Senator Darrell Steinberg Discusses New Gun Control Ideas

[jbburrows]

Brown has vetoed most gun bills that have reached his desk. By my estimation Brown is very pro-gun ownership, but he thinks all guns should be registered, and doesn't think we should be walking around outside with them in public view. Anything else he has vetoed. I also think that is about all we can hope for with a Dem governor in CA today.

I'd expect him to do the same here, especially if a buy back is floated because Brown can do math.

Even if Brown is somewhat pro gun, the supermajority is troubling. Political pressure from every gun owner (both D & R) will be required to stop the statists.

[Ford8N]

1. He is willing to go way beyond gun buybacks. Funding any buyback is the least of his concerns.



2. Steinberg is not a stupid man, his comments equating the 2A to hunting and target shooting do not come out of ignorance or stupidity. He is re-framing the debate. The lie grows with the the telling.

He is also dividing the gun community. Hunters from the gun owners who own AW's or just shoot for recreation. I still hear the stupid "...what do you need one of those guns for? It's only made for killing..." at the shooting range or from gun shop fudmiesters!

[IVC]

O will be appointing 2 liberal judges to the bench during his next 4 years in office so a lot will change in the near future.

Not that easy to make a change, particularly when there are two very clear recent rulings in Heller and McDonald.

If there was a simple way, Roe vs. Wade would be gone during Bush tenure as he appointed two conservative justices, Alito and Roberts, AND the majority was at that time conservative.

The court composition might/will affect future rulings only on unresolved issues, such as right to carry and some aspects of rifle bans. There are several ripe right-to-carry cases waiting to be picked up, and if the AWB is pushed to become law, we should have another court case with high likelihood of reaching the court sooner rather than later.