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thehill.com - 2/27/2009

Reid joins Pelosi in opposing weapons ban revival

— thehill.com — 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 ... (more) Reid joins Pelosi in opposing weapons ban revival

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abcnews.go.com - 2/26/2009

Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

— abcnews.go.com — PHOTO Wednesday Attorney General Eric Holder said that the Obama administration will seek to reinstitute the assault... weapons ban which expired in 2004 during the Bush administration. (more) Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

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huffingtonpost.com - 3/3/2009

Pelosi To House GOP: Be Thankful For What You Have

— huffingtonpost.com — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a message for House Republicans who think they weren't given enough time to... debate or amend the stimulus package that moved through Congress over an eight-day period earlier this session: You could have had much less. "To ... (more) Pelosi To House GOP: Be Thankful For What You Have

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Pelosi tosses cold water on assault-weapon ban
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... talked to her. The Speaker gave a flat “no” when asked if she had talked to administration officials about the ban. “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.Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-tosses-cold-... :bounce: :D

THE HILL: Pelosi Tosses Cold Water On Renewing Assault Weapon Ban. Hmm. (Via SayUncle)….
Instapundit — THE HILL: Pelosi Tosses Cold Water On Renewing Assault Weapon Ban. Hmm. (Via SayUncle).

Hey, who’s up for renewing the assault weapons ban? Update: Not Pelosi
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... a ban, but I think he’s kidding himself. It’s one thing to be pro-gun when there’s a Republican majority and no chance of the ban coming back; it’s another thing to do it when there’s a serious chance of passage and the prestige of a new president from your own party is riding on it. I’ll bet it passes — narrowly. Exit question: Will the Centrist Three in the Senate join with the GOP to filibuster? Specter’s pretty good on guns. Update: Looks like I spoke way, way too soon. Clearly, Madam Speaker doesn’t think she has the votes. Attorney General Eric Holder raised the ...

The Obama administration’s mistakes on the assault weapon ban.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... and I see four-and-Specter without trying particularly hard. Snowflakes opines: Even if a lot of those maybes would be nos, many of them will not want to have to cast a vote on this issue, and will probably apply pressure to the leadership to not bring up a bill so they don’t have to. Which leads us to… Mistake #3: Not checking with the House first. Via SayUncle, via Instapundit: Pelosi throws cold water on weapons ban House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on the ...

Pelosi Runs Scared from 'Assault Weapons' Ban Talk
Weekly Standard Blog — The Hill's Mike Soraghan writes: Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would push to bring back the ban. But Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he never talked to her. The Speaker gave a flat “no” when asked if she had talked to administration officials about the ban. “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 ...

Trouble In Paradise
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Her dig at George W. Bush notwithstanding, it is clear that Nancy Pelosi’s veto of any prospect of reviving the assault weapons ban that Eric Holder and the Obama Administration want, demonstrates that despite the election, Second Amendment rights are still very much on the march. This little incident shows a great deal; we see that Congressional Democrats are very much aware of lines that they ought not to cross and that the Obama Administration should not cross, and that the Attorney-General and the Administration did nothing by way of consulting with Congressional ...

Trouble In Paradise
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — Her dig at George W. Bush notwithstanding, it is clear that Nancy Pelosi's veto of any prospect of reviving the assault weapons ban that Eric Holder and the Obama Administration want, demonstrates that despite the election, Second Amendment rights are still very much on the march. This little incident shows a great deal; we see that Congressional Democrats are very much aware of lines that they ought not to cross and that the Obama Administration should not cross, and that the Attorney-General and the Administration did nothing by way of consulting with Congressional ...

Reid And Pelosi Give Obama The Finger-- Bow Down To The NRA
DownWithTyranny! — ... The NRA will be happy to know that bullying Democrats-- even when they control both houses of Congress and the presidency-- works. Earlier today Nancy Pelosi told Eric Holder that a reinstating a ban on automatic weapons will take a better man than her. Yep, while John Bolton was being applauded wildly for telling the American neo-fascist movement at their CPAC NutFest in DC that Chicago should be nuked, Speaker Pelosi was closing the door on Holder's request to stem the tide of senseless violence here and in Mexico by banning automatic weapons. And, ...

The Mexican “Guns” Canard
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ... wasn’t really a ban, and it certainly didn’t cover the weapons that Holder apparently believes it did. Don’t you think that the Attorney General ought to understand what the law does and doesn’t say? Either he does, and he lied, or he doesn’t and he’s incompetent. Either way, as Glenn Reynolds says, “We’re in the best of hands.” And: B) The “debate” got no traction at all, since Speaker Pelosi effectively told Holder “No f$&^ing way.” ...