Ted Cruz uses pistol grip to rebut call for assault weapon ban

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Ted Cruz uses pistol grip to rebut call for assault weapon ban​

By TODD J. GILLMAN
30 January 2013


Texas Sen. Ted Cruz displayed a flair for showmanship this afternoon at the Senate’s gun violence hearing as he sought to puncture the argument for a proposed ban on assault weapons.

“What it bans, I would suggest to you, are scary looking guns,” he said.

With a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle used — as Cruz said, by millions of Americans – the senator argued that the proposed ban focuses on “cosmetic features” such as pistol grips that in no way change the lethality of a weapon.

He produced a plastic pistol grip and held it to the photo to demonstrate...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz holds a pistol grip up to a life-size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, during Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee on curbing gun violence. Cruz said simply adding such a grip would turn the 750 into the kind of "scary-looking gun" that would be affected by an assault weapons ban.​

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Harry Reid says an assault weapons ban would not attract the 60 votes needed to pass...

Senate Democrats to drop assault weapon ban from gun bill
19 March 2013 - US lawmakers will ditch a plan to ban assault weapons, all but killing off a key part of a gun control campaign prompted by a recent school massacre.

Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said her proposal would be left out of the firearms control bill. Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid made the decision, saying the proposal could not get enough votes. An assault-type weapon was used in the December massacre that killed 26 at a primary school in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooting shocked the US and revived efforts in Washington DC to prohibit such firearms. But while polls show most Americans back an assault weapon ban, influential pro-gun lobby groups such as the National Rifle Association have pressed lawmakers to oppose such a move.

Taking away rights?

Sen Feinstein said she might put forward the assault weapons proposal, similar to a previous one she sponsored that expired in 2004, as an amendment to the bill. But she would need 60 votes from the 100-member Senate to succeed, a margin analysts say the amendment would be unlikely to reach. "I very much regret it," Sen Feinstein said. "I tried my best." The plan had only narrowly passed a Senate panel last week, underlining its poor chances of clearing the full chamber. It was one of four gun control measures backed by the panel, including expanded background check requirements for people buying guns, harsher punishments for illegal gun trafficking, and more money for security at schools.

Meanwhile, the town of Newtown has seen a surge in applications for gun permits since the massacre at Sandy Hook primary school in which 20 schoolchildren and six teachers were murdered. There have been 79 requests for gun permits in Newtown since the shooting on 14 December, police say, although the town has only issued about 130 licences annually in recent years. A police official said people were worried about new regulations. "A good percentage of people are making it clear they think their rights are going to be taken away,'' Robert Berkins told the Associated Press news agency.

BBC News - Senate Democrats to drop assault weapon ban from gun bill

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Smirking teenager jailed for Ohio school shooting
19 March 2013 - A US teenager smirked as he was handed three life sentences without chance of parole after admitting killing three students in a high school cafeteria.

Wearing a t-shirt with the word "killer" hand-written on it, TJ Lane, 18, taunted victims of the attack in February last year in Ohio. Despite evidence he suffered psychosis and hallucinations, he was found competent to be tried as an adult.

TJ Lane shows no remorse during his sentencing

Investigators have said the gunman told them he did not know why he did it. Lane pleaded guilty last month to three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault.

'Pathetic human being'

He used a .22-calibre pistol to fire 10 shots at a group of students in Chardon High School's cafeteria, killing 16-year-olds Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, and Russell King, 17. Three others were wounded. During Tuesday's sentencing, Lane unbuttoned his shirt in court to reveal a white T-shirt with the word "killer" scrawled across the chest. He also smirked throughout the hearing, including while relatives of his victims spoke, mocking and gesturing obscenely at them. Dina Parmertor, mother of victim Daniel, said that Lane was "a pathetic excuse for a human being" and wished him "an extremely, slow torturous death".

One of his victims, Nate Mueller, who escaped the shooting with a minor injury, dismissed Lane's courtroom antics as those of "a scared little boy". At the time of the shooting, Lane was waiting for a bus to a school for children who have not adjusted to traditional school environments. Lane was not eligible for the death sentence, because he was 17 years old when the shooting occurred. But relatives of the victims pushed for the maximum sentence.

BBC News - Smirking teenager jailed for Ohio school shooting

 

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Are you saying a pistol grip is not an inherently evil object?

Who knew?!

 

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Ted Cruz uses pistol grip to rebut call for assault weapon ban​

By TODD J. GILLMAN
30 January 2013


Texas Sen. Ted Cruz displayed a flair for showmanship this afternoon at the Senate’s gun violence hearing as he sought to puncture the argument for a proposed ban on assault weapons.

“What it bans, I would suggest to you, are scary looking guns,” he said.

With a life size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle used — as Cruz said, by millions of Americans – the senator argued that the proposed ban focuses on “cosmetic features” such as pistol grips that in no way change the lethality of a weapon.

He produced a plastic pistol grip and held it to the photo to demonstrate...

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz holds a pistol grip up to a life-size photo of a Remington 750, a popular hunting rifle, during Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee on curbing gun violence. Cruz said simply adding such a grip would turn the 750 into the kind of "scary-looking gun" that would be affected by an assault weapons ban.​

(Excerpt)

Read more:
Ted Cruz uses pistol grip to rebut call for assault weapon ban | Washington D.C. News - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

He's right, it's only about cosmetic issues.

A semi-auto rifle is a semi-auto rifle. They all operate basically the same, but some have pretty wood stocks, and some have plastic black stocks and pistol grips. But they all shoot one round per trigger pull.

The amount of ignorance, hysteria, and misinformation libs insert into the issue is STAGGERING.