During a "60 Minutes" interview on February 5, 1995 when discussing the federal assault weapons ban, Sen. Feinstein commented she'd get an out right ban if she could. "If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out right ban, picking up every one of them....Mr. and Mrs. America, turn them all in. I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here,"…
On April 27, 1995, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) spoke at the US Senate hearing on terrorism shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing. During the hearing, she referenced her concealed carry permit and how she carried a gun with her in the 1970's, citing the urge to arm yourself for protection- in her case from threats.She states:"I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to…
In 2009, Sen. Dianne Feinstein appeared on 60 Minutes and agreed it wasn't the best time politically to once again push her assault weapons ban she championed in 1994- which expired in 2004- and she'd pick the time and place to do it. Now that tragedies have occurred, she's making the push. Via Reuters:Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, the
author of an assault-weapons ban that lapsed in 2004…
The liberal media is using every recent tragedy to push their anti-gun agenda, but deliberately leave out stories such as this one.Nick Meli, a licensed gun carrier, was at Clackamas Town
Center in Oregon with a friend and her baby when a masked man opened fire. Meli had the shooter in sight. However, he did not fire fearing he'd hit an innocent bystander. At that point, the shooter turned the…
Tensions Flare at Michigan Right-to-Work Protest.(h/t DetNewsVideo)
Starting in September of 2014, every new car in the United States will be required to have a 'black box' installed.According to ABC News:The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration would like to make it mandatory for automakers to install a so-called "black box" in all new cars and light trucks.The devices, also known as event data recorders, have long been used by investigators to…
From a distance it looks rather like a big rusty metal box but closer inspection reveals the latest achievement of Syrian rebels: a homemade armoured vehicle waiting to be deployed. Sham II, named after ancient Syria, is built from the chassis of a car and touted by rebels as "100 percent made in Syria."Via Russia Today(h/t Weasel Zippers)
Via Syria Tribune:While President Obama is busy talking about Syria’s chemical weapons, a troubling video appears on YouTube yesterday showing what appears to be a rebel group testing chemical weapons on lab rabbits, and threatening to use them against Syrian civilians on a sectarian basis.The video (see here) starts with several scenes showing chemical containers with Tekkim labels (Tekkim is a…
DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared on Current TV and took a parting shot at Sen. Jim DeMint, saying he gave up in the Senate because he was alone with his Tea Party "extremism."I think
Senator DeMint clearly sees that the Tea Party is not a growth industry. I
mean, he had an election that just passed that did not see the ranks of Tea Party members expand the Senate candidates that he…
