First ISIS inspired attack on U.S. soil, and what is the left doing?

[Valerie]

As the assault weapon ban vote neared, Reagan — who as president had signed 1986 legislation loosening restrictions on guns — wrote a letter with former Presidents Ford and Carter to the House of Representatives urging them to vote in favor of the ban.

“We are writing to urge your support for a ban on the domestic manufacture of military-style assault weapons. This is a matter of vital importance to the public safety,” the letter said.

“While we recognize that assault weapon legislation will not stop all assault weapon crime, statistics prove that we can dry up the supply of these guns, making them less accessible to criminals. We urge you to listen to the American public and to the law enforcement community and support a ban on the further manufacture of these weapons,” the letter said concluding.

The Assault Weapon Ban Would Have Never Passed If It Wasn't For Ronald Reagan

 

[Valerie]

The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s can now be legally bought — a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.

The 1994 ban, signed by then President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons. A clause directed that the ban expire unless Congress specifically reauthorized it, which it did not.


Studies done by pro- and anti-gun groups as well as the Justice Department show conflicting results on whether the ban helped reduce crime. Loopholes allowed manufacturers to keep many weapons on the market simply by changing their names or altering some of their features or accessories.

Congress lets assault weapons ban expire

 

[Valerie]

what is THE RIGHT doing..?

wake up, Republicans... don't you support our police departments?

don't you support our civil servants paid for by the tax dollars of "we the people" to protect and serve our communities..?




President's Message: Reauthorization of the Assault Weapons Ban

By Chief Joseph M. Polisar, Garden Grove, California

By the time you read this column, it is highly probable that the federal ban on semiautomatic assault weapons will have expired and once again these weapons will begin to flood our communities and threaten our officers.

First passed in 1994, the assault weapons ban required domestic gun manufacturers to stop production of semiautomatic assault weapons and ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds except for military or police use. Imports of assault weapons not already banned by administrative action under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush were also halted.

Since the law was enacted, the ban has proven remarkably effective in reducing the number of crimes involving assault weapons. Since 1994 the proportion of assault weapons traced to crimes has fallen by a dramatic 66 percent. Public opinion polls continue to prove that more than 75 percent of the public supports a reauthorization of the current ban.

The IACP has been a strong supporter of the assault weapons ban since 1992, and our membership approved a resolution calling for its reauthorization at our 2003 conference. The membership took this action because we, as law enforcement executives, understand that semiautomatic assault weapons pose a grave risk to our officers and the communities they are sworn to protect.

It is deeply troubling that Congress and the administration have so far failed to reauthorize this critically important legislation.

Assault weapons are routinely the weapons of choice for gang members and drug dealers. They are regularly encountered in drug busts and are all too often used against our officers. In fact, one in five law enforcement officers slain in the line of duty between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001, was killed with an assault weapon, according to "Officer Down," a report from the Violence Policy Center. The weapons in question—including the Colt AR-15, a semiautomatic version of the M-16 machine gun used by our armed forces, the Uzi, and the Tec-9 pistol, whose manufacturer's advertisements hailed its "fingerprint-resistant" finish—have been used in countless murders such as the Stockton schoolyard and Columbine High School shootings.

Opponents of the assault weapons ban often argue that the ban only outlawed certain weapons because of their "cosmetic features" and not because they are inherently more dangerous than other weapons. This is simply not true.

While most rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend upon the accuracy of a precisely aimed projectile, semiautomatic assault weapons are designed to maximize lethal effects through a rapid rate of fire. Assault weapons are designed to be spray-fired from the hip, and because of their design a shooter can maintain control of the weapon even while firing many rounds in rapid succession.

The cosmetic features opponents of the ban point to are actually military features such as silencers, flash suppressors, pistol grips, folding stocks, and bayonets that were designed specifically to increase the lethality of these weapons and make them more concealable. Many come equipped with large ammunition magazines allowing 50 or more bullets to be fired without reloading.

Weapons of this nature serve no legitimate sporting or hunting purposes and have no place in our communities. Unless Congress acts, the firearms of choice for terrorists, drug dealers, and gang members will be back on our streets—where, once again, our officers will be outgunned by criminals.

