Lautenberg And McCarthy Crafting Gun Control Bill

Congress readies new gun-control bills after Gabrielle Giffords shooting
Congressional advocates of Gun Control are preparing Legislation to renew a ban on high-capacity ammunition magazines of the sort suspected used in last Saturday’s shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz. Arizona shooting: How safe are members of Congress? Such a ban was in effect between 1994 and 2004 as part of a ban on assault weapons, which also expired. Since then, clips such as those allegedly used by suspect Jared Loughner, which contained more than 30 rounds, have been available for purc...

Republican Wants To Ban Guns Within 1,000 Feet Of Members Of Congress
This is going to have the same problem that Gun Free School Zone Acts of 1990 and 1995 had. You cannot remove someone’s 2nd amendment right to keep and Bear Arms just because they live near a school, and I’m not sure that simply being near a member of Congress is enough to remove those rights either. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), one of the few pro-gun control Republicans in the House, wants to make it illegal for someone to knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of certain high-ranking...

New gun control legislation in Congress unlikely
Washington (CNN) - Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner opened fire with a gun using a magazine holding up to 30 bullets before he was tackled while trying to reload. Some Democrats in Congress argue such high capacity magazines should not be legal, and are renewing their push for a ban. "That enabled him to do the kind of damage that he did. There is no earthly reason for these weapons to have that kind of bullet capacity," said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey. In 1994, President Clinton signe...

Poll: In the Wake of Arizona Shootings, Americans Split on Gun Control
(Credit: CBS) CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. In the wake of Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Arizona, Americans are split over whether Gun Control laws should be made stricter, according to a new CBS News Poll. According to the poll, 47 percent of Americans believe that Gun Control laws should be more stringent in the wake of the Arizona shootings. Meanwhile, 36 percent believed the laws should remain the ...

NC Congressman Heath Shuler says he will carry a gun at future events
In response to the Arizona shooting rampage, NC Congressman Heath Shuler has confirmed that he will carry a gun himself for protection at state public events. “I, like many of my constituents and staff in Western North Carolina, strongly support the Second Amendment and do exercise our right to legally and safely carry a firearm,” Shuler (Democrat-Waynesville) said in a statement to the Times-News. Shuler was first quoted by The Politico newspaper on Monday as saying he would be arme...

McCarthy, Lautenberg seek to ban high-capacity ammo magazines
Source: NBC/MSNBC Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., with the backing of Gun Control groups, are drafting a bill that would ban the sale of high-capacity magazines such as the one that was used allegedly Saturday by Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused of murdering Federal Judge John Roll and trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., according to two Gun Control Activists working with McCarthy's staff. Gun control proponents are hoping to move rapidly ...

Sen. Leahy On Gun Control: Easy Answer Vermont has Low Crime Rate and Doesnt Have Gun Control
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 By Eric Scheiner Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will link his home state of Vermont’s low Crime Rate to the restraint the state has shown towards Gun Control Legislation, but claims that may not work for all areas of the country. At an event focusing on the upcoming agenda for the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Newseum in Washington, a member of the audience referenced the weekend shootings in Tucson, Arizona asking; “In the wake of last weekend do you think ...

Dems ready gun control legislation regulating ammunition clips
Stumble This! Democrats in the House and Senate are preparing to introduce Legislation that would limit purchases high-capacity gun ammunition clips like the one used Saturday in the tragic shootings of 20 people in Arizona. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), two of the most outspoken Gun Control advocates in Congress, are sponsoring the Legislation in their respective chambers. "The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a Handgun is to kill a lot of people very q...

Rachel Maddow on Americas Deadly Gun Culture
When leaders of the new Republican House of Representatives announced they intended to read aloud the US Constitution on the House floor, a number of folks chuckled. Later some folks pointed out that some parts had been left out intentionally - such as the silly and gangster-producing 18th Amendment prohibiting Alcohol. But others noted the poignancy when Civil Rights leader Rep. John Lewis read the 13th Amendment abolishing Slavery - and now, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reading the Firs...

Quigley: No way to make lawmakers safer while talking to public
One of the biggest gun-control advocates in the House said there wasn't anything that could be done to make members of Congress safer. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) said Tuesday on MSNBC that he just didn't think there was any solution to make House members safer while giving the same level of access to the public. "I just don’t see that there’s much they can do, but the 435 members, as you say, are constantly in motion," Quigley said. To a certain extent, we’re at the mercy of the public.

Bloomberg, King, offer gun legislation after shooting in Arizona
 In light of the recent shooting in Arizona, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Republican Congressman Peter King are joining forces in support of a safe, sane, federal policy towards Firearms. In New York City, during a news conference at City Hall, the two introduced Legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a member of Congress and Federal Judges. The measure will also apply to carrying weapons near the president or vice president.  New Y...

Tragedy Renews Debate on Gun Control Law
The tragedy in Arizona is renewing a heated national debate on Gun Control. Those who want stricter laws are using the shooting to make their case. Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson that killed six and wounded 13, has Democrats in Washington calling for stricter limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines. Suspected shooter Jared Loughner's pistol carried 33 rounds. "There is no reason for a citizen to have these large capacity clips," Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., said. "Police, militar...

