Reply #239: Don't vote republican for gun rights [View All]

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Need I remind you it was Reagan that banned any new full automatic weapons from being registered and it was Bush Sr.'s executive order that banned the import of semiautomatic "assault weapons" which was the inspiration for the 1994 bill?

Democrats aren't pulling gun control out of their asses. Gun control legislation does not pass in the United States without the NRA rubber stamp first. The NRA has supported every single piece of gun control legislation that has passed.

Bill Ruger was the inspiration for the magazine capacity ban of the 1994 crime bill. He wrote this sweet little piece of legislation in 1989:
"The possession of any "extra capacity" magazine in combination with the possession of a semi-automatic firearm, other than .22 caliber Rimfire, should be regulated. "Extra capacity magazines" are detachable magazines which hold in excess of 10(!) centerfire rifle cartridges or shotgun shells, or detachable pistol magazines which hold in excess of 15 centerfire cartridges."

Pretty cool deal for the guy that makes the most popular .22 caliber rimfire weapon in the world, eh?

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The republican leadership is only for "gun rights" as long as they are making money from it. The gun manufactuerers profit by creating artifical lacks of supply in the firearms market. Gun manufacturers like component based gun bans because that gives them a reason to release new and more expensive versions of their old guns.