So in other words we're going to become a dictatorship because of the very strict gun control laws, just like in Canada, Britain, Australia, etc etc.
shall we try a bit of reality here. larry At 12:55 PM 12/6/02 -0500, you wrote: >Ok, > And in another 100 years when they are killing you for speaking > your mind, or wanting to vote? You would sure wish you could have that > AK in the closet then. > >-----Original Message----- >From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:52 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban > > >I'm all for being able to have guns, but people dont need to have ASSAULT >weapons. > >Someone breaks into your house capping them with 3 or 4 shots from a rifle >or gun is as good as unloading a clip of 30 into their torso with an assault >rifle > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:32 PM >Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban > > > > San Francisco, CA... no surprise. > > > > At 12:14 PM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban > > > > > >Thu Dec 5,10:36 PM ETAdd U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! > > > > > >By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer > > > > > >SAN FRANCISCO(AP) - A federal appeals court unanimously upheld > > >California's ban on assault weapons Thursday, saying > > >individuals had no right to bear arms under the Second Amendment. > > > > > >"The historical record makes it equally plain that the amendment was not > > >adopted in order to afford rights to > > >individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession," Judge > > >Stephen Reinhardt wrote in the 9th U.S. Circuit > > >Court of Appeals decision. > > > > > >Weapons owners challenged amendments to a 1989 law that originally > > >outlawed 75 high-powered weapons with rapid-fire > > >capabilities. The Legislature passed the nation's first law banning such > > >weapons after a gunman fired a semiautomatic > > >weapon into a Stockton school yard, killing five children and injuring >30. > > > > > >Following California's lead, several states and the federal government > > >passed similar or even stricter bans. > > >In 1999, California lawmakers amended the law to ban assault weapons >based > > >on a host of features instead of specific > > >makes and models - a move that outlawed hundreds of so-called copycat > > >weapons not clearly defined in the initial law. > > > > > >"While I respect the rights of Californians to pursue hunting and sports > > >shooting, and of law-abiding citizens to > > >protect their homes and businesses, there is no need for these military > > >style weapons to be on the streets in our > > >state," said Bill Lockyer, > > >California's attorney general. > > > > > >The National Rifle Association said it was disappointed with the ruling. > > > > > >"From an organizational standpoint, for 131 years we've been standing > > >steadfastly to protect the freedoms of all law > > >abiding Americans and stand steadfastly that the Second Amendment is an > > >individual right and will continue to do so," > > >said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. > > > > > >Arulanandam said it was too early to tell what the effects of the >decision > > >would be. > > > > > >Attorneys for the suing gun owners did not immediately return phone calls > > >Thursday. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
