Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

As the name indicates, this is the place for gun-related political discussions. It is not open to other political topics.

Moderators: carlson1, Charles L. Cotton

User avatar
Kythas
Senior Member
Posts: 1685
Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:06 am
Location: McKinney, TX

Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by Kythas »

Here it is. Obama talked of limiting access to "assault rifles" today.

"I believe the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms," Obama said. "But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets of our cities."

No, Mr. President, a lot of gun owners would not agree with that statement.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07 ... z21h4szWcN
“I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.” - Frank Lloyd Wright

"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of arms" - Aristotle
RPB
Banned
Posts: 8697
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:17 pm

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by RPB »

Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47
Says Many Gang Members Were Coming After His Family
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/09/07/ ... ith-ak-47/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

that took 30 seconds to find, I know there are many other instances they are used for defense

one in Texas

Mission man uses AK-47 to defend house during home invasion

http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=565832" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Texas Ranchers Using AK47s to Defend Against Cartel Invaders
http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2012/0 ... -invaders/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Last edited by RPB on Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:26 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'm no lawyer

"Never show your hole card" "Always have something in reserve"
Heartland Patriot

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by Heartland Patriot »

My AK hasn't hurt anyone and it will stay that way...unless bad guys try to hurt me or my loved ones. But hey, this POTUS cares so much about our rights, right? Gimme a break. He's lining up his rhetoric with the UN Arms Treaty he plans on signing, no matter how terrible it is...because the peasants don't "need" AKs...or ARs...or any other "assault weapons". Does he also plan on bringing in some "blue helmets" to round 'em all up? Or is he going to get our national law enforcement to do that? WILL they do that? Seems like a mighty tall order to me...
“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”
--- Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn

Well, I think instead of axes and pokers, they might just find folks with AKs and ARs...kind of takes the fun out of oppressing citizens, huh? I know, I'm just a mechanic, I do not have infantry or any other combat training...but I guess like "Trooper Padgett", I'd rather be pulled out of a pile of brass...than to be dragged off to some camp or "re-educated". I mentioned before how much of an impact the Holocaust episode of "The World At War" series had on me as a child...and I am completely serious, I promise you that. :mad5
User avatar
The Mad Moderate
Senior Member
Posts: 872
Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2010 11:31 am
Location: Marble Falls

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by The Mad Moderate »

Well I retract my earlier statement about Obama saying he wouldn't use the tragedy to push gun control, now give me a sec while I remove my foot from my mouth. :leaving
I really wish he wasn't such a tool. I just wish I could trust Romney with the second amendment, with his history in Mass. I am worried he won't be much better.
Last edited by The Mad Moderate on Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
American by birth Texan by the grace of God

Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.
-Francois Guisot
RPB
Banned
Posts: 8697
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:17 pm

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by RPB »

sales are going thru the roof on AK-47s just blocks away from the aforementioned theater
http://www.ak47world.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Since AK47World.com is literally just blocks away from the Colorado Theater Shootings in Aurora, Colorado - since Friday we've been affected by all the commotion


NOW our phones & e-mail are being SLAMMED as procrastinators are SLAMMING US as Colorado Gun Sales are up 41% since shootings as mags & ammo sales are also EXPLODING !!!

But you'd BETTER HURRY & GET WHAT YOU NEED NOW (forget Big Screen TVs & Consumer JUNK) as Libs are SCREAMING to BAN AK's, AR's & Hi-Caps Mags/Drums & that New York FOOL Mayor Michael Bloomberg is telling Police to "Go on Strike" until Politicians Ban Semi-autos (AW's) & Hi-Cap
:mrgreen:

Now ... I been trying to decide on an AK or an AR ... I have an SKS and "enough" soft point 7.62x39 ammo but wondered about them other calibers and I didn't wanna spend a thousand bucks on one seldom used home defense rifle as I enjoy pistols at the range mostly and could use another Glock 26 and a DB9 and a 1911 and

looks like cheaperthandirt is selling AKs fast ... many out of stock http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/ItemList ... catid=7795" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Last edited by RPB on Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:46 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'm no lawyer

