Well now there's some outright fabrication at play.

Good job man.

Reagan did not sign any major anti-gun legislation, but Bush I did. Nixon is really before my day, but i sure do remember our boy LBJ's 1968 NFA.

And who can forget the utterly worthless Brady Bill?(clinton, since expired because bush refused to extend it)

Um, dude....the Bush I assault weapons ban....it expired.
It also helped to cost Bush I the election in 1992.

When you cut taxes revenues are typically increased.

They both suck, but again....Republicans tend to leave my guns alone. (And actually have passed concealed carry and anti-liability lawsuit laws in well over half the states of the union).

Stoney is doing fine. He just got tired of the slant of the bulletin board and slowed down on his postings here. Its wasted time, and the reason I stopped showing up here for a long time.

At least we did not get so pissed off at the bias on this board that we quit like Singpilot did. Sad to see us losing good members because of the BS here.

Joe A

Yeah - real shame losing good members like Fint.

I could understand how fint would be so angry by "slanted" postings here.

He was a model of moderation himself.

Well, he was when he wasn't calling anyone that disagreed with him a terrorist.

The Democrats must make the Republicans take the full measure of responsibility for the mess they've made of things over the last 6 years; that means that Pelosi, if she's smart, won't introduce any new expansion of government for the next two years, a hard task for a left coast leftwinger like her.

I still hold hope that a impeachment proceding can begin. It will be killed by the feckless Senate to be sure, but it needs to happen to the Bush'ists.

Tech, did that come to you in a dream or did you just sit there and make it up on purpose?

I think that is more fairy tales sammy. But we've been over that before, I think

M21, we're on the same side, but...

The Assault 'style' weapons ban was imposed under Clinton, along with Brady in 1994. These helped cost the Democrats the House and Senate.

True Assault weapons (fully automatic) were not banned, since they are already covered by NFA 1934. In fact, it is still legal to own fully automatic weapons.

The Assault 'style' weapons ban sunset in 2004. Brady (background check) is still in full effect.

Reagan signed the 1986 NFA which prevents any new fully automatic weapons from coming on the market, making those already on the market much much more valuable.

Rick Lee can probably expand on/correct me on these.

Actually, the Brady Law imposed a federal waiting period until the national instant check (NICS) system was fully online. Since VA had this done I believe even before Brady went into effect, we were exempt from it. But as far as I know, the NIC system is fully up and running, so there is no more fed. waiting period anywhere. Some cities and counties in VA instituted waiting periods, but they were done away with by the state legis. about two yrs. ago, since gun buyers could drive over to the next county and buy from those gun stores or gun shows. Waiting periods never had much of an effect other than to make liberals feel good and piss off gun owners. And in some parts of VA, if you try to buy a gun and the NIC comes up that you're ineligible, they don't just tell you no, they lock the store down and hold you there while the state police come to get you for even attempting to buy.

Bush I imposed a ban on any "assault style" rifle not made in the USA, via his claimed authority to stop the importation of any thing. No such presidential authority is granted by the Constitution, but Bush I claimed that it does, and Congress did nothing.

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True Assault weapons (fully automatic) were not banned, since they are already covered by NFA 1934. In fact, it is still legal to own fully automatic weapons.

In most, but not all states. For example, California imposes such a restriction on NFA weapons ownership as to make said possession all but impossible.

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The Assault 'style' weapons ban sunset in 2004. Brady (background check) is still in full effect. Reagan signed the 1986 NFA which prevents any new fully automatic weapons from coming on the market, making those already on the market much much more valuable.

And that is gun control, pure and simple. Nixon stated many times that he was anti-gun, and did nothing to repeal the onerous Gun Control Act of 1968 when it could have been done, before the BATFAE really got going with it.

I know Bush senior passed some kind of ban because the NRA skitzed out at the time(remember the Jack boot thug comments and bush renouncing his membership, unfortunately W comes up on google searches instead of his papa when i type in "Bush gun control measures" or whatever).

The Brady bill was partially struck down in 1997, and the 5 day 'cool off' expired in 1998, ad was 'replaced' with the NRA backed NCIS system.

I forgot about reagans NFA, probably because i am not big on the 'merits' of fully automatic rifles or SMGs(i am a diehard single shot proponent, but then, given my background, this should come as no surprise).

Anyway, thanx for the refresher bro. :)

That's the one!

I knew Bush Sr passed an assault weapons ban... it was the imports ban.