Westford (Massachusetts) Selectmen Withdraw Proposal To Ban Assault Weapons

[friendly_iconoclast]

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/20/westford-selectman-proposes-ban-on-assault-weapons/

Westford Selectmen Withdraw Proposal To Ban Assault Weapons

WESTFORD (CBS) – A thunderous round of applause and a standing ovation greeted the news Wednesday night that a proposed town bylaw to restrict some assault weapons was going to be officially withdrawn.

The overwhelming majority of the close to 400 people who packed a special meeting of the Westford Board of Selectmen opposed the idea.

The man who originally proposed it told the crowd the debate had not gone as he had hoped...

...“I thought there would be a [negative] reaction,” Jeffries said. “But I also thought maybe some other towns in Massachusetts might have also tried something similar and none of them did. So it left us isolated as the only ones.”

Gun Prohibitionists are getting repeatedly dope-slapped by the false consensus effect lately...

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Hold on to that happy thought.

[friendly_iconoclast]

3. Believe me, I've no doubt whatsoever that assault weapons bans are quite popular...

...amongst people who already think that they are a good idea.

The denial is perfectly normal, Warren- it's only the first stage in dealing with the grief over the loss of the gun-control dream:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model

[gejohnston]

2. I thought MA had an "assault weapons" ban like CT's

if so, how is he defining it.

[friendly_iconoclast]

4. He wanted to eliminate the grandfather clause...

[geckosfeet]

9. Nope. No ban. They are selling like crazy right now.

MA does have some pretty strong gun laws though.

[elleng]

5. 'No less than the president of the NRA himself offered comments on Westford.

David Keene happened to be in Massachusetts on Wednesday night, where he was taking part in a gun control discussion with students at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Of Westford’s attempt, Keene told WBZ, “One of the things that people in these town meetings and other folks ought to look at is the constitution itself. It is possible and it is legal to put certain restrictions on second amendment rights,” he continued, “but those kinds of restrictions have to be looked at very critically.”

Keene said any attempt to curtail gun ownership is misguided. He cited a recent FBI report on violent crimes when he claimed that hammers kill more Americans every year than guns.

“The murder weapon of choice in this country is the hammer. We’ve never had a three day waiting period for a hammer, although a lot of folks who have to-do lists from their wives might like one,” Keene said.'

[friendly_iconoclast]

6. And *that's* another example of why some people think the NRA leadership...

...are a bunch of Brady Campaign moles. After reading recent statements by Keene, Wayne La Pierre, and
Ted Nugent, I can see why someone might get that idea...

[gejohnston]

7. is that a correct quote?

it is more accurate to say more people are killed with blunt objects than "assault weapons" but not hammers

[elleng]

8. Your thought sounds correct to me,

but its difficult to tell, these days, what's satire and what's real.

[ileus]

10. One man tries to run over 400....didn't go as planed. Who'd ah thunk it.

If we can organize all 2A supporters we can beat back the dark forces trying to victimize the 2A.