Rep Peter King (R-NY) wants to outlaw guns within 1000 feet of elected officals

[Joe the Revelator]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/11/peter-king-strict-gun-control_n_807323.html

That's a great idea, but what about the rest of us? I'd like a law keeping all guns 1000 feet away from me as well.

[bushisanidiot]

1. This is good!

this means the tea party gun nuts don't get to show off their fire arms at democratic events anymore!!

arrest their asses!!!!

[Ian David]

2. REPUBLICANS WANT TO GRAB OUR GUNS!!!! N/T

[sharp_stick]

16. LOL

I'd love to have someone point that out to King.

[Fla_Democrat]

3. Does that mean no more lame

politicians posing with rented guns to show how folksy they are? :evilgrin:



:smoke:

[Joanne98]

4. LOL Oh god what a coward!

[Volaris]

35. that was my first thought, too...

followed instantly by: "Oh, I get it. He's worried that some liberal might take him up on the idea that 'BOTH sides do it'"
And then my better judgement kicked in, and my thought was that ANYTHING that keeps firearms away from where the President (ANY President) happens to be, is probably a good thing heh.

[Statistical]

36. How does it keep guns away?

Could we solve drug problem by simply making the United States a drug free zone? No drugs allowed within 1000ft of the borders.

[Volaris]

45. You'll get no argument from me..

that the only way to actually ENFORCE a law like that is to put everyone that wants to show up at a Congressional town hall meeting through a metal detector, which I'm pretty sure will NEVER happen.
It may be that an argument could be made that the existence of such a law, and concurrent HEAVY fine if caught violating it, would deter SOME people. But then, were back to the argument that if your nuts enough to take a shot at a sitting Pres., the idea of paying a fine for carrying a firearm is pretty laughable to begin with and your're going to do it anyway....

[grahamhgreen]

41. Definitely. Republicans chicken-hawks are cowards. All talk.

[Enrique]

5. that'll make those gun range fundraisers a little tricky

:shrug:

[cry baby]

6. does King think that this law would have stopped Loughner...

or anyone else that is set on shooting an elected official?

[Crankie Avalon]

7. The rest of us??? Let us "eat cake"...or lead, as the case may be. nt

[sinkingfeeling]

8. And his party wants to have them on college campuses and schools.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

9. Boy, what a great idea... This law DEFINATELY would've stopped Loughner!

I mean, Loughner would've known he couldn't have been able to bring a handgun close enough to the Congresswoman to shoot her.

:sarcasm:

[Fla_Democrat]

12. If only the event had been at a school

They are 'gun free zones'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun-Free_School_Zones_Act_of_1990



:smoke:

[malaise]

10. While taking money from the NRA

Funny that he never raised this when ReTHUG supporters were carrying guns to Obama rallies.
Ban the magazines and assault rifles coward.

[Hoyt]

11. +10000. I agree with the proposal, but I don't want gun toters within 1000 feet of me either.

In recent years, our laws have been changed to allow almost anyone to walk around with a gun. Gun lovers are promoting carrying in public and even glamorize it. I'd like folks who want to pack in public to be restricted to an area like smokers. That way, they can draw on each other if they feel compelled, or strut around impressing each other with their latest killing technology. Society will be better off without toters in public. Yes, I know that criminal will still tote, but we can do things about that too.

[X_Digger]

13. Enforced how, Rep King?

:crazy:

[Glassunion]

37. A 2000 foot hoola hoop with "No guns beyond this point" written on it 27,386 times.

Just need one big ass pair of suspenders to hold it up.

[TwilightGardener]

14. Must be nice to be able to write laws to protect yourself when you feel threatened.

Edit to add: does this mean that all of King's immediate neighbors can't have guns in their homes?

[Fuzz]

15. Just when you thought he couldn't get any more stupid.

[RagAss]

33. LOL

[cry baby]

17. this is just political theater meant to show that repubs care about this shooting.

it will do no good whatsoever and isn't enforceable.

Restoring mental health services to pre-Reagan standards is what is needed.

[NYC Liberal]

18. And what about us mortals?

We'd rather not get shot either, Mr King!

[Matariki]

19. This may be the ONLY time I agree with Peter "we'll take care of counting the votes" King

[KansasVoter]

20. The GUN lovers will whine out of control!

[Last_Stand]

21. **yawn**

It's a good thing that psychopathic murderers always follow gun laws.

[sharp_stick]

22. Helped by Rep. Dan Barton (Moron TX)

who wants to put up a plexiglass shield around congress so he can continue his teabagging rants on the floor.

