Seem's new AW just around the corner!

[Guest slim]

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@ 10:29 am by Michael O'Brien

The ball is in Congress's court to craft a compromise in reinstating regulations on assault weapons, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) acknowledged Tuesday.

During an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America," Pelosi said that the Congress will work to find some middle ground between the previous ban, which expired in 2004, and the precedent laid by the Supreme Court in a ruling enumerating more concrete gunowners' rights last term.

"We have to find some level of compromise," Pelosi said, citing 53 victims of gun violence nationwide in less than a month. "And we have to rid the debate of the misconceptions people have about what gun safety means."

"Yes, it is," the Speaker said when asked if the ball is in Congress's court now that Democrats control the White House. "And we are just going to have to work together to come to some resolution."

Pelosi indicated that new regulations might entail registration and prohibitions on transporting some firearms across state lines.

The Speaker also expressed displeasure at the attachment of a gun rights provision to legislation that would grant Washington, D.C. a voting member of Congress.

"Right now, we have the debate in Congress over the District of Columbia wanting a vote on the floor of the House, something we all want. That's a civil rights issue," she said, pledging to find "middle ground" on the issue. "And, yet, they want to put a gun…bill, attach that to that. I don't — I don't think that that should be the price to pay to have a vote on the floor of the House."

Watch the video of Pelosi's interview here.

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/04/07/pelosi-pledges-compromise-on-assault-weapons-ban/

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[Guest justme]

CELEBRATE YOUR 2A RIGHT:

Buy a HOMELAND DEFENSE rifle today...AK, AR, FN FS, or similar....every one who can should shove sales of these rifles through the roof, as well as the ammo that goes with them...

[Guest slim]

After Obamajies election i figured we'd have have in a month, since then i had thought, no way, but after all the shooting's in the last month, i figured it's just around the corner and sure enough, here it comes.

All AW prices will and have already gone up again in the last few day's, after dropping again in the last 2 month's.

Cant wait for the knox. show in about 1 1/2 week's.

[9teeneleven]

It was political suicide in 1994. I just don't see it happening again. The will is there, just not the political capital.

[Guest Boomhower]

"Yes, it is," the Speaker said when asked if the ball is in Congress's court now that Democrats control the White House. "And we are just going to have to work together to come to some resolution."

By "we", she means democrats. We all know how bi-partisan congress has been so far these past few months.

[Guest crotalus01]

BAh. No need to worry until after the 2010 elections. If the Dems hold control of both houses, then we are likely to get a new AWB. Until then I just dont see it happening - the Dems love their powerful jobs more than they hate guns...