The President held a news conference yesterday - no comments on what he said about gun control?!??

[SteveG]

Because he's not introducing the measures until WEDNESDAY? (Then feel free to go nuts with the same stuff you've been boilerplating since the massacre of the six year olds.)

Obama to unveil gun violence measures Wednesday
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:04pm EST

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose an assault weapons ban and better background checks for gun buyers on Wednesday as part of a package of proposals to curb gun violence one month after the Newtown school massacre.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who led a task force that made recommendations on the issue, will present the measures at a White House event attended by children from around the country who wrote letters to the president about gun violence and school safety.

The package will include legislative and executive measures, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

"The president has made clear that he intends to take a comprehensive approach," Carney told reporters.

"There are specific legislative actions that he will continue to call on Congress to take, including the assault weapons ban, including a measure to ban high-capacity magazine clips, including an effort to close the very big loopholes in the background check system in our country," he said.

[SDGuy]

August West wrote:

Biden has the research group. Let them research, propose to Congress, then we can speculate.

:agree:

I thought speculation and getting worked up into a frenzy based on that speculation was the SOP for this side of the forums :jest:

[August West]

I thought speculation and getting worked up into a frenzy based on that speculation was the SOP for this side of the forums

I agree with that, too! I think this aberration is because the whole "it's all been said" fatigue kicked in.

[john dough]

Black Tea wrote:
The President should of held the conference in Chicago, to show how effective gun control really is.

500 dead in a city of no legal guns?

Oops, you mean it's not effective?

How embarrassing.

So what is your plan, teabagger? To do nothing? To allow gust to be more prolific? Tell that to all of the parents in Sandy Hook, I am sure they will agree with your plan.

[Bill in NC]

All they have to do is drop the 'pistol grip' and everything's ok again.

cbelt3 wrote:
Don't like the Bushmaster ? Fine. Colt can legally sell a 'sporting rifle' version with a wooden stock.

[Spock]

Bill in NC wrote:
All they have to do is drop the 'pistol grip' and everything's ok again.

Ban all semi-automatic weapons, period. Then a description of an assault weapon is moot.

[Acer]

The original assault weapons ban was classic Block and Mock: Block the legislation to make sure it has no teeth, then mock the legislation because it has no teeth. I'll wager that's what happens again.

[Carnos Jax]

Spock wrote:
[quote=Bill in NC]
All they have to do is drop the 'pistol grip' and everything's ok again.

Ban all semi-automatic weapons, period. Then a description of an assault weapon is moot.
Bingo.

[$tevie]

I think we need a forum filter that blocks using the words "car" or "Australia" when posting on gun threads. We can call it The Dead Horse Rule.

[Black]

I just want to make it clear that I strongly disagree with approximately 60% of what you all are going to post on Wednesday.