Ok,
And in another 100 years when they are killing you for speaking your mind, or
wanting to vote? You would sure wish you could have that AK in the closet then.
-----Original Message-----
From: William Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:52 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban
I'm all for being able to have guns, but people dont need to have ASSAULT
weapons.
Someone breaks into your house capping them with 3 or 4 shots from a rifle
or gun is as good as unloading a clip of 30 into their torso with an assault
rifle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban
> San Francisco, CA... no surprise.
>
> At 12:14 PM 12/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Court Upholds Calif. Assault Weapons Ban
> >
> >Thu Dec 5,10:36 PM ETAdd U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!
> >
> >By DAVID KRAVETS, Associated Press Writer
> >
> >SAN FRANCISCO(AP) - A federal appeals court unanimously upheld
> >California's ban on assault weapons Thursday, saying
> >individuals had no right to bear arms under the Second Amendment.
> >
> >"The historical record makes it equally plain that the amendment was not
> >adopted in order to afford rights to
> >individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession," Judge
> >Stephen Reinhardt wrote in the 9th U.S. Circuit
> >Court of Appeals decision.
> >
> >Weapons owners challenged amendments to a 1989 law that originally
> >outlawed 75 high-powered weapons with rapid-fire
> >capabilities. The Legislature passed the nation's first law banning such
> >weapons after a gunman fired a semiautomatic
> >weapon into a Stockton school yard, killing five children and injuring
30.
> >
> >Following California's lead, several states and the federal government
> >passed similar or even stricter bans.
> >In 1999, California lawmakers amended the law to ban assault weapons
based
> >on a host of features instead of specific
> >makes and models - a move that outlawed hundreds of so-called copycat
> >weapons not clearly defined in the initial law.
> >
> >"While I respect the rights of Californians to pursue hunting and sports
> >shooting, and of law-abiding citizens to
> >protect their homes and businesses, there is no need for these military
> >style weapons to be on the streets in our
> >state," said Bill Lockyer,
> >California's attorney general.
> >
> >The National Rifle Association said it was disappointed with the ruling.
> >
> >"From an organizational standpoint, for 131 years we've been standing
> >steadfastly to protect the freedoms of all law
> >abiding Americans and stand steadfastly that the Second Amendment is an
> >individual right and will continue to do so,"
> >said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam.
> >
> >Arulanandam said it was too early to tell what the effects of the
decision
> >would be.
> >
> >Attorneys for the suing gun owners did not immediately return phone calls
> >Thursday.
> >
> >
>
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