If Congress and the administration fail to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, it will be up to the law enforcement community to demand that it be reinstated. Over the last decade, we have made significant progress in our efforts to reduce violent crime rates. The ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines has been a crucial component of our national crime-fighting strategy.

We must not surrender the gains that we have made.

It is vital that we, as police chiefs, take a leading role in this effort. We know the tremendous harm that these weapons can inflict on our communities and we know what the proliferation of these weapons will mean to our officers. We need to be leaders, both in word and in deed, and we must make every effort to ensure that our elected officials understand that failure to reauthorize the assault weapons ban is a significant step back for law enforcement and public safety

Our communities and the officers we lead expect this of us; our duty demands it.

Police Chief Magazine - View Article

 

[Care4all]

I thought that was the Ft. Hood shooter.

P. Geller's total BS, the four killed in military requiting offices, the Boston Marathon, Ft. Hood, half a dozen other pieces of crap. Take you pick.

well actually the Boston Marathon was al queda.

What's the difference???

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Now that we have seen video evidence inside the couples apartment of an ungodly amount of IED's and weaponry, with at least the wife known to have recently pledged to ISIS...patterning their bombs from terrorist sponsered material....what are Democrats and leftist doing?

First they went to tragically laughable extremes to avoid calling it terrorism...even up to yesterday still trying to paint it as workplace violence.
Second, once it finally came to the point you just can't deny it any longer - they deflect the true story by attempting to make it about gun control and not terrorism.
The Daily mail today produced a front page showing four Republican senators saying essentially "our prayers are with the victims and families" with large bold letters saying "God can't fix this" (ignoring that one of the first things Obama said is exactly the same thing)
ISIS connected terrorist have now killed innocent people in America, and the left are in denial and trying everything they can to make it about something else.

First off I did call a spade a spade the day it happen, and it is and will forever be terrorism just like what McVeigh did in OKC was terrorism. ( I know how dare I compare domestic to another domestic attack seeing one was Islamic and the other was rightwing )

So now that out of the way, and the fact is some will still deny it as being terrorism like they did with Fort Hood Shootings, or the recent shooting in Colorado, but hey you will have deniers from all sides and I remember some still believe McVeigh was not the attacker when he blew up OKC and some still deny that the President was born in the U.S. and believe he is a Kenyan born Marxist Muslim...

Denial is a fickle little bitch I say!

So what will the Left and Progressive Liberals do? ( added Progressive for you )

1. Round up your guns.

2. Put you in FEMA camps.

3. Re-educate you into becoming Islamic.

4. Release you back into the New World Order as functioning drones that will Praise Allah while on your knees.

5. I am sure you believe one through four are realities in your dullard of a mind and my one through four responses were to mock your stupid OP!

 

[Stephanie]

their main concerns seems to be: wanting to take away our guns and people praying for the victims. that about all I've seen from them in the media and from the Democrat politicians.

I just heard now this is being called: the worst terrorist attack on us since 9/11
wake up folks. vote out this progressive/democrat party. they aren't interested in PROTECTING us, they want us disarmed and praying is something to crap all over

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

their main concerns seems to be: wanting to take away our guns and people praying for the victims. that about all I've seen from them in the media and from the Democrat politicians.

I just heard now this is being called: the worst terrorist attack on us since 9/11
wake up folks. vote out this progressive/democrat party. they aren't interested in PROTECTING us, they want us disarmed and praying is something to crap all over

Please spare us the hysterical paranoid delusions

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

Someone said that CA has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. That may be so, but they are not tough enough.

How The San Bernardino Killers Exploited A Loophole To Legally Obtain Assault-Style Rifles In California
It's called the "bullet button loophole." How The San Bernardino Killers Exploited A Loophole To Legally Obtain Assault-Style Rifles In California

Secondly, this also shows why we need strong controls at the Federal level. State boarders are wide open and we are only as good as our weakest link.

