"[b][The 2nd Amendment is] subject to reasonable restrictions[/b] designed to prevent possession by unfit persons or [b]to restrict the possession of types of firearms that are particularly suited to criminal misuse.[/b]"- From the Ashcroft Justice Department, contained in a legal brief sent to the Supreme Court.

Who is going to argue now that AR15's are not "particularly suited to criminal misuse"? 5 people are dead and you have the Justice Department AND Treasury Department declaring that an AR15 was used in these murders.

It is time that you all hold your nose and voluntarily call for a ban on possession of your AR15s. It is the lesser of 2 evils because at least you will be able to keep the rest of your guns...for now.

what 5 people?

What rifle?

Stop it.

The bridge is out, the engineer doesn't care that the passengers are screaming for him to stop, and the train is about to go over the edge.

Imbroglio is like a shotgun.  Some of his stuff is on target ... some just flies right by.  

"our AR15s"???  I'm guessing that you don't own one?  Yuck it up, 'cause if the government keeps prohibiting firearms by type or make/model, it won't be too long before they want your 10/22, .38, etc.


-REAPER2502

Imbroglio is right.  And after Ashcroft bans all AR-15s, he'll proceed to ban [b]dancing[/b].

[:D]

... leades to fornication, you know.

I am just trying to help out the republican party members here. If we as gun owners step in and help get a ban passed before the democrats do, then the gop will have a good chance at getting more votes and even more importantly, majorities in the house and senate.

I wish you all would look at the big picture for once.

You know, Imbrog...I think that is probably the truest statement I've ever read here.

Hella-Cool!  It will be just like "Footloose", only with dancing [i]and[/i] guns!

No, no, no.

It's fornication in the standing position that leads to dancing. [;)]

Hrm... ever wonder what a DU troll would sound like?

Imbroglio the bong is not a substitute for your meds.

Bullshit. The bong is ALWAYS a substitute for meds.

LivewireRC

I get high, own guns, AND I VOTE! ;)

Wake up, you ignorant fools.

[url]http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-maryland-shootings-guns1004oct04,0,1447708.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dnationworld%2Dheadlines[/url]

Yep, in the next few days Sarah Brady and the rest of the fargin' Demorats will be in front of the cameras claiming that all weapons capable of firing a 223 round should be confiscated, destroyed and never produced for civilian use again.  Personally I wouldn't doubt that this is the beginning of a terrorist trend.  The fuzz will never catch the perps.

And that story has to do with Ashcrufty trying to ban ARs how?

The media is anti... DUH!!
MD has an anti agenda... DUH!!
A fair number of feebs have an anti agenda... DUH!!

The quote Imbog is basing this thread on is one in which Ashcroft was defending his pro second amendment views to congress. Turning it into something anti is the essence of the big lie.

Sorry, but the hyperbole is getting a bit thick.

Post from Imbroglio -

Somehow, I doubt that very much. [:D]

You have always reminded me of that fellow on [i][b]Aliens[/b][/i], Pvt. Hudson (played by BillPaxton) who, in times of acute danger, is always running off and hollering stuff such as:

'Hey, you might not be up on current events, but we just got our asses kicked, Pal!' or

'This can't be happening, Man, this ain't happening!'

[img]http://www.ozcraft.com/scifidu/images/aliens/b_paxton.jpg[/img]

[url]http://www.ozcraft.com/cgibin/clipplay.cgi?images/aliens/current_events.rpm[/url]

[url]http://www.ozcraft.com/cgibin/clipplay.cgi?images/aliens/happenin.rpm[/url]

See if I'm right? [:D]

Eric The(YouBetcha)Hun[>]:)]

Uh, hello? The Ashcroft statement was not made before congress. IT WAS SENT IN A LEGAL BRIEF TO THE SUPREME COURT.

[url]www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,52223,00.html[/url]

[url]www.ndol.org/blueprint/2002_jul_aug/26_shooting.html[/url]

THAT IS TOTAL B.S. TO POST THIS!
I BET YOU WOULD SHIT IF SOMEONE POSTED A BAN ON .38S OR 10/22S

So, if the Minister of Love, Ashcroft, calls for "reasonable restrictions", he's defending the 2nd Amendment; and if the Brady Bunch, using almost literally the same phrasing, demands "reasonable restrictions", they are anti-gun?

Ummm yeah, how about a link to the text of this brief. The links you posted are talking about Olson's brief on Emerson v. United States.(Widely regarded by dems as hysterically PRO second amendment.)

