Reid Joins Pelosi In Opposing Weapons Ban Revival

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/reid-joins-pelosi-in-opposing-weapons-ban-revival-2009-02-26.html

Reid joins Pelosi in opposing weapons ban revival 
By J. Taylor Rushing 
Posted: 02/26/09 10:17 PM [ET] 
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will join Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in opposing any effort to revive the 1994 assault weapons ban, putting them on the opposite side of the Obama administration.

Reid spokesman Jim Manley said the Nevada Democrat will preserve his traditional pro-gun rights voting record.

"Senator Reid would oppose an effort (to) reinstate the ban if the Senate were to vote on it in the future," Manley told The Hill in an e-mail late Thursday night.

It was not immediately clear whether Reid would block the bill from the Senate, but his opposition casts serious doubt on its chances. Also, Manley noted that Reid voted against the ban in 1994 and again when it expired in 2004.

Reid's stance joins him with Pelosi, who told reporters Thursday that the administration had not checked with her before Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters the administration would attempt to reinstate the ban. Pelosi gave a flat “no” when asked if she had spoken to Holder or any other administration officials about the issue.

“On that score, I think we need to enforce the laws we have right now,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “I think it's clear the Bush administration didn’t do that.”

Outside of the dig at the recent Republican president, that phrase is the stock line of those who don’t want to pass new gun control laws, such as the National Rifle Association.

Holder said during a press conference Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., that Obama had made reinstating the ban one of his campaign promises.

"There are obviously a number of things that are — that have been taking up a substantial amount of his time, and so I’m not sure exactly what the sequencing will be," Holder said. "It is something, however, that we still think would be an appropriate thing to do."

The news caught Capitol Hill by surprise, immediately pitting Democrats and Republicans against each other and even exposing deep divides among Democrats. A number of House Democrats lost their seats after being targeted by the National Rifle Association for voting for the 1994 ban.

-- Mike Soraghan contributed to this article. 
 

[Graybeard]

It's a smoke and mirrors thing. What they are trying to do is take visibility off HR45 to make you think they are not trying to take your guns while at the same time running a bill thru to do just that.

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It's a smoke and mirrors thing. What they are trying to do is take visibility off HR45 to make you think they are not trying to take your guns while at the same time running a bill thru to do just that.

You are right.  I didn't know that Reid was ever pro-gun, but he is an idiot, overall.
  All it will take, besides the legislation, is an event (civil unrest, rioting resulting in martial law, etc.), or false flag op. to change all this Reid/Pelosi crap.

[jlwilliams]

None of the weasles in DC wants the masses armed.  It's a power issue.  Both parties are made up of people who want power over other people, and as such those people are loathe to see the power of firearms in hands other that those of sanctioned government functionaries.  Reid and Pelosi are no exception.  They know that gun bans are a politicly losing issue.  The want to be seen as pro second amendment because to be seen as otherwise erodes the source of their power.  The vote.  They will say this sort of thing to have the quote on their record come election time.  Plan on seeing these when the NRA tries to call them out on their records.  They are professional liars, and they are both oposed to you and I owning guns.

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Reid doesn't have the votes he needs to pass this, he knows it and won't stir the pot until he has the numbers he needs. I presume it is similar with Pelosi, besides NOBODY ASKED HER 

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It's a smoke and mirrors thing. What they are trying to do is take visibility off HR45 to make you think they are not trying to take your guns while at the same time running a bill thru to do just that.

That's the way I see it.  I was born at night, but not last night. 
I must say I am a little surprised that they are not stupid enough to go down this road twice.
I'll rephrase that a little.  They will go down the same road twice, but they will try to sneak down it the 2nd time.
It is only a strategic decision ultimately.  Their objective is still the same.

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Agree with GB

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GB hits the ten ring again!

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