Worst case Scenario with Boxer

[not-fishing]

Boxer is now a 6 year lame duck Senator.

She'll do whatever she wants because she's not going to run again so she's not worried about the constituency.

And she's mad that she had to work so hard to get re-elected.

I wonder if even President Obama will be able to control her.

[Carnivore]

Na with the house in Republican control she is in control. Just makes me made we didn't get rid of her. Guess we need to start a plan to oust Frankenstein in 2012 though. Of all the times Al Qaeda would be busy it had to be tonight when both Frankenstein and Boxhead were together....ya I know horrible to say but.........

[kellito]

^ It is horrible to say, they should be pulled from office, and have to live out their pathetic existance in shame. Force the shame if necessary.

[EOD Guy]

Has she said she won't run again?

[Cali-Shooter]

If this self-entitled lunatic of a senator manages to get out another AWB, she'll probably push for registration of all OLL's, bullet-button rifles, semi-auto rifles, and the like, and prohibit any more from entering the state by having another ban list for guns.

[kalalp]

Fact: Boxer has never individually sponsored any major legislation in Washington that was passed into law. She has one of the worst records in Congress re: getting things done. Without major backing from other legislators nothing will happen on her part. She is simply a shill for her special interest groups. Other senators avoid her because they know she is not a deal maker. It's a shame that the most populous state has such a laughingstock for a senator.
But you gotta hand it to the Dems in CA. Yesterday they got their job done. CA seems to be tilting more and more toward socialist tendencies. Very different then when I moved here as a young man from ND in 1965. There were opportunities everywhere. Now it is more of a command and control bureaucratic and tax nightmare with no end in sight. I see no positive future for CA at the present time if you are self employed as I have been for 35 yrs.

[Wherryj]

If this self-entitled lunatic of a senator manages to get out another AWB, she'll probably push for registration of all OLL's, bullet-button rifles, semi-auto rifles, and the like, and prohibit any more from entering the state by having another ban list for guns.

Well, as long as there is enough "lead time", this might not be an entirely bad thing. If all of the OLL BB rifles were registered as "assault weapons", I suppose that would mean that we could remove the BB and us regular capacity magazines.

It would be prejudicial to the younger generation, but that could also work out as it is questionably unconstitutional to prohibit someone from ownership merely due to age.

I almost hope that she would try something this misguided.

[kalalp]

Boxer is not the problem. The new AG in CA WILL be a problem. Astounding that we elected Harris. She will be very aggressive against gun rights. I know there are posters here that will provide you with soothing words about how it can't happen because of recent court cases but she can steam roll through all that. Court challenges take years, even decades. In the mean time you are scr***d, as now. They know that.

[bwiese]

Boxer is now a 6 year lame duck Senator.

She'll do whatever she wants because she's not going to run again so she's not worried about the constituency.

And she's mad that she had to work so hard to get re-elected.

I wonder if even President Obama will be able to control her.

The above is symptomatic of poor thought processes - I keep wondering why CA gunnies are worried about Boxer.

We aren't gonna get any new Fed gun laws. Period. The house has moved further our way, and Senate has at worst stayed unchanged.

Our battle is in CA.

Worry about Kamala Harris becoming AG instead of Steve Cooley.

[jeferd]

Worry about Kamala Harris becoming AG instead of Steve Cooley.

EXACTLY...there are 99 other senators less liberal than Boxer back in DC to help keep her in check...There is no one here in CA to keep Harris in check now

[bwiese]

If this self-entitled lunatic of a senator manages to get out another AWB, she'll probably push for registration of all OLL's, bullet-button rifles, semi-auto rifles, and the like, and prohibit any more from entering the state by having another ban list for guns.

1. She can't do much of that without formal regulation and we can stop that thru OAL. Yes, it'll cost time and $$$ better spent on other gunrights matters and we thus have some 'opportunity cost'.

2. Further such work would require legislation. That legislation would have
to go by the Governor Brown's desk. And there are not enough votes for
2/3 override.

3. Legislators do not understand the issue and the last time they tried
to do a fix they came up with AB2728. DOJ fed them a line back then
that they could do other things thru regulation - which they could not
and ulitmately did not. So I don't think DOJ has much credibility in
firearms matters, and they've been 'off the radar' with legislators since
late 2006/early 2007.

4. Any change costs money, staff, time. Buybacks are impossible so
no "SKS cleanup" will occur.

[glockman19]

1. She can't do much of that without formal regulation and we can stop that thru OAL. Yes, it'll cost time and $$$ better spent on other gunrights matters and we thus have some 'opportunity cost'.

2. Further such work would require legislation. That legislation would have
to go by the Governor Brown's desk. And there are not enough votes for
2/3 override.

3. Legislators do not understand the issue and the last time they tried
to do a fix they came up with AB2728. DOJ fed them a line back then
that they could do other things thru regulation - which they could not
and ulitmately did not. So I don't think DOJ has much credibility in
firearms matters, and they've been 'off the radar' with legislators since
late 2006/early 2007. 4. Any change costs money, staff, time. Buybacks are impossible so
no "SKS cleanup" will occur.

This is whre Kamila Harris scares me...she will make up things that will require challenges all the way down the line...At least our former AG will be sitting gov.

[not-fishing]

But you gotta hand it to the Dems in CA. Yesterday they got their job done. CA seems to be tilting more and more toward socialist tendencies. Very different then when I moved here as a young man from ND in 1965. There were opportunities everywhere. Now it is more of a command and control bureaucratic and tax nightmare with no end in sight. I see no positive future for CA at the present time if you are self employed as I have been for 35 yrs.

I've come to the same conclusion. I'm also a small business owner. I can't keep good efficient people that I've know for 40 years employed. The increase in regulations with associated government agencies is burying the private sector.

I'm advising my 3 kids who have not settled on an occupation to get a good education then get a decent government job. A job where you can take your holidays, get your medical insurance paid by others and have a steady income.

I've also weathered recessions since the early 70's and find the American dream dead in California unless you're a Retirement Fund Manager, School Superintendent or mid-sized city Fire Chief/City Engineer/City Maintenance Chief.

[cadillacmike]

While i have very little regard for fiorina (from actions while at HP), I was definitely disappointed to see boxer get re-elected.

Similar feeling on the governer race in calif - no ragard for whitman, actually brown might have gotten a better head on his shoulders in the intervening years. That and calif is so broke, they can't afford another amatuer in the governer's office.

Several senate races went south yesterday; partly because of 'tea party' candidates - (whack jobs like the DE candidate don't help the overall cause), partly because of primary race sore losers and partly because the electorate in those states still doesn't get it and they will deserve what they get. There could have been a republican senate majority, but oh well...

FL gov race still undecided - so we have some issue here as well...


But really boxer should have gone down and that is too bad.

[SuperSet]

IF Harris wins, let's all learn something from the post Obama rush and not lose our heads. I have complete faith in the CGF and you have my support.