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy To Introduce Bill Banning High-Capacity Gun Clips
The husband of Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) was murdered in a 1993 Mass Shooting on the Long Island Railroad. When Congress reconvenes after this period of mourning, she will introduce a bill similar to the 1994 law banning gun clips that hold more than ten bullets. That law was allowed to expire on schedule in 2004 due to pressure exerted on the GOP by the National Rifle Association. Labels: Arizona, Congress, Gun Control, U.S. House New! Share this on Facebook: Share ...

Peter Kings Outlandish Gun Control Proposal
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) will introduce Legislation that would ban guns from being carried within 1,000 feet of a Federal Government official. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation’s more high-profile pro-gun control figures, supports the bill. He added some other measures he would like to see the President adopt, including overhauling the federal Background Check system, better information-sharing in Background Check databases, and actually appointing a head of the ATF ...

About that Republican who supports gun control ...
Ryan Grim at Huffington Post reports: Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce Legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official, according to a person familiar with the congressman's intentions. As I explored in a piece today, the chances that Gun Control Legislation will pass through this Congress, even in the wake of the Arizona Mass Shooting, are slim. But still, it's worth considering King's proposal. And if th...

Has Rep. Peter King actually come up with a decent idea on gun control?
I dislike Rep. Peter King as much as any Republican in Congress, but I guess the Giffords tragedy has him very afraid. He's actually bucking the NRA company line. Rep. Peter King, a Republican from New York, is planning to introduce Legislation that would make it illegal to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official, according to a person familiar with the congressman's intentions. King is chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The proposed law follows the Saturday shoot...

Republican reacts to AZ tragedy by introducing new gun control legislation
In order to take advantage of a high-profile current event, Peter King, New York's 3rd Congressional District representative, is planning to introduce new gun-control Legislation.  In his own words,  "....as chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Task Force on Illegal Guns, I will be introducing legislation that would make it illegal to knowingly carry a gun within a 1,000 feet of certain high-profile government officials.” This legislation,...

Does Peter Kings Proposed Gun Law Make Sense?
Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images There aren't many pro-gun-control Republicans in Congress, but Long Island's Peter King is one of them. Today he announced Legislation — with anti-gun crusader Mayor Bloomberg at his side — that would make it a crime to "knowingly carry a gun within 1,000 feet of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress or judges of the Federal Judiciary." King explained that such a law would "give federal, state, and local Law Enforcement a better chance t...

Rep. Peter King Defends Proposed Gun Control Law
Get alerts when there is a new article that might interest you. In response to Saturday's Shooting Spree in Tucscon, Rep. Peter King (R, N.Y.) has announced that he's planning on introducing Legislation to make it illegal for American Citizens to knowingly carry a firearm within 1,000 feet of a member of Congress. King told THE Weekly Standard over the phone this afternoon that his proposal came out of discussions he had with New York police over the weekend. “If [Rep. Giffords] had had a ...

Mike Bloomberg Rallies for Tighter Gun Control
​Following the shooting in Tucson on Saturday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg, along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Long Island Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), announced their support for strengthening national Gun Control laws at a City Hall Press Conference on Tuesday. Their proposal includes the appointment of a permanent head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) as well as "lengthening the amount of time that ex-drug users are prohibited from buying guns from one year to five...

Lautenberg Reminds Us Why The Founders Want Us Armed
A US Senator announced Monday he would soon present Legislation to ban high-capacity ammunition clips after a gunman used one in an attempted Assassination of a US lawmaker over the weekend. "The only reason to have 33 bullets loaded in a Handgun is to kill a lot of people very quickly. These high-capacity clips simply should not be on the market," Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg said in a statement. The Senator from New Jersey is partially correct (though they are magazines, not clips, ...

Shooting debate omits gun control
In the wake of the attempted Assassination of a member of Congress, politicians on both sides of the aisle are passionately debating the role of incendiary Rhetoric. Very few of them are talking about guns. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Those who have brought up Gun Control in light of the Tucson shooting have largely been the issue’s regular standard-bearers on Capitol Hill. Even gun-control advocates aren’t very optimistic about their chances. The fact that...

Efforts to Politicize Arizona Tragedy
First of all, our prayers go out to the families and Victims of the horrific tragedy that took place in Tucson over the weekend. We pray that God will bring comfort to them in this time of trial. The political left is trying to pin this tragedy on gun owners and conservative Talk Radio. Never mind the fact that this creep hated The Bible and the U.S. flag, loved the Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf and, according to his friends, was a drug abusing lefty. But why let the facts get in the way? A...

What We Take for Granted
A friend in Texas writes: >>This was the back page of the sports section in the Dallas paper last Thursday. It really struck me (having lost [a family member] to a 9mm) that these particular Handguns, like too many other guns for sale, have absolutely no even arguably legitimate purpose in the hands of ordinary citizens, as distinct from Soldiers and Law Enforcement officers. (They might be useful to members of a well-ordered Militia, but presumably the gun advocates who've written and re...

Don't disarm citizens Rep. King arm your fellow Representatives
Its not just Democrats that are using the Arizona shootings, an irrational action by a madman that no security team could completely prevent., as an excuse to propose ways to limit American’s freedom, Republican Rep. King has added his voice. He wants to selectively over-turn the Second Amendment and ban anyone from having a weapon within 1000 feet of certain Federal officials. Politico reports on this presumptive proposal by the gun-hating Republican. ““It is imperative that w...