Dem uses Capitol threat in push for ammo limits

[Suzanimal]

A half-dozen Democrats who are longtime gun control champions are hoping to keep their fight alive in the GOP-controlled Congress with a new bill that would vastly restrict ammunition capacities.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Thursday touted the bill, which would ban magazines of more than 10 rounds, hours after reports circulated that police had foiled a mass shooting plot aimed at Congress.

“Think of the damage that someone could do in the U.S. Capitol with 30 rounds,” he said at a briefing.thinking....

The bill is the first piece of gun control legislation since Republican won control of the Senate. Though it has more than 100 co-sponsors in the House, the bill has virtually no chance of a vote in either chamber.

Two years after losing their fight to expand background checks following the mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Conn., the group of lawmakers insisted that their fight was not over.

Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-Conn), who represents Newtown, said the number of co-sponsors for the bill has doubled in the last year.

“The support is growing,” she said. “The momentum has not stopped.”

Esty joined Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) as well as Connecticut’s Democratic Senate duo, Murphy and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, to announce the legislation.

Murphy stressed that he has not met “a single hunter or a single person who hunts for sport” who needs more than 10 rounds.

He said those who wanted high-capacity magazines were more interested in “arming against the government.”

http://thehill.com/regulation/231884-democrat-uses-capitol-shooting-threat-in-push-for-ammo-limits

[tangent4ronpaul]

Sen. Chris Murphy 41yo first term Senator (so has little power) took Liebermans seat - an improvement!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Chris_Murphy%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congres s.jpg/640px-Chris_Murphy%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congres s.jpg

Rep. Elizabeth Esty 55yo junior rep and should be retiring after a couple of terms.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Elizabeth_Esty%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congr ess.jpg/220px-Elizabeth_Esty%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congr ess.jpg

Sen. Robert Menendez 61yo should retire soon. more seniority and therefore more dangerous.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Robert_Menendez%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg/220px-Robert_Menendez%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg

Sen. Richard Blumenthal 68yo please retire already! Significant seniority. Dangerous!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg/220px-Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg

Tell you what congress critters, lets take a trip to Yellowstone or Alaska and drop you between a mama bear and her cub and give you a AR with 10 rounds. If after that experience you still believe no one needs more than 10 rounds, I'll lobby for your gun control legislation.

The last Senator is particularly disappointing. He achieved the rank of Sargent in the military. Something tells me he never saw combat.

-t

[oyarde]

Sen. Chris Murphy 41yo first term Senator (so has little power) took Liebermans seat - an improvement!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Chris_Murphy%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congres s.jpg/640px-Chris_Murphy%2C_official_portrait%2C_113th_Congres s.jpg

Rep. Elizabeth Esty 55yo junior rep and should be retiring after a couple of terms.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Elizabeth_Esty%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congr ess.jpg/220px-Elizabeth_Esty%2C_Official_Portrait%2C_113th_Congr ess.jpg

Sen. Robert Menendez 61yo should retire soon. more seniority and therefore more dangerous.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Robert_Menendez%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg/220px-Robert_Menendez%2C_official_Senate_photo.jpg

Sen. Richard Blumenthal 68yo please retire already! Significant seniority. Dangerous!
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg/220px-Richard_Blumenthal_Official_Portrait.jpg

Tell you what congress critters, lets take a trip to Yellowstone or Alaska and drop you between a mama bear and her cub and give you a AR with 10 rounds. If after that experience you still believe no one needs more than 10 rounds, I'll lobby for your gun control legislation.

The last Senator is particularly disappointing. He achieved the rank of Sargent in the military. Something tells me he never saw combat.

-t
Blumenthal ? He got draft deferments and served in DC in the Marine Reserve , LOL , typical law school grad ( commie) .

[TheTexan]

Murphy stressed that he has not met “a single hunter or a single person who hunts for sport” who needs more than 10 rounds.

He said those who wanted high-capacity magazines were more interested in “arming against the government.”

He's right, the founders only intended the 2nd amendment to apply to hunting, shooting cans in your back yard, and perhaps competitive shooting.

Generally speaking, if its an activity done by people who love the government, thats what the 2nd amendment is for.

[TheTexan]

My grandpa's vision is pretty bad but he still hunts. He might need more than 10 rounds.

[Anti Federalist]

He said those who wanted high-capacity magazines were more interested in “arming against the government.”

Well, whaddya know about that?

[oyarde]

Well, whaddya know about that?

Be interesting to see these fuckers try and make a point against that .

[Slave Mentality]

For hunting tyrants, not squirrels.

[Pericles]

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[presence]

Wait, I'm confused...

I thought the whole reason we needed guns was to do damage in the Capitol if such became necessary to protect our freedom.

?!?

[anaconda]

Blumenthal ? He got draft deferments and served in DC in the Marine Reserve , LOL , typical law school grad ( commie) .

He pulled a "Brian Williams" and still managed to get elected....

http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/18/reactions-from-all-sides-over-richard-blumenthal-lying-about-his-vietnam-war-service/