02-04-2013, 06:07 PM
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Re: Sandy hook Student father: "You'll have to take my guns from my cold dead hands!"
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Originally Posted by PatsWSB47
Can't you guys be honest? She was talking about assault weapons. She did not want to ban all guns. There was no such thing up for a vote.
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Not only that - she had Ronald Reagan on her side.
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Reagan joined former Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter in a letter published in the Boston Globe that called on Congress to pass a ban on assault weapons. Later, in a letter to Rep. Scott Klug, a Wisconsin Republican, Reagan said the limitations proposed by the Assault Weapon Ban “are absolutely necessary” and that it “must be passed.”
Reagan's support of the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 may have directly led to the ban winning the approval of Congress. Congress passed the ban by a vote of 216-214. In addition to Klug voting for the ban after Reagan’s last minute plea, Rep. Dick Swett, D-N.H., also credited Reagan’s support of the bill for helping him decide to cast a favorable vote.
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