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Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« on: January 17, 2011, 11:31:40 PM »
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0111/Lugar_pushes_to_renew_assault_weapons_ban.html



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Lugar is the first GOP senator to call for increased gun control following the Tucson tragedy that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But Lugar, who supported the initial 10-year-long assault weapons ban when it passed in 1994, said he's not optimistic about the chances for passing gun control legislation this Congress.

“I believe it should be, but I recognize the fact that the politics domestically in our country with regard to this are on a different track altogether,” Lugar told Bloomberg Television’s Al Hunt Jan. 14.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2011, 11:33:16 PM »
Lugar cannot sell out, he's never been 'one of us' in the first place.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2011, 11:40:56 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on January 17, 2011, 11:33:16 PM
Lugar cannot sell out, he's never been 'one of us' in the first place.

Your right. Still pisses me off.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2011, 12:31:18 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on January 17, 2011, 11:33:16 PM
Lugar cannot sell out, he's never been 'one of us' in the first place.

Yeah, he's just staying true to his earlier position on the AWB. Big surprise.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2011, 09:30:26 AM »
Once a RINO, still a RINO.  [barf]
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2011, 10:34:27 AM »
Quote from: HankB on January 18, 2011, 09:30:26 AM
Once a RINO, still a RINO.  [barf]

One more political target to deal with, next election cycle.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2011, 11:31:47 AM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on January 17, 2011, 11:33:16 PM
Lugar cannot sell out, he's never been 'one of us' in the first place.
True that.

His term ends in 2012, and this will be his last.  We're already working on it.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2011, 01:00:56 PM »
The Brady bunch is calling in their markers
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2011, 01:12:06 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on January 18, 2011, 10:34:27 AM
One more political target to deal with, next election cycle.

That is hatespeech. You should be silenced, and replaced with a kinder, gentler left-wing-commentator.  How dare you incite people to violence? :P
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2011, 01:19:15 PM »
Quote from: JamisJockey on January 18, 2011, 01:12:06 PM
That is hatespeech. You should be silenced, and replaced with a kinder, gentler left-wing-commentator.  How dare you incite people to violence? :P

It's okay, I hate myself, too.  Obama told me I was a bitterclinger.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2011, 01:41:24 PM »
Quote from: JamisJockey on January 18, 2011, 01:12:06 PM
That is hatespeech. You should be silenced, and replaced with a kinder, gentler left-wing-commentator.  How dare you incite people to violence? :P
What, are you trying to put him in the crosshairs?
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2011, 03:02:40 PM »
I guess the fact that no assault weapon was used in this crime doesn't matter much.  I guess the term has morphed into any gun with a high capacity magazine. 

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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2011, 10:47:35 PM »
Ten bucks says a strategist told him he should go after guns more aggressively because of his name.
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2011, 11:43:25 PM »
Quote from: Pharmacology on January 19, 2011, 10:47:35 PM
Ten bucks says a strategist told him he should go after guns more aggressively because of his name.

Lugar =/=Luger       But it's close. 
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #14 on: January 20, 2011, 10:30:33 AM »
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Lugar =/=Luger       But it's close. 

...because I'm sure that people who vote for politicians like him can read well enough to discern between those two  =D
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2011, 11:22:09 AM »
Quote from: Pharmacology on January 20, 2011, 10:30:33 AM
...because I'm sure that people who vote for politicians like him can read well enough to discern between those two  =D
Actually, people who vote for politicians like him have likely never heard of "Luger".
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Re: Another sell out. Lugar calls for Assault Weapons Ban
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2011, 06:38:49 PM »
You'd be surprised how many people see a Ruger .22 and will call it a Luger.

I'd say it enjoys the same sort of ignorant popularity the term ".45 colt" does.
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