[i]The current position of the United States ... is that the Second Amendment more broadly protects the rights of individuals, including persons who are not members of any militia or engaged in active military service or training, to possess and bear their own firearms," [b]Solicitor General Theodore Olson wrote in two court filings this week.[/b]

That right, however, is "subject to reasonable restrictions designed to prevent possession by unfit persons or to restrict the possession of types of firearms that are particularly suited to criminal misuse." [/i]

... are you an unfit person imbog? Did the mean man keep you from purchasing that AAA gun you wanted to augment your 10/22 collection with?

[edit]
Kind of refreshing to be on the moderate side of this argument. [:D]

Yep, [b]Kar98[/b], just like that!

We certainly can't have any 'reasonable restrictions' now, can we?

If that's going to be the line of reasoning that you adopt in your argument, I can foresee nothing but a long series of defeats for the RKBA.

I'm all in favor of Texas' CHL laws, which, as you might well guess, prohibits the public carrying of a handgun while the license holder is intoxicated.

Some among us would call that an unreasonable restriction, while some might not.

It's just too bad the Founding Fathers didn't put woman's right to choose alongside the RKBA in the Second Amendment.

Our country could have been spared a lot of arguing if it had.

Eric The(Reasonable)Hun[>]:)]

[size=6][green]Oh yeah,let him try![/green][/size=6]        

[img]http://assaultweb.net/ubb/emoticons/025.gif[/img]

Yeah, this has a lot to do with Ashcroft.

Time for a redirect! [b]EVIL PEOPLE[/b] commited these Murderous crimes!
There is no such thing as Evil Guns!!
The Media and the Sheeple are being whipped into a frenzy by ignorant and seditious lies and half truths.
Last I knew we still have no idea what weapon fired the [b]evil bullets![/b]
The dog and pony show with "suspected" weapons was truly in poor taste- and foolish, unless they intended to indite all American military, and Patriots, and sportsmen, and lump them with these Murderous Terrorists.
Oh, by the way, they,(.223/5.56), are the same caliber bullets used to defend American interests and freedom worldwide for the last 40 years!

How sad that such tactics and political shenanigans are used to distract the public from the fact that These Agencies are entirely unprepared to defend american citizens or protect them, even in their suburban residences.

I know[;)] I dont have a .223....[;)]its a 556mm! You guys all think imbro's hollaring WOLF?.....like anti's hollar ban the gunz....better to be prepared/expect the worst....than not.

FCK them and ban all you want, fckers.

WHo the FCK is gonna come and pick them up?

We need more reporters to take trips to Pakistan.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here.


Since we're all playing hypotheticals here I'll play out this hypothetical for ya'll:

I would actually be willing to trade allowing another "assault weapon" ban to pass IF a couple of CONSERVATIVE Supreme Court justices could get appointed to the SCOTUS just to slap down that law and all other stupid federal & state gun banning laws once and for all.

It's true that Ashcroft wrote, "to restrict the possession of types of  firearms that are particularly suited to criminal misuse." If you want to speculate that he may now apply that description to AR15s...

...how does that coexist with the SCOTUS rulings in [i]US v. Miller[/i] and [i]Lewis v. US[/i] that, [i]"the Second Amendment guarantees no right to keep and bear a firearm that [u]does not have 'some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia[/u]"[/i] or that [i]"is any part of the [u]ordinary military equipment[/u] or that its use could contribute to the common defense"[/i] (which AR15s certainly do)?

What I'm getting at is that it doesn't matter one bit what Ashcroft says or what new AWB is passed.

What we NEED (and what I've been railing about for a long time) is a [u]clear and definitive[/u] ruling from the SCOTUS on the RKBA and to actually APPLY the [i]"is any part of the ordinary military equipment"[/i] reasoning of the [i]Miller[/i] and [i]Lewis[/i] cases to the blatantly unconstitutional 'assault weapon ban'. And THAT'S only gonna happen if we can pack the court with more CONSERVATIVES.

If we can't get the SCOTUS to make a hard right turn, then all is lost anyway. We've already seen Bush sign what he considers an 'unconstitutional' law (CFR) knowing that the SCOTUS will take the flak for slapping it down. If he can pack the court with a few more strict constitutionalists, he may sign a new 'Assault Weapon' Ban KNOWING that "his" SCOTUS will once-and-for-all rule that such laws are unconstitutional.

And by doing that, he gets to sign a bill that effectively disarms his liberal, gun-grabber-political opponents for the next election AND he gets to use his newly-packed SCOTUS to slap down that same bill as well those same liberal, gun-grabber-political opponents for good.

All will never be lost if [b]WE[/b] NEVER give up our guns.  When they come, give'em the bullets first and your life last, and take at least one with you.

WE OUTNUMBER THEM!

I hate to even open one of your threads. Your sarcasm is old and worn out to the point I really dont want to listen to you anymore. However I continue to think you may have something serious to say and read your thread anyway.

