Grumbling in the citizen disarmament peanut gallery.
Has Washington waited too long?
In interviews, gun control advocates’ frustration with — and mystification over — Washington is palpable. So far, their anger has not turned specifically on Obama — though people in Newtown itself and gun control advocates beyond question whether he could have done more to turn the post-Sandy Hook momentum into tangible results.
But the increasingly sour mood of gun control proponents highlights the stakes in reaping even a slim victory from Congress this spring.
Anything less, in terms of Obama’s legacy, would transform Newtown from a moment of moral clarity to a symbol of how much clout a newly reelected president really has in a divided Washington.
Obama may still get a bill, but not like the one he and his allies envisioned in December. There won’t be new bans on assault weapons or high-capacity ammunition magazines. Universal background checks have moved from an assumed yes to a wish list item for gun control advocates. Even a new gun trafficking law — the smallest and weakest of the issues — is not a sure thing to pass the Senate. . .
The fate of Obama’s gun control rests on the slim hope that third-party groups can persuade wary lawmakers to support background checks during the two-week congressional recess. Bloomberg is spending $12 million to push background checks, though he conceded on “Meet the Press” that his push is as much about the 2014 midterm elections as it is winning a background checks vote in April.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), leader of the House Democrats’ gun control task force, said passing background checks will require mobilizing existing, but often apathetic, support.
“What we need is more grass-roots efforts by the people that read and listen to news reports, people who want to make sure their neighborhoods are safe,” Thompson said. “There’s great support for passing background checks; we just need to ramp up the enthusiasm for people to go one step forward.”
And Bloomberg will continue to use his billions to push gun control candidates in 2014.
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“Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.” ― T.S. Eliot
“What we need is more grass-roots efforts by the people that read and listen to news reports, people who want to make sure their neighborhoods are safe,” Thompson said.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
"We waited too long."
Translation:
Anti gun alarmist opportunism has only a very narrow window of effectiveness before common sense and reason prevail.
Unfortunately, NY state didn't survive the BS blitz.
The elites have contrived to construct a police state by every means possible. Their acts of bllod treason to advance tyranny make the Nazi's Richstag fire look like fart in a mitten.
What these crazy ruling class sons of a bitches of tyrants really need to advance the agenda of disarmament is another crisis as a means, a real bloody one, as if Fast & Furious, Oklahoma City, Waco, weren't bloody enough. Something particularly useful the state run media can really beat to death ten times over, something they can lie about to their Fabian hearts content, something with all the leftest fascist talking point ingredients. More children, lots more, throw in some Hispanics, a few lesbians, a couple of Muslims,a sacrificial politician, of course a globull warming scientist, a cop or two, of course a left wing Hollywood star would really sweeten the pot, a middle class family in a mini-van, and this time, salt the scene of the setup with AR-15's. Lots of them. And empty 30 round magazines by the score, liter the ground ankle deep with empty shell cases till it looks like a Mogadishu cross roads after a battle between warlords ans US special forces. Have to add that 3rd world look to get the masses really riled. A car bomb would spice things up, especially after the responders get there. And last, but not least, go for broke, connect the whole thing to an BATF constructed three percenter, christian, tea party, right wing extremist, ex military, mentally defective veteran run militia nobody has ever heard of that was so secret it flew below the FBI and DHS Fusion center radar. Of course use drones to record FLIR tapes of the scene of carnage. And lots of DHS armored cars blocking the highways, with VIPER teams finding right wing extremists by the dozen, because after all these killers are on the loose with plans to kill many more peaceful, politically correct un-armed citizens of the Communists States of Amerika.
This is a feint. The M.O. of our enemy is to ratchet towards their goal; one step forward and one half-step back. It is very, very, effective.
Mt Top Patriot...+1000
Semper Fi
A hunk of copper for their thought !
Yank lll
Exercise your First Amendment rights to uphold your Second Amendment rights, and I do not mean praying. Contact your Congressman and Senators and tell them that current Federal gun-control laws are ineffective, a waste of valuable resources, and must be revoked. Treat legislation like a socket wrench - the ratchet works both ways, but you must reverse it. Dismantle the machine that deprives you of liberty quicker than they can build it bigger. Do not wait for the SCOTUS to decide the unconstitutionality of these laws. Do not wait for the NRA to "compromise" for you. Nothing good happens when you are passive and silent.
" Mt Top Patriot said...
The elites have contrived to construct a police state by every means possible. Their acts of bllod treason to advance tyranny make the Nazi's Richstag fire look like fart in a mitten.
What these crazy ruling class sons of a bitches of tyrants really need to advance the agenda of disarmament is another crisis as a means, a real bloody one, as if Fast & Furious, Oklahoma City, Waco, weren't bloody enough. Something particularly useful the state run media can really beat to death ten times over, something they can lie about to their Fabian hearts content, something with all the leftest fascist talking point ingredients. More children, lots more, throw in some Hispanics, a few lesbians, a couple of Muslims,a sacrificial politician, of course a globull warming scientist, a cop or two, of course a left wing Hollywood star would really sweeten the pot, a middle class family in a mini-van, and this time, salt the scene of the setup with AR-15's. Lots of them. And empty 30 round magazines by the score, liter the ground ankle deep with empty shell cases till it looks like a Mogadishu cross roads after a battle between warlords ans US special forces. Have to add that 3rd world look to get the masses really riled. A car bomb would spice things up, especially after the responders get there. And last, but not least, go for broke, connect the whole thing to an BATF constructed three percenter, christian, tea party, right wing extremist, ex military, mentally defective veteran run militia nobody has ever heard of that was so secret it flew below the FBI and DHS Fusion center radar. Of course use drones to record FLIR tapes of the scene of carnage. And lots of DHS armored cars blocking the highways, with VIPER teams finding right wing extremists by the dozen, because after all these killers are on the loose with plans to kill many more peaceful, politically correct un-armed citizens of the Communists States of Amerika."
Damn son, I like the way you think!
MTP, please don't give them any ideas.
Dan,
Ideas? What do you call Waco, or Fast & Furious?
Crisis as a means my friend.
Newtown was another blood soaked notch in the fascists belts. These psychopaths have blood up to their necks on em. They will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. Nothing is beyond the pale. They crossed the line of civility long ago. Any means is that catch word. You think they are not going to pull off what I was snarking about above?
I'm not giving them ideas. I'm not that sick in the head. It is logical to reason it is only natural for wackos such as Holder, Obama and the rest have contingency plans pre-positoned. These fascist pigs always have a plan B, C, and so on. Most acts of treason they commit carry natural inherent double and triple effects. It is social engineering Waco style on crack. Ideas like that can only come from deranged savages in brooks brothers suits within a government bent on a monopoly of violence.
Mmmm, sounds like the federal government, geez, what a coincidence!
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