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H.R. 1022: Assault Weapons Ban

June 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

To reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.
Mrs. McCarthy of New York introduced this bill.
The term “semiautomatic assault weapon” means, among other things:

an ability to accept a detachable magazine, and
a folding or telescoping stock, or
a threaded barrel, or
a pistol grip, or
a forward grip, or
a barrel shroud.

All of these are cosmetic options. A [...]

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Tags: Crime/Law · Government · Guns · The Left · The US

Bring The Troops Home … Now?

June 11th, 2007 · Comments Off

From “Realists on Iraq” by Dan Senor, a former foreign policy adviser to the Bush administration and was based in Baghdad from April 2003 through June 2004, via Opinion Journal:

During Sunday night’s Democratic presidential debate, the candidates cited an oft-repeated source of the mess in Iraq: The White House’s refusal to heed knowledgeable advice.
But what [...]

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Tags: Election · Iraq · Terrorism · The US · War