[itsrobert]

23. Maybe tact on a $500 fine onto Loughner

That'll teach him. :sarcasm:

[Kingofalldems]

24. I want my guns!!

[KamaAina]

25. Most people in urban areas are or may be within 1000 feet of an elected official

at any given moment. In addition to mayors, county supervisors, etc., there are also school board members, and (in many states) judges to consider. Much like the "Megan's Law" requirement that sex offenders live a certain distance from schools, playgrounds, parks, etc., forcing some of them into the woods, this would amount to a near-total gun ban. Huzzah! :P

[grahamhgreen]

43. It would require that we know where they are all the time!

[Arkana]

26. Republicans...in FAVOR of gun laws?

The irony meter just exploded.

[frazzled]

27. It's a great start -- but a very small start

But I'm all for first steps: they lead to second and third steps. It may be the way to turn this gun-crazed nation around from it's obsession with weapons. I hope step 2 is a full reinstatement of the assault weapon ban that worked perfectly well for 10 years.

Count me in on any gun-control measures we can adopt.

[Statistical]

32. The AWB did absolutely nothing. It banned weapons almost never used in crime

and predictably there was no drop in violent crime or homicide rate.

It did however transform the NRA from a sleepy small time organization mostly focused on gun safety into the political giant it is today. Oh yeah and cost Democrata control of Congress for a decade.

[The Backlash Cometh]

28. I guess we have to live within a 1000 feet of elected officials to feel safe.

Most expensive real estate you'll find in the USA.

[suegeo]

29. King has issued fatwahs of his own on nat'l TV

Peter King said of a former US ambassador to Iraq (appointed by George Herbert Herbert Bush, no less)--words to the effect that "he's the one to be shot."

King, a sitting republican congressman, said a US ambassador should be shot. Because King was upset about a newspaper article the diplomat wrote.

He said such on Joe Scar's "Scarborough's Nazi County" tv show not so long ago. And Joe Scar basically just sat there and listened.

King is a thug. However, King is at least marginally better tho, than Big Dick Cheney, who blew the cover of a CIA agent, a girl no less.

But hey, both sides do this type of thing. So my apologies in advance for your thread being hi-jacked by wingers who will no doubt be posting many many examples of sitting "Democrat" party legislators proposing US diplomats be shot.

I posted this in the NY Forum when it happened. And some dude with a King-watch blog picked up on it. In case you care to learn more. I don't want to repeat the sounding hate against the diplomat myself, so I won't list the guy's name here.

King is proposing this legislation for elected officials only. So I guess that means he thinks the unelected diplomat would be "fair game" to use a term that I believe Karl Rove is familiar with.

[KurtNYC]

30. starting with Dick Cheney... oh wait, King means the other way

never mind.

[Statistical]

31. So the killer wasn't stopped by laws making murder illegal but somehow this would stop him?

Feel good, do nothing laws. Except maybe get a law abiding citizen who is lawfully carrying with CCW arrested.

Fuck off Peter King. The bill never makes it out of committee.

"Yesterday everyone here joined in observing a moment of silence on behalf of the victims of the shooting, and today we come together to speak up for ways to prevent tragedies like this from occurring in the future, by adopting commonsense fixes to some of our broken gun laws,"

So our first act will be to pass a law that won't fix anything and will have no effect on criminals or the mentally ill.

[RagAss]

34. This cretin just can't go one week without saying something stupid, can he?

[cynatnite]

38. OMG...I agree with him. I just threw up in my mouth. n/t

[Nye Bevan]

39. YES. Mentally ill lunatics will always study the relevant statutes that are applicable to them

and obey them scrupulously, prior to going on homicidal rampages.

IF ONLY trucks full of fertilizer bombs had been outlawed within 1000 feet of Federal buildings. The Oklahoma City tragedy would have been avoided!

[gatorboy]

40. If the shooting wasn't political as conservatives say, why Republicans want all this security now?

[ohheckyeah]

44. LOL good question.

And aren't they supposed to be the tough guys?

[grahamhgreen]

42. How bout no guns within 1000' of OUR CHILDREN???? Whatever

Happened to women and children first? Now it's rich cowardly politicians first????!!!!

[Hannah Bell]

46. because assassins are so respectful of laws. hey, it's already illegal to kill people.

but such a law would probably mean further crowd control, searches & distancing of citizens from their "representatives".

[kudzu22]

47. So tell me, Rep. King-bat

How are we supposed to know where all the federal officials are? If I'm walking down the street and your motorcade (ok your Hyundai) drives by...did I just commit a felony? Can we make all of the Federal lawmakers wear red blinking lights on their heads so we know to stay 1000 feet away?