"Never show your hole card" "Always have something in reserve"
User avatar
OldCannon
Senior Member
Posts: 3061
Joined: Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:19 am
Location: Kyle, TX

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by OldCannon »

The Mad Moderate wrote:Well I retract my earlier statement about Obama saying he wouldn't use the tragedy to push gun control, now give me a sec while I remove my foot from my mouth. :leaving
I really wish he wasn't such a tool. I just wish I could trust Romney with the second amendment, with his history in Mass. I am worried he won't be much better.
Romney will hold with the people that put him in office, just like Obama has. Romney won't do a thing to limit our existing laws, although I don't hold out for him to relax them either.
I don't fear guns; I fear voters and politicians that fear guns.
User avatar
The Annoyed Man
Senior Member
Posts: 26885
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:59 pm
Location: North Richland Hills, Texas
Contact:

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by The Annoyed Man »

RPB wrote:sales are going thru the roof on AK-47s just blocks away from the aforementioned theater
http://www.ak47world.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Since AK47World.com is literally just blocks away from the Colorado Theater Shootings in Aurora, Colorado - since Friday we've been affected by all the commotion


NOW our phones & e-mail are being SLAMMED as procrastinators are SLAMMING US as Colorado Gun Sales are up 41% since shootings as mags & ammo sales are also EXPLODING !!!

But you'd BETTER HURRY & GET WHAT YOU NEED NOW (forget Big Screen TVs & Consumer JUNK) as Libs are SCREAMING to BAN AK's, AR's & Hi-Caps Mags/Drums & that New York FOOL Mayor Michael Bloomberg is telling Police to "Go on Strike" until Politicians Ban Semi-autos (AW's) & Hi-Cap
:mrgreen:

Now ... I been trying to decide on an AK or an AR ... I have an SKS and "enough" soft point 7.62x39 ammo but wondered about them other calibers and I didn't wanna spend a thousand bucks on one seldom used home defense rifle as I enjoy pistols at the range mostly and could use another Glock 26 and a DB9 and a 1911 and
Gun sales and requests for concealed carry license classes are up in hugely significant percentages all over the nation: http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ea065f12 ... z21hEctO7a.

This is huge, and it is a good thing. The sheep are waking up, and the more people have guns, including AK/AR type weapons, the harder it will be for Obama to do anything about it.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"

#TINVOWOOT
User avatar
The Annoyed Man
Senior Member
Posts: 26885
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:59 pm
Location: North Richland Hills, Texas
Contact:

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by The Annoyed Man »

OldCannon wrote:
The Mad Moderate wrote:Well I retract my earlier statement about Obama saying he wouldn't use the tragedy to push gun control, now give me a sec while I remove my foot from my mouth. :leaving
I really wish he wasn't such a tool. I just wish I could trust Romney with the second amendment, with his history in Mass. I am worried he won't be much better.
Romney will hold with the people that put him in office, just like Obama has. Romney won't do a thing to limit our existing laws, although I don't hold out for him to relax them either.
Exactly. Romney's feet will need to be occasionally held to the fire to keep him honest, but he isn't a complete tool. Obama is a nickel-plated tool, all the way down to the bone.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"

#TINVOWOOT
RPB
Banned
Posts: 8697
Joined: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:17 pm

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by RPB »

heh, I gotta put my credit card in the freezer on ice or something

Folder

forward AND rear grips

http://www.jgsales.com/hungarian-amd-65 ... -3115.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hungarian AMD-65 SA-2000M AK-47 rifle, FEG receiver, TGI import, w/ side folding stock.
1-1961xq
$499.95
Quantity: (Quantity Available: 99+)

same gun
http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/storeproduct446.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
$559.00 $539.00
Image

