{"id":1401,"date":"2012-07-27T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T19:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachuslex.com\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2012-09-05T22:32:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-05T22:32:51","slug":"obama-partially-backpedals-on-gun-control-speech-while-senate-dems-surge-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachuslex.com\/?p=1401","title":{"rendered":"Obama partially backpedals on gun control speech while Senate Dems surge ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>“Obama still wants Congress to reinstitute a federal ban on military-style assault weapons … but the president is not and has not been pushing for that ban …\u00a0There are things that we can do short of legislation and short of gun laws.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

– White House Press Secretary Jay Carney<\/p>\n

In yesterday’s column<\/a>, I noted that President Obama seems to be responding to pressure from gun control advocates in a way that he has previously avoided<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I must not have been the only one to sense the change in the political winds flowing from the White House because today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney went into full damage control mode.<\/p>\n

While reassuring supporters of gun control that the President “still wants Congress to reinstitute a federal ban on military-style assault weapons,” <\/em>Carney told reporters<\/a> that the President “will\u00a0not push for stricter gun laws this election year<\/em>.” \u00a0Note that he didn’t promise that President Obama would not make gun control a centerpiece of any second term, only that he would not push for it “this election year.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

But Senate Democrats apparently didn’t get the memo that gun control is failed public policy. \u00a0Despite\u00a0admonishments\u00a0from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that “the Senate’s schedule is too packed to even have a debate on gun control<\/em>,” the usual suspects were quick to pounce.<\/p>\n

In an amendment to the Cybersecurity bill currently before the Senate,\u00a0Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed, Bob Menendez, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Dianne Feinstein, are attempting to ban the sale, transfer or possession of normal capacity magazines.<\/p>\n

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Senator Schumer was quick to note that he was willing to “debate where to<\/em>\u00a0draw the line of reasonableness<\/em>” with gun owners. \u00a0I would remind Senator Schumer of a quote from well known liberal Rachel Maddow …<\/p>\n

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\u201cBut here\u2019s the thing about rights. They\u2019re not actually supposed to be voted on. That\u2019s why they\u2019re called rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So what should gun owners take away from the furious spinning of the White House press machine today and the seemingly rogue senators who are pushing forward with gun control?<\/p>\n

The answer is that we haven’t seen the last of it. \u00a0I believe that the amendment to the Cybersecurity bill is a trial balloon, sent up to determine how strong the reaction of the electorate will be. \u00a0After all, Carney couldn’t help adding yet another vague promise of unilateral executive action, stating that “There are things that we can do short of legislation and short of gun laws.”<\/em><\/p>\n

What should you do? \u00a0Get on the phone to your senators! \u00a0Let them know that we are not interested in once again penalizing law-abiding citizens for the actions of a madman and that they should get back to work on fixing the economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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