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Got this letter from the VCDL news alerts. It seems even Pelosi, yes Speaker of the House Pelosi, is even avoiding this. Just figured I would pass it along.
More federal gun stuff :-(
In trying to head off what will surely be a ton of emails from people
concerned about the statement in the news (below) from the U.S.
Attorney General that the Obama Administration wants to reinstate the
Assault Weapon Ban (AWB), let me address the issue.
Before I could get this email out, the Speaker of the House, Nancy
Pelosi, beat me to the punch (also below).
The President can desire to do something like reinstate the AWB all he
wants, but he can't do so without Congress passing a bill to that
effect and getting it to the President's desk.
That is a huge BUT.
When the first AWB was passed in 1993 we had a Democratic President, a
Democratic House, and a Democratic Senate.
The next election following the passage of the AWB, we had a
Democratic President, a Republican House, and a Republican Senate.
The Democrats could not get either the House or the Senate back for
over a decade.
Gun owners are now MUCH more organized than we were back in 1993. A
lot of gun groups, like VCDL, didn't even exist back then. And the
Internet was not being used by the gun-rights movement to disseminate
information and to coordinate efforts.
Nancy Pelosi is running away from passing an AWB, saying that all we
need to do is enforce current law.
There is always a danger that an AWB could be passed down the road,
but for now, VCDL and the various national gun rights organizations
will remain watchful. VCDL will continue to focus on Virginia issues
as its priority unless national issues overcome us.