Tempting ... watched a couple youtube videos on it ... Tempting
I'm no lawyer

"Never show your hole card" "Always have something in reserve"
Mike1951
Senior Member
Posts: 3532
Joined: Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:06 am
Location: SE Texas

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by Mike1951 »

Better that he shows his hand now instead of lying for another three months.
Mike
AF5MS
TSRA Life Member
NRA Benefactor Member
User avatar
Beiruty
Senior Member
Posts: 9655
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2008 9:22 pm
Location: Allen, Texas

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by Beiruty »

Mr. President Obama, if you take away "neutered" AKs, then you can't take away the Syrian hunting rifle:
Image

Mr. President Obama do not pretend to be clueless.

More "Syrian" images are here:

http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012 ... leppo?lite" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Note: Stay away from toys.

Real AKs, are not available in US market:

Image
Beiruty,
United we stand, dispersed we falter
2014: NRA Endowment lifetime member
User avatar
C-dub
Senior Member
Posts: 13579
Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: DFW

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by C-dub »

The Mad Moderate wrote:Well I retract my earlier statement about Obama saying he wouldn't use the tragedy to push gun control, now give me a sec while I remove my foot from my mouth. :leaving
I really wish he wasn't such a tool. I just wish I could trust Romney with the second amendment, with his history in Mass. I am worried he won't be much better.
You know how it is. It's not really about who is the best candidate. It's about who is the least worst. With only two REALISTIC choices to pick from, Romney wins this debate by far against Obama.
I am not and have never been a LEO. My avatar is in honor of my friend, Dallas Police Sargent Michael Smith, who was murdered along with four other officers in Dallas on 7.7.2016.
NRA Patriot-Endowment Lifetime Member---------------------------------------------Si vis pacem, para bellum.................................................Patriot Guard Rider
Heartland Patriot

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by Heartland Patriot »

C-dub wrote:
The Mad Moderate wrote:Well I retract my earlier statement about Obama saying he wouldn't use the tragedy to push gun control, now give me a sec while I remove my foot from my mouth. :leaving
I really wish he wasn't such a tool. I just wish I could trust Romney with the second amendment, with his history in Mass. I am worried he won't be much better.
You know how it is. It's not really about who is the best candidate. It's about who is the least worst. With only two REALISTIC choices to pick from, Romney wins this debate by far against Obama.
:iagree:

That's the same thing I've been saying. And if a President Romney has a Republican Congress, they will be far too busy with other stuff to even think about anything like a gun control bill, not that they'd be inclined to send one to him anyway. He can't sign what doesn't get sent to him...and I'm sure HIS Justice Department will be told to stick to the rulebook.
User avatar
jimlongley
Senior Member
Posts: 6134
Joined: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:31 pm
Location: Allen, TX

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by jimlongley »

Kythas wrote:Here it is. Obama talked of limiting access to "assault rifles" today.

"I believe the Second Amendment guarantees an individual the right to bear arms," Obama said. "But I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not on the streets of our cities."

No, Mr. President, a lot of gun owners would not agree with that statement.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07 ... z21h4szWcN
Actually I believe that AK-47s belong elsewhere, as our soldiers already carry something else, or is he saying I'm in favor of soldiers opposing ours using AK-47s?

Or does he think that an AK-47 was used in the recent tragedy?
Real gun control, carrying 24/7/365
User avatar
74novaman
Senior Member
Posts: 3798
Joined: Wed Feb 18, 2009 7:36 am
Location: CenTex

Re: Obama Talks Limiting Assault Rifles

Post by 74novaman »

RPB wrote:heh, I gotta put my credit card in the freezer on ice or something

*snip of AMD-65 ads*

Tempting ... watched a couple youtube videos on it ... Tempting
I have one. They're nice guns...you should go for it. :cool:
TANSTAAFL
Post Reply

Return to “Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues”