2006 Election - what is means to gun-owners
 

Election 2006

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Wednesday, November 8, 2006
What impact, if any, will the transformational 2006 Congressional Election have on Second Amendment rights?
While election 2006 may have been a referendum on many things (the President, war in Iraq, Jack Abramoff, Mark Foley for example), it does not translate into greater support for gun control at the grass roots level.
If anything, gun control was notable as a non-issue in this election. In compiling the GOA rating, researchers could hardly find a congressional candidate with any stated position on gun control on campaign websites.
That's not to say many of the newly elected will not support the anti-gun agenda; just that they recognize open support for gun control will cost them at the polls.
Unlike the newly elected members, however, the Democrat Congressional leadership is completely beholden to the far left anti-gun extreme of its party.
House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi (F-rated by GOA) is a charter member of the most extreme wing of the party she now leads. As the person who controls what bills come to the floor, Pelosi will be unable to say "No" to the appeals for more gun control by the likes of Sarah Brady and her congressional allies.
The Speaker's strongest House ally in the push for more gun control is long-time Democrat anti-gun activist John Conyers, the likely Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
Almost all bills related to the Second Amendment will pass through Conyers' committee. The new Chairman, an extremist who advocates a total handgun ban, will control the schedule of the committee as well as which bills come up for committee vote.
The situation in the Senate may be worse (pending the outcome of the Virginia senate race). Should Democrat Jim Webb hang on to win, the expected new Senate Majority will be F-rated Harry Reid (NV) and the probable incoming Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee would be GOA F-rated Pat Leahy of Vermont
From there it really goes downhill.
The rest of the Democrats currently on the committee make up the Who's Who of the anti-gun movement:

* Ted Kennedy (MA), the mouthpiece for Sarah Brady in the Senate;

* Joe Biden (DE), who chaired the Judiciary Committee when the Brady bill passed in 1993, and who said at that time, famously, "The public and the Congress have spoken unequivocally, and I don't care what a minority wants;"

* Herb Kohl (WI), author of the "Gun Free Zones Ban;"

* Dianne Feinstein (CA), author of the so-called "Assault Weapons" ban;

* Russ Feingold (WI), democrat lead sponsor of so-called campaign finance reform;

* Charlie Schumer (NY), lead sponsor of the 1993 Brady law; and,

* Dick Durbin (IL), one of the most outspoken gun control zealots in the Senate.

Gun owners should look twice at the above list. Most or all of these members will remain on the Judiciary Committee when the new Congress convenes in January, and will help shape American gun laws for at least the next two years. Gun Owner Victories


There were several bright spots for gun owners this election. The 210th Congress will include the following "A rated" members who had the support of Gun Owners of America's Political Action Committee: Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Bill Sali (R-ID), Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Peter Roskam (R-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Adrian Smith (R-NE), and Jim Jordan (R-OH).
With the exception of Buchanan, who has not held elected office, each of these new representatives have strong, proven pro-gun records in their respective state legislatures. In addition, Reps. Roskam, Walberg, Smith and Jordan are a vast improvement over the Republicans they are replacing.
Further, many of the incumbent Republicans who were defeated were not pro-gun. For example, Nancy Johnson (CT), Jim Leach (IA), Clay Shaw (FL), Curt Weldon (PA), and Charlie Bass (NH) were not strong gun rights supporters.
In the Senate, ousted Republican Mike DeWine of Ohio was as anti-gun as Charlie Schumer. The same can be said for Lincoln Chafee (R-RI).
Democrat Senators-elect Jon Tester (MT), and Bob Casey (PA), as well as Jim Webb, claim to be pro-gun. It remains to be seen if they vote that way.
The bottom line: On a race-by-race basis, the pro-gun movement suffered a net loss of only a small handful of seats. However, notwithstanding widespread calls for moderation within their ranks, the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate will unquestionably put gun owners on the defensive by seeking to renew the so-called assault weapons ban, close down gun shows, and drastically expand the Brady gun control law.

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Maybe it was the time that I posted...I thought this would have generated more of a response.

In any case, I think it's worth the read for anyone who was concerned about gun-grabs after this election.

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I can definitely see this happening. When Bush ran against Gore, the issue that was on the table was licensing - cost Gore the election.

Since the sunset of the assault weapon ban - no "blood in the streets" as promised. However, they have an agenda,as does their NWO puppet masters - all it will take is one incident that they can hang their cause on and it'll be game on again, with a whole new round of proposed bans.

With the Real ID act coming online in a year and the merging of all databases thanks to the help of the NRA (to keep "criminals" from getting guns) records will be kept and easily accessed.

look for gun licensing, tied to your national ID card, cetain caliper bans based on "non-sporting" designation, and mandatory storage requirements.

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I don't know, does Costa Rica have one? :aetsch:

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I just ordered a whole bunch of ammo and spare mags. Gettin while the gettins good.

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My Spanish is a little rusty but I can understand it pretty well. Seriously, I'm currently looking into property in the central region where it's still somewhat affordable. I agree with you about the inmate ID - just like Russo spoke about in the Freedom to Fascism video - it must be resisted !!

I'm hoping to have a duplex here and a little piece of farmland down there - could leave a few doors open and a couple of viable options rather than a single stay and pray plan. Now is the time to set it up before things get even worse than they already are.

It's all about mobility restriction and containment and the blocks are being put into place right now...fortunately the door's still open a bit

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Or perhaps the dems might learn a new trick.

With a Presidential election just two years away, why should they help to put the republicans back on their old message of scaring the mini minds into voting republican by labeling the dems as anti-gun, pro-gay rights and weak on immigration and defense.

The 08 elections should be of greater importance than going for a gun grab now.

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Uh, you DO KNOW that CR has no military? Because we supply thier military services for them. The have the Fuerze Pulico, the national police, but that is it.
CR bends to our will on a daily basis, legally.

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[quote=Sukhoi_fan;412253]I think you underestimate Pelosi, and how she and the other gungrabbers HATE guns and anything to do with guns.
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and as Head Vagina... Speaker of The House, that makes her the #3 person in charge of our country. *shiver* Not one to pray for the continued health of politicians, but I pray now for the continued health and welfare of the Bush and Cheney. Heaven forbid anything bad happen to them. Can you imagine Speak Pelosi as President Pelosi?
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk kkkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!

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Gun rights have been doing pretty good here in the US over the past few years, some real gains have been made even if things aren't where they should be. I see many demonrats softening their positions on gun control, they may have found a new pet cause for a while. All the old jerks are still fighting their tired old pointless anti-gun battle.

I feel voting is largely an illusory scam these days. State and local elections are the only ones I don't believe are completely rigged, unless you count the fact that the two party system is inherently game rigging. The federalists got elected again, no change.