Mitt Romney, poser Republican, signs MA state AWB into law

[Stokes Pennwalt]

http://www.iberkshires.com/story.php?story_id=14812

Governor Mitt Romney has signed into law a permanent assault weapons ban that he says will make it harder for criminals to get their hands on these guns.

It really is too bad that none of these weapons are commonly used by criminals. But at least all of us responsible gun owners will be disarmed. You can't have us social degenerates shooting holes in paper targets on the weekends, because that is DANGEROUS.

“Deadly assault weapons have no place in Massachusetts,” Romney said, at a bill signing ceremony on July 1 with legislators, sportsmen’s groups and gun safety advocates. “These guns are not made for recreation or self-defense. They are instruments of destruction with the sole purpose of hunting down and killing people.” .

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I will be sure to remember to feel the requisite amount of guilt the next time I pick up my HK-91 and murder some poor defenseless soda cans, because such an activity SURELY is not recreational at all.

Like the federal assault weapons ban, the state ban, put in place in 1998, was scheduled to expire in September. The new law ensures these deadly weapons, including AK-47s, UZIs and Mac-10 rifles, are permanently prohibited in Massachusetts no matter what happens on the federal level.

Oh jesus christ shut up. Automatic versions of those weapons have been illegal to own since 1934 and this current law enacts bans predicated on cosmetic appearances only. Oh, and the IMI UZI is a submachine gun and the Ingram MAC-10 is a machine pistol. Good to know the gun grabbers are equipped with their usual level of enlightenment.

And in other news: Apparently, the police feel they have a need for these same weapons.

With its recent purchase of new semiautomatic handguns and rifles, the Ashland Police Department has joined a growing number of suburban towns in switching over to higher-powered and more-precise weapons, a move officials say helps better prepare them for armed criminals and terrorist attacks.

What I find abundantly hilarious about my home state is that the same touchy-feely leftists who so distrust the government when it comes to things like the PATRIOT act are chomping at the bit to have the same government disarm them. Inconsistency ++

 

[Repo Man]

Sorry to hear that DP. California is the same way. I guess we led the pack because of that nutjob that shot those kids in Stockton with his AK years ago.

Sheesh, what about deadly claw hammers? Do they have a place in Massachusetts? I've read a quote attributed to Samuel Colt where he said "A gun is just a machine for throwing rocks." How some people get it twisted in their brains that inanimate objects are evil is beyond me.

 

[Persol]

Anyone have stats on just how many legally purchased guns kill people every year?

Anyone have the same stats for how many murders mace is involved in?

 

[SpyMoose]

Fan of H&K are you, stokes? Why does your favorite gun company strictly limit the models and magazine capacitys of the weapons they sell to civilians even in nations with no AW ban? For instance, why did they make all of those "cosmetic" (haha) changes to the G36 in order to make it acceptable for civilian consumption as the SL-8? Is Heckler and Kotch another bunch of lefty hippie ass leftists?