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It has beGUN.
Tailgunner:
--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on November 18, 2004, 12:14:03 pm ---This topic is about gun laws changing for the better, not about neglectful parents.
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Speaking of gun laws changing for the better, I recieved this in the mail today. It's a 50 round drum magazine for my 1927-a1 Thompson submachine gun. They were banned by the AWB, and I ordered this one the day after it expired. :D
Now all I need is a pinstripe suit and a violin case. ;)
shmokes:
Good or bad, isn't it a bit of a stretch to give Bush credit for that veto override? I mean, if everything in the election had occorred exactly the same, except Kerry was not in office, the legislature would still presumably have voted the same way.
Look on the bright side, though. If this behavior is not tied to Bush, maybe it will go on for even more than 4 years.
Dartful Dodger:
--- Quote from: shmokes on November 18, 2004, 07:35:55 pm ---Good or bad, isn't it a bit of a stretch to give Bush credit for that veto override? I mean, if everything in the election had occorred exactly the same, except Kerry was not in office, the legislature would still presumably have voted the same way.
Look on the bright side, though. If this behavior is not tied to Bush, maybe it will go on for even more than 4 years.
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Bush critics say the Republicans control everything, so if anything goes wrong in America, Bush is at fault. But if anything goes right, Bush had nothing to do with it.
shmokes:
Well...I don't think it's that simple. It's more a matter of the president is rewarded or punished (somtimes unfairly) based on what goes right or wrong. This is especially the case when his party controls both houses of Congress because the President it's harder sell the idea that everything would have been fine if it weren't for the obstructionists from the opposing party in Congress (because they don't have a majority, of course). This happens on both sides simply because it's so difficult to assign accountability anywhere else. People generally have a very low opinion of Congress as a whole, but a very high opinion of their particular Senators and Representatives. Us Utahns are happy with Orrin Hatch and his token push every year for an anti-flag-burning amendment and we just blame the rest of Congress for the fact that it didn't pass. Orrin knows before-hand that he doesn't have even a hint of a chance of pushing the Amendment through. It's a simple game to play and partially accounts for the crazy incumbency advantage in Congress. In these last elections only 9 incumbents lost out of 435 (minus open seats from retirements or deaths). Of those 9 incumbents who lost to challengers I believe 7 of them were from Texas and lost due to redistricting. At least 6 were.
I mean, would you blame Bush if the veto hadn't been overridden? I just don't understand how Bush had anything to do with it one way or the other. I know I certainly don't blame him. I blame your local legislature.
JCKnife:
It is SO reassuring that no matter what hobby I dabble in next, I can find gun nuts there. Tailgunner, NICE DRUM! I've been wanting to get a Thompson for some time. I took the occasion of the end of the ban to get a case of NIW USGI magazines (AR-15) marked "Law Enforcement Use Only." It's nice to have a constant reminder of the law that we beat.