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a few that can think of are japan , malaysia , singapore ....
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by Cuervo
Well now you're assuming it even gets to Obama. It's got a LONG way to go. It still needs to pass the Senate itself. Then it has to go to the Republican House and they have to either pass it as it sits (Snowballs in Hell have better odds) or change it their way and send it back (more likely). Then the process starts in reverse for the Senate. Pass it whole or not?
Only if both Democratic Senate and Republican House agree...entirely agree...will it ever get to Obama. In past years, that COULD happen. It frequently did before Baby Bush and the true fanatic partisanship. Now? I'd say about zero chance.
If the House DID somehow pass anything....they'd throw a poison pill into it for something they want (Like a head on a pike for Benghazi) that Obama would never sign. It's how they play the game.
edit on 14-3-2013 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
I would love to believe that chances of this passing are really that slim. However, I've just recently got this sinking feeling like they're going to pull a big fast one on us. Something along the lines of "In a surprise show of partisan cooperation today, House Republicans unanimously supported..."
I really do have a feeling that a HUGE betrayal is in the offing.
Originally posted by butcherguy
reply to post by Expat888
a few that can think of are japan , malaysia , singapore ....
Singapore....
That's the country where they cane you for chewing gum. Sounds like a really nice place.edit on 14-3-2013 by butcherguy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I can never see it passing the House. The House runs on 2 year terms. Half the place is up for re-election every two years. 2014 is not that far away for something that has so powerfully polarized the nation like this and those votes are all needed in the House to pass it. They'd be suicide votes, to a person. Political career suicide.edit on 14-3-2013 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by bjax9er
yes, now lets have a vote.
see who is on the side of the constitution.
lets see who the tyrants are...
hopefully it passes in the senate, so we can have a vote in the house too.
see who wants to take our rights away.
our god given rights...
In approximate 2 years from today there will be mass school shooting in Connecticut. A lone gunman will kill many children. That's a trick of propaganda. Step by step, they make it a totalitarian country. They have a false flag attack on December 2012 to justify their war on 2nd Amendment. The responsible gunowner is wronged as terrorist. The real mastermind of the shootings grins at the soap opera they directed. They treat you like fools. Do not have a logic confuse.
I can never see it passing the House. The House runs on 2 year terms. Half the place is up for re-election every two years. 2014 is not that far away for something that has so powerfully polarized the nation like this and those votes are all needed in the House to pass it. They'd be suicide votes, to a person. Political career suicide.
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before.
Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun rights, or buck his party. He chose the ban, and nearly lost his Senate seat.
Now, as he begins his campaign for a seventh term, Baucus faces the question again. For weeks, gun foes have sought assurances he would oppose the assault weapons ban. But it was only this past week he said he would oppose it
Other Democratic senators that Republicans are watching closely include Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Mark Pryor of Arkansas.
Pryor already has said he won't support an assault weapons ban, and the measure is unlikely to clear the Senate. Gun activists still worry that other restrictions they oppose are in the works.
Originally posted by grey580
reply to post by Xcathdra
What chapter?
en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by BoogieMan911
Posted on the 17th of December 2010
In approximate 2 years from today there will be mass school shooting in Connecticut. A lone gunman will kill many children. That's a trick of propaganda. Step by step, they make it a totalitarian country. They have a false flag attack on December 2012 to justify their war on 2nd Amendment. The responsible gunowner is wronged as terrorist. The real mastermind of the shootings grins at the soap opera they directed. They treat you like fools. Do not have a logic confuse.
Link
Here's an interesting post from 2010. Was it done from some one with inside knowledge?
If so the Gun Ban is a done deal - Naturally there must be bickering between the parties to give the illusion of a two party system.
Originally posted by Becoming
I never understood why an AR15 is the poster gun for assault rifles.
It is basically an upgraded .22.