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“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” – The Weapon Shops of Isher, by A.E. van Vogt Well, it happened. Or, rather, “it” didn’t happen. Senator Dianne Feinstein, despite her hopes, has failed to get her assault weapons ban of 157 different models of assault weapons…
Feinstein ‘frustrated’ after assault weapons ban is dropped from gun safety bill
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) came away from a Monday meeting with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) “frustrated” that her proposed assault weapons ban left out of her party’s gun safety bill. According to Politico, Feinstein’s proposal, which she offered in the wake of the Newtown Elementary school shootings in…
Coulter on Sen. Feinstein: ‘Liberal women should not be able to hold office’
Reacting to Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) blunt reply to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on gun control, Republican pundit and author Ann Coulter exclaimed on Thursday night that the whole conversation makes her think “liberal women should not be able to hold office” in the United States. She explained that her…
Maddow: New details of Newtown shooting prove assault weapons ban is needed
On her show Thursday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained why new details of the tragic mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut showed an assault weapons ban was necessary. The Hartford Courant reported Wednesday that the shooter, Adam Lanza, fired a total of 152 bullets in less than 5 minutes, killing…
Feinstein snaps at Cruz’s ‘lecture’ on the Constitution: ‘I’m not a sixth grader’
During a hearing on gun control legislation Thursday, junior Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) drew the hackles of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who snapped, “I’m not a sixth grader” after he tried to “lecture” her about the U.S. Constitution. Cruz actually recited portions of the Bill of Rights to Feinsten, who…
Sen. Dianne Feinstein chides Rand Paul for ‘stupid’ Jane Fonda example during filibuster
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) knocked her colleague Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday night for warning of hyperbolic scenarios during his 13-hour filibuster. “No drone is going to be used in the United States against an American citizen walking down a street or sitting in a cafe and, you know,…
Feinstein: ‘The NRA has become an institution of gun manufacturers’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Sunday lashed out at the National Rifle Association (NRA), suggesting the “venal” organization had been corrupted to the point that it was taking money from gun manufacturers to “provide weapons” to children as young as 8 years old. In an appearance on CNN, host Candy…
CNN host calls out S.C. sheriff on refusal to enforce weapons ban
A South Carolina sheriff who publicly declared he won’t enforce any new gun safety laws he deems unconstitutional accused Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on Friday of introducing a “scary” new proposal designed to undermine the Second Amendment. “I believe that there is a goal to ultimately take as many firearms…
Petition to charge Sen. Feinstein with treason soars past White House threshold
A petition started on the White House website seeking to charge Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) with treason has crossed the threshold needed for an official response. The petition, created last month, claims that Feinstein’s proposed assault weapons ban is a violation of the Second Amendment, which guarantees Americans right to…
Pro-gun rights senators declined Meet the Press invite
NBC host David Gregory said that Meet the Press had reached out to every gun rights advocate in the U.S. Senate, but none agreed to come on the political talk show. “A note here this morning: We reached out to all 31 pro-gun rights senators in the new Congress to…
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