Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

[CAL]

It's official, we're fucked.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=6960824&page=1

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today. "As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons," Holder told reporters.
Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.
"I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum." Holder said at a news conference on the arrest of more than 700 people in a drug enforcement crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.
Mexican government officials have complained that the availability of sophisticated guns from the United States have emboldened drug traffickers to fight over access routes into the U.S.
A State Department travel warning issued Feb. 20, 2009, reflected government concerns about the violence.
"Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades," the warning said. "Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico, but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez."
At the news conference today, Holder described his discussions with his Mexican counterpart about the recent spike in violence.
"I met yesterday with Attorney General Medina Mora of Mexico, and we discussed the unprecedented levels of violence his country is facing because of their enforcement efforts," he said.
Holder declined to offer any time frame for the reimplementation of the assault weapons ban, however.
"It's something, as I said, that the president talked about during the campaign," he said. "There are obviously a number of things that are -- that have been taking up a substantial amount of his time, and so, I'm not sure exactly what the sequencing will be."

[Psycho7]

We knew this was going to happen the question is will a ban stand a challenge from the supreme court.

I say no

[bg]

Whether or not it comes to pass, I'm still glad I got mine.

I guess prices will be going up... again.

[Zimmy]

Regardless of the actual agendas, the Fatcats in Washington must find it kinda scary seeing an armed and unhappy population openly resisting an unpopular and corrupt regime.

All media bullshit aside, the fact is those hordes of protesters at the border were not all dope dealers. Nor were they protesting the cartels. They were protesting the Mexican Gov't and using dead cops and gov't officials as exclamation points in their' argument.

[frybyrd1]

I agree that assault weapons should NOT be getting over the border and into the hands of the cartels. Thay should only be able to smuggle Legal High-powered hunting rifles with scopes. That should cut down on collateral damage.

[yrualeg]

This has never been about "protecting the public" this has been about Control. If the populace is unarmed the Government can act with impunity and without fear of retribution.

I have a ton of Pro self defense pics

[Psycho7]

Yrualeg I like those

[yrualeg]

Yrualeg I like those

I have about 3 MB worth of them when I get to the house I'll upload them

[Ironic-Mike]

I like what Idaho is doing:

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