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Obama's Gun Laws 'Outlaw Christmas at the Kings,' Says Rep. King

Universal background check would hamper gun-giving

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Jan 25, 2013 by Mary Noble

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is taking a stand for gun-gifters everywhere.

He's outraged at various aspects of the new gun control law announced by Sen. Diane Feinstein on Tuesday, especially its limit on high-capacity magazines, which he regards as a slippery slope towards single-shot weapons only.

But King is even more het up about the coming push for a universal background check, proposed by Obama last week.

"That would mean that every transaction on guns in America would have to be approved by a federally licensed firearm dealer," King pointed out. "That would mean that Christmas at the Kings would be outlawed unless one of us got a federal firearms license. If we want to trade guns or buy one for each other, it can't change hands without having the universal registration component of that. So I'm concerned about that from a constitutional perspective."

King revealed his own motto when it comes to gun control: "Constitutional first, prudent second."

Via World Net Daily.

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NormalFlora

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Guns as Christmas gifts? You are effing lame, King!!!!
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FollowTheMoney

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Lame? The best Christmas gift dad ever gave me was his prized Weatherby .300 mag rifle. It's still my best gun. I gave all three of my sons .22 cal rifles for Christmas when they turned 10 years old, and my daughter received a.38 cal pistol for her purse on her last B-day.
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Arumizy

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My fifth Christmas present was my great grand father 410 single shot, a gift that has been passed down to the eldest child for several generations. I can think of few gifts i have ever received in my life near as good as that.
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mtkopf

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Peace on Earth. Good will towards men. Here's a killing machine. Merry Xmas
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FollowTheMoney

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@mtkopf A gun is a tool, a tool I would hate to be without if the need arises.
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mtkopf

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@FollowTheMoney a tool whose only use is to kill.
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woodtick57

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Jesus preferred to give out .50 cal ammo instead of blessings...
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hwyangel

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1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for

especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
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woodtick57

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@hwyangel "In Watermelon Sugar the deeds were done and done again as my life
is done in watermelon sugar." Richard Brautigan.

quoting fiction is fun!
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hwyangel

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@woodtick57

If you don't like answer.......
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woodtick57

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@hwyangel

i like the answer. fiction is fun. have you read any Dylan Thomas? Good stuff...
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hwyangel

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@woodtick57

No, but the monkeys uncle and byproduct of gas is entertaining.
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woodtick57

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hark the recoiling chambers si-ing...
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Rocker

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.. fork over all your hard earned 'bling'....
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NTBFW

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I will take all the .50 cal ammo you want to give!!!
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marine1

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nice looking browning high power
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tomincali

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darn shame gov is always trying to control something. it is not the gov business who has what. heck they arm drug cartels have open borders then want to disarm and control citizens. must want us to look like mexico with all those helpless victims.
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Twice UP!
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NTBFW

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Why not guns for Christmas ? I have given and received lots of guns for Christmas. I got my first deer rifle when I was 7.
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AnnieO

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Nearly all of my guns are gifts from my husband. He knows the way to my heart...and it's not with jewelry!
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Rocker

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@AnnieO - Nothing sez 'I love you' better than a box of 500 rounds of match grade, boattail .308.
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AnnieO

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@Rocker He bought me a .308 last year for hunting!:) It's my official deer hunting weapon.
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Rocker

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@AnnieO - You lucky little honey, you. That is my favorite cal for general use. I don't own any military type semi-auto assault rifles. Don't have a need for them. But I'd like the freedom to own one if I ever get a hankering for it.
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AnnieO

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@Rocker Oh, he bought me an AR pistