banned the Kennedys from owning cars.

Posted by Gir 2005-02-09 2:26:54 PM|| 2005-02-09 2:26:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 More stupid legislation by lazy ass congressmen who are trying to make a name for themselves. These people are such pussies and liars. Don't confuse them w/the facts folks.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-02-09 3:25:38 PM|| 2005-02-09 3:25:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Hey, if I were a County Sheriff who could justify the purchase of a class-III weapon, I sure as hell would!

Besides, in a "real" fight, one Ma Duce isn't what you need, you need twenty.

Posted by gromky 2005-02-09 3:56:37 PM|| 2005-02-09 3:56:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Looks like the Dems are hauling out the anti-gun campaigns again (although at least with Patrick Kennedy, I can understand somewhat why HE would take this position, with two assassinated relatives). Just got an email from a childhood friend today--the one who is in tight with moveon.org--she sent a link on truemajorityaction.org, which is asking people to create their own spending plans and send them to congress. With this missive came what sounded like a canned Dem message about how it's better to spend money on "butter, not guns". So it's the same ol Dem party-guns are bad, bad, bad, social program spending is good, good, good.

Dems don't live on the same planet as the rest of us. In their world, no one needs guns-everyone is humane and wonderful and life and death confrontations are managed with a discussion. They hate guns, until one is at their heads--and then it's too late to change their minds.

Posted by Jules 187 2005-02-09 3:58:54 PM|| 2005-02-09 3:58:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Anonymoose, Law Enforcement could use a .50 sniper rifle because SWAT teams cannot guarantee they can get close enough to get a shot with lesser rifles.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-02-09 4:03:12 PM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-02-09 4:03:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Patrick Kennedy is a lightweight carpetbagger who moved to RI (where I used to live) so he wouldn't have to run against any of his cousins in Mass. He was elected handily on his name alone.
A Providence radio station's morning show always parodies him as The Beaver (from Leave It to Beaver, for you younger RBers). Spot-on and hilarious!

Posted by Xbalanke 2005-02-09 4:13:15 PM|| 2005-02-09 4:13:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 BFG9000

LOL Badanov! Now that's a fire arm. It's hell on the ammo, though, ain't it?

Posted by eLarson 2005-02-09 5:16:57 PM|| 2005-02-09 5:16:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Guns v. butter? I'll spend it on guns. I thought we were all getting too damn fat, anyway.
/sarcasm off

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-02-09 5:18:33 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-02-09 5:18:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 He's had relatives harmed by guns, so that's his big selling point? Using the Kennedy standard then, I guess we'll have to ban 1968 Oldsmobiles. Let's ban skis. Let's ban small private planes. Let's ban nannies. Let's ban drinking on Easter weekend in Palm Beach and all summer in Hyannis.
The day I listen to these assholes tell me how to live, I'm hanging up my jock.

Posted by tu3031 2005-02-09 5:20:00 PM|| 2005-02-09 5:20:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 Now that's a fire arm. It's hell on the ammo, though, ain't it?

That's why I prefer the single shotgun.

Posted by badanov 2005-02-09 5:31:37 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-02-09 5:31:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 funny comments :-)

Posted by 2b 2005-02-09 10:33:58 PM|| 2005-02-09 10:33:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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