You asked for a miracle, Republicans? I give you the AWB.

[billyoc]

Tears of joy are streaming down the faces of the NRA and RNC over the possibility the the Assault Weapons Ban may be rising from the grave.

Remember what happened last time?

[DJ13]

1. The Average White Band?

[WillyT]

17. LOL !!! - That's What I Thought At First !!!

Cut the cake...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tRg73iZIquM/RrmoPAF0tHI/AAAAAAAAOHU/c3wCKBgh510/s320/average+white+band+cut.jpg

:hi:

[doc03]

2. The AWB will be the greatest gift we could give

to the Rethugs a gift that keeps giving.

[jody]

3. See DU thread below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5141145

[dcindian]

4. It will be the end of the world?

Isn't that what happened last time?

[billyoc]

5. No, it was the end of the Democratic party's electoral chances for a decade.

I promise you that will happen again.

[dcindian]

6. Probably even an eon.

Or two years what ever comes never.

[depakid]

7. It did no such thing

Despite the hysteria of the irresponsible and cowardly.

[billyoc]

9. Don't mistake my hysterical laughter for hysteria.

Oh, and I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing NEAR you.

[depakid]

10. Like most who go through hystrionics

you seem to think most people really care about your not having assault weapons to play with.

[billyoc]

12. That would be a false assumption on your part.

I couldn't be less interested in what most people care about.

Look up histrionics in the dictionary.

[wyldwolf]

15. but it's blamed on sooo many other things!

[AllentownJake]

8. We have more important things to worry about than the AWB

Wait till you get the economy fixxed than take on the AWB

[brentspeak]

11. Hasn't Pelosi promised to stymie Holder on that?

[Exilednight]

13. It's a wedge issue and rethugs will play it up ............

but it's not as bad as some make it out to be.

Facts are facts, countries who have completely, or near completely outlawed guns have seen major reductions in violent crimes.

In fact, every time a new gun bill goes into effect you see a major reduction in crime - even here in the United States of America. Even Rudy G understood that outlawing handguns inside New York City limits reduced violent crime.

[old mark]

14. I believe that most cities with very restrictive gun laws -

DC, NYC, Philadelphia, etc - have huge "gun violence" problems, not the other way around.

I live in a county in PA with well over 25 thousand people licensed to carry - not own, carry - firearms. Crime has been going down for the last several years, after the new sheriff made it easier to obtain a carry license.

I have had such a license for nerayl 15 years now, will renew it for another 4 years this summer.

mark

[Exilednight]

16. Alright, so explain this ........

In 2007, this is the latest crime statistics I could find, NYC had a total of 614 violent crimes out of a population of of 8.2 million.

In Memphis there were just under 2000 violent crimes reported with a population of just under 670k.

Buffalo, with a population of just over 270k, reported over 1500 violent crimes.

St. Louis, less than 300k, but more than 2000 violent crimes.

Detroit, population just under 861k, more than 2,200 violent crimes.

Even when you look at cities like Chicago and and Philly, both had violent crime rates around the 1500 mark, but one has a population of around 1.5 million (philly), and the other has a population of 2.2 million (chicago).

It works.