 

[Dr Grump]

Dude that claim has been discredited enough to make you laugh. Number one it is crowd sourced...#2 it includes even accidental shooting...it includes stupid shit like two kids playing with BB guns and one gets accidently shot...yep...it includes hunting accidents.
It is a stupid number that only stupid people believe.

It has not been discredited. The link I posted even referenced each event with a link to the news item. Here, I'll even do your work for you and post one of the links - I just scrolled down and picked one at random.

Texas gunman kills 3, himself

Is WFAA making it up? Is that what you are saying?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

There is more horseshit flying than you can shake a stick at...and I'm willing to believe that there are idiots here who believe all of it:

Louie Gohmert: Obama Importing Terrorists To Justify Gun Control Laws Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 12/4/2015 12:15 pm Yesterday, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, claimed that the Obama administration has “let loose” criminals and brought “massive” numbers of “violent terrorists” into the U.S. so that the president can eventually tell people to “give up your Second Amendment rights because I let all these terrorists in.” - See more at: Louie Gohmert: Obama Importing Terrorists To Justify Gun Control Laws

Alex McFarland Says God Didn't Prevent California Shooting Because Of Abortion And Gay Marriage
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 12/4/2015 11:18 am
Right-wing Christian apologist Alex McFarland was on Dove TV's "Focus Today" program yesterday to discuss the terrorist shooting in San Bernardino, California, earlier this week, which he blamed on abortion and gay marriage.

"People are saying, 'Why didn't God prevent this?'" McFarland stated, "Look, we've for 45 years told God to leave us alone. Fifty-seven to sixty million babies aborted, now our Supreme Court has deviated from natural law to case law and we've redefined marriage ... God forgive us for the murder of the unborn, God forgive us for kicking prayer out of public schools, God forgive us for making sodomy mainstream and redefining marriage."

- See more at: Alex McFarland Says God Didn't Prevent California Shooting Because Of Abortion And Gay Marriage

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San Bernardino Truthers, Attack Of The Witches & Sarah Palin's Prophetic Warning Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 12/4/2015 2:25 pm RWW’s Paranoia-Rama takes a look at five of the week’s most absurd conspiracy theories from the Right. While Donald Trump’s friends at Fox News are defending his false statements about Muslim-Americans, the GOP front-runner’s new friends at InfoWars are floating conspiracy theories of their own about the San Bernardino shooting.

Conservative radio host Michael Savage first thought that President Obama would “deputize” Crips and Bloods gang members to become his own private army. Then he claimed that Black Lives Matter activists are really part of “the secret private army that Barack Hussein Obama” has been designing. Now, Savage believes that Obama will turn Syrian refugees into his own personal army, suggesting last week on “The Savage Nation” that Obama is “bringing an army” into America. - See more at: Paranoia-Rama: San Bernardino Truthers, Attack Of The Witches & Sarah Palin's Prophetic Warning

While conservative talk shows are stoking fears about Obama’s private refugee army or his string of staged shootings, televangelist Jim Bakker wants the public to know about the real threat: Witches who target televangelists. - See more at: Paranoia-Rama: San Bernardino Truthers, Attack Of The Witches & Sarah Palin's Prophetic Warning

Sarah Palin has a warning in her new book, “Sweet Freedom”: God is running out of patience with America because we keep “kicking him out of the public square.” As the former governor told Janet Parshall, America is at risk of losing God’s blessings and its guarantee of religious liberty and the U.S. may wind up in the same place as “other tragic nations that aren’t allowed to exercise their freedom.” - See more at: Paranoia-Rama: San Bernardino Truthers, Attack Of The Witches & Sarah Palin's Prophetic Warning

Donald Trump is not backing down from his objectively untrue claim that “thousands and thousands” of Muslim-American in Jersey City celebrated the 9/11 attacks. He received some help this week from Fox News host Eric Bolling, who added a new twist to the bogus conspiracy theory, claiming that the nonexistent Muslim celebrants “were tipped off prior to the thing.” - See more at: Paranoia-Rama: San Bernardino Truthers, Attack Of The Witches & Sarah Palin's Prophetic Warning