Gun Control-I Give Credit Where Credit is Due!

One of our most important rights is the Second Amendment. It allows us to "keep and bear arms", and be able to defend the rest of the Bill Of Rights should it ever come to that.

Back in 1993, the Clinton Administration passed what came to be known as the "Assault Weapons Ban". This outraged a lot of Gun owners in the country and the election of 1994 resulted in the Democrats losing control of the House and Senate. Maybe they have learned. During the campaign, Obama repeatedly said he would not take away anybody's guns. On Weds, Attorney General Eric Holder said one of the goals of the Obama administration was to reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban". Another lie by the "Anointed One".
Well, the following article was posted to the Web today.

Reid joins Pelosi in opposing weapons ban revival

By J. Taylor Rushing Posted: 02/26/09 10:17 PM [ET]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will join Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in opposing any effort to revive the 1994 assault weapons ban, putting them on the opposite side of the Obama administration. Reid spokesman Jim Manley said the Nevada Democrat will preserve his traditional pro-gun rights voting record. "Senator Reid would oppose an effort (to) reinstate the ban if the Senate were to vote on it in the future," Manley told The Hill in an e-mail late Thursday night.
It was not immediately clear whether Reid would block the bill from the Senate, but his opposition casts serious doubt on its chances. Also, Manley noted that Reid voted against the ban in 1994 and again when it expired in 2004. Reid's stance joins him with Pelosi, who told reporters Thursday that the administration had not checked with her before Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters the administration would attempt to reinstate the ban. Pelosi gave a flat “no” when asked if she had spoken to Holder or any other administration officials about the issue. “On that score, I think we need to enforce the laws we have right now,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “I think it's clear the Bush administration didn’t do that.”
Outside of the dig at the recent Republican president, that phrase is the stock line of those who don’t want to pass new gun control laws, such as the National Rifle Association.
Holder said during a press conference Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., that Obama had made reinstating the ban one of his campaign promises.
"There are obviously a number of things that are — that have been taking up a substantial amount of his time, and so I’m not sure exactly what the sequencing will be," Holder said. "It is something, The news caught Capitol Hill by surprise, immediately pitting Democrats and Republicans against each other and even exposing deep divides among Democrats. A number of House Democrats lost their seats after being targeted by the National Rifle Association for voting for the 1994 ban. however, that we still think would be an appropriate thing to do."

OK, I have read what Reid and Pelosi said. If they are telling the truth and aren't going to try to get the ban added as an amendment to another Bill and hope no one notices, then I support them 100% (on this issue).