Texas Official Invites NY Gun Owners to Lone Star State

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Texas Official Invites NY Gun Owners to Lone Star State

by William Bigelow18 Jan 2013, 12:52 AM PDT61post a comment

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is rolling out the welcome mat for New Yorkers who would like to keep their guns—and their money.

 

Abbott used his campaign money to produce and place ads on media websites in New York City and Albany encouraging residents to move to Texas. Why? To avoid the severe gun restrictions put into place by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as the high income taxes of the Empire State.

One ad reads: "WANTED: Law abiding New York gun owners seeking lower taxes and greater opportunities." If the viewer clicks on the ad, the link goes to a Facebook page extolling the advantages of moving to Texas,

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Nothing, and Maybe Worse: A President’s Nonsensical Gun Proposals

 

 

He knows not what he speaks.

 

by

John Rosenberg

 

As far as I can tell, here is the totality of what President Obama proposed Wednesday to do about “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. (Actually, regarding those guns and magazines, he didn’t really propose to do anything; what he proposed for was Congress to do something — the same thing it did in 1994). In any event, here is the beginning, middle, and end of what he proposed:

 

Congress should restore a ban on military-style assault weapons, and a 10-round limit for magazines. (Applause.) The type of assault rifle used in Aurora, for example, when paired with high-capacity magazines, has one purpose — to pump out as many bullets as possible, as quickly as possible; to do as much damage, using bullets often designed to inflict maximum damage.

 

And that’s what allowed the gunman in Aurora to shoot 70 people — 70 people — killing 12 in a matter of minutes. Weapons designed for the theater of war have no place in a movie theater.

 

Here’s my recommendation: Congress should take the president literally, and do exactly what he says: nothing.

 

“Weapons designed for the theater of war” have the capability of firing automatically. Such weapons have been prohibited (except to collectors, who pay a very high license fee) since 1934. They are not available to the general public.

 

They have been used in no mass shootings, and no crime at all, for over 60 years.

 

Banning them again would ban no weapon currently in production or readily available anywhere.

 

What weapons would the president’s “proposal” ban? Who knows? He certainly doesn’t. http://pjmedia.com/blog/nothing-and-maybe-worse-a-presidents-nonsensical-gun-proposals/

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