That is what I'd consider an "all is lost" scenario.

I'll give you $10 if this actually happens

all is lost

So when do you committ suicide?  And where do we send flowers?

To his house in 5-10-15 years when they come to pick up his rifles.  Please DO NOT tell me an intelligent fellow like yourself believes there is even the slightest hope in this situation.  At the very best, you can only hope to forestall the inevitable.  You can depend on the media and the government to use incidents such as yesterday to forward their agenda.  They are not even sure what type of rifle was used in this, and look what was paraded right out for the cameras.

I cannot believe what I've been reading.  This was started by an AR15.com member writing something to the tune of "give up your AR rifles so we can keep the 2nd amendment."

What a brilliant tactic!  Now the anti-gunners have stooped so low as to join AR15.com and put this nonsense on our beloved website posing as a pro 2nd amendment American.

Look at all the other posts that supported the first one.

Understand this:

This great country is under seige!

It is only a matter of time before the badguys do something else to harm the law abiding Citizens of The United States of America if they aren't doing it already.  

You don't take the rights of the masses for the crimes of the few!

God forbid one of the residents of the communist state of Maryland have the ability to defend themselves from this horrible event.

When the constitution was written it was conceived to protect the people from governments like the one King George ruled.  Now it can protect us from those criminals that have taken the lives of Citizens of The United States.  As far as I'm concerned they are just as much a clear and present danger to the freedoms granted to us in the bill of rights as Osama bin Laden.

"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it."

You can't let go and still win!

"Americans know we are a resilient people. Now, through our courage and resolve, we must remind the world of how precious freedom is and how relentlessly we will defend it.”

“Yesterday, most Americans were going about their daily lives. Today we are at war.”

Nuff said?

imbrog|io is just doing what the left does take something and spin the shit out of it. hang around here long enought and you will learn that.

And if the shooter turns out to be a terrorist then by lunch time the next day, all the guns stores in America will be be sold out.   Hmmmm.....

If you say so.  You obviously believe so passionately in this distopian future that I won't even try to argue with you.
Me, I take a more realistic view.

Funny you say that, I just came back from the gun store, and I heard that the rush has already started, people that can legally carry are doing so .... waiting for copycats.

Imbroglio ur just shiting us, RIGHT!
Bluemax

The reasoning in the news article is really messed up. They simply say a high velocity round and a "small" bullet. Even though we know it was a .223 it also describes about half the centerfire rifle rounds on the market! I see this being blown way out of proportion in the news media. While this criminal was stalking and shooting 5 people I would hazard a guess that 20 people died in car accidents in that state.

How did they know it wasnt a bolt action .223?


Hold on to your AR's guys it going to be a rocky ride. Oh and dont be surprised if the price of .223 ammo doesnt skyrocket!

HIGH VELOCITY HIGH VELOCITY WTF DOSE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING????? you can call every cal. bullet HIGH VELOCITY. im sick of reading that filth. They are just trying to make it sound like .223 or 5.56 is some evil HIGH VELOCITY bullet that nothing else comes close to matching.

IT's PISSING ME OFF.



yet they don't really know what kind of weapon it is because they don't have the the criminal or his weapon.



BS, he should keep his fucking mouth shut until he knows for sure.



BS, he makes it sound as if you can walk in, pay for one and leave with it the same day. also not very many gun stores have ar15's. Hell, gander mountain wont even order AR parts.




I can shoot over two thousand yards accurately with a .308, a .223 your lucky to get 450 with 55 grain bullets, and if it's a gusty day don't even try.

These people are idiots.

Almost as dumb as the person who pulled the trigger.

I hope the basterd gets his face blown off, if we get another gun law cause of his ass, I will find him myself.

If we all, gun people are thinking this, can you imagine the rush of activity at HCI, this is indeed the end, or very close to it, just hope the government will have a buy back program that is fair, or close to it as possible, soon the next forum board will be Mdl.94 angle eject.com. Maybe we can all get together there till they get those banned.

Didn't I just see a pic of an ATF agent holding an M96 on AOL?

[url]http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29188[/url]

HOMELAND INSECURITY

[b]2 'Hispanics' sought
in D.C.-area hunt
Be-on-lookout alert describes
shooters' race[/b]

I think this is just a covert/polite way to say two dark skinned men, most likely of arab desent.

Um, yeah.  They want ALL firearms out of citizen's hands.  They just do it one type at a time.  Assault weapons, saturday night specials, whatever they think the public will fall for at the moment.  Present  Brady/Feinstein/Etc. with the option "we can get a shotgun ban passed today, yea or nay?" what do you think they will say?