Here’s the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) short and sweet response to the President’s Gun Violence Task Force’s report [click here to read].
The proposals by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s “Gun Violence Prevention Task Force”, chaired by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), represent the Obama Administration’s gun control wish list. The Pelosi-Thompson Task Force calls on Congress to ban millions of commonly owned semi-automatic firearms and magazines; criminalize private firearms transfers; ban common hunting and sport-shooting ammunition; waste taxpayer dollars on government studies to promote gun control and on flawed and ineffective “gun buyback” programs; and remove legal protections on sensitive law enforcement information . . .
“The 4.5 million men and women of the National Rifle Association and our tens of millions of supporters across the country strongly oppose this effort to enact the Obama gun control agenda”, said Chris W. Cox. “The last thing America needs is more failed solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems. Congress should instead focus its energies on the things that will actually keep our families and communities safer – prosecuting criminals who misuse firearms; securing our schools; and fixing the broken mental health system that keeps dangerously ill people on the street.”
Gonna go out on a bit of a limb here and be slightly “incorrect” politically speaking.
Since when did they allow retards to be promoted to Chief of Police anywhere????
They keep throwing in that line about “Respecting the Second Amendment” and then do everything to the Contrary.
To respect the Second Amendment, they must first realize the purpose of the Second Amendment… to protect against future Tyranny. Then they must make sure that citizens have access to the types of guns that would aid in that purpose… such as AR-15’s and AK’s with high cap magazines. Then they must accept that in order for the Second Amendment to be fully effective… the govt must never know who has guns and where they are.
I am glad I don’t live in Emeryville CA, with an absolute freaking moron like this guy as the top law enforcement official.
The sooner all of Kalifornia and it’s citizens slide into the abyss the better, after which not a care is given.
Too Bad he Didn’t Reload…
FPSRussia started his career at an early age.
You know, we really should call this what it is – the Gun Ownership Prevention Task Force.
Also requires a photo of you pledging to support herr obama with your swastika & nazi salute? I thought so, Randy
Ah, fragrant New Jersey, the Garbage State, living down to its name.
I just love it when an elected representative like Sheila Oliver says “no more talk.” Because talk is so, y’know, democratic, and who really needs that pesky First Amendment. Or the Second, Fourth and Fifth. Someone should remind little Sheila that if people aren’t allowed to talk, they just might shoot instead.
Emeryville, for those unfamiliar with California, is located at the foot of the SF-Oakland Bay Bridge, right on the water. It consists mostly of offices and condos. It is caddy-corner to Berkely. Further not only is James the Police Chief, he is the President of the California Police Chiefs Association, a group that is rabidly antigun and anti-CCW. Tis press conference is entirely consistent with his gun ban ideology that he has been expressing for some time. I may be wrong, but I think he has also testified as an “expert” that restrictions on issuance of CCWs are good for California, because, of course, less guns means less crime.
This is DIY.
I am pretty certain this knucklehead has (and will continue to own) plenty of firepower in his own home. His big, fat pension and political connections will enable him to purchase whatever he wants after he retires from the Emeryville Police Force…
This is Nucking Futs!
That video is awesome, funny and smart dude.
Alan Gottlieb is one of the great leaders in the fight for the protection of our second amendment rights. Based on his leadership through the Second Amendment foundation and CCRKBA (both out of Bellevue, Washington) the horrid Washington State initiative I 676 was soundly defeated. Mr. Gottlieb knows how to fight this fight both in the courts and at the grass-roots level.
Thank you Mr. Gottlieb!
What’s the difference between these two crazed cops and Dorner? They still have their badges.
Let’s try this again, as my comment from 12 hours ago hasn’t posted. Seems to happen most often with this author, though that may just be a coincidence…
“…as we’ve got an invite to test out the latest in 3D printed firearms technology.”
The current state-of-the-shelf is 3d metal printing. It has been for a couple of years. What this kid is doing with repraps and thermoplastic? 5-8 years in the past.
Since the first stereolithography (3D printing) tech hit the market, machinists have been grabbing the company Faro Arm, digitizing gun parts, and printing them up. This isn’t new, or news. To be fair, the kid has been waving his thang in the face of the ATF and I appreciate that. He’s gotten it out to a wider audience beyond the cognoscenti, and I appreciate that. But he’s not bleeding edge. Not even cutting edge. He’s about 10 years behind the curve with what he’s doing. It’s just that the pioneers have chosen not to tempt the ATF to come after them by doing youtube vids.
You can print an entire gun in metal, save for the barrel. I’ve seen it done, and it is just as functional as any machined part. NASA builds rocket motor components using SLM (selective metal melting). Printing barrels is coming soon as the tech gets refined further.
Like I said, it’s a neat thing to be distributing what little he has done, and the world of teh interwebz has changed a bunch since the early 00s, when the limited bandwidth and computing power would have made all this stuff hard to distribute.
But “distributed defense” is past trailing-edge tech.
The point went right over your head.
It’s not about the best 3D printer. The cutting edge part, is the part where 3D printers have gotten down to consumer level pricing. Someone can just buy one and print this out, that’s revolutionary.
Didn’t take a genius to see most of the nut job shooters were dangerous ahead of time.
Hey Barry, make more of them and stop buying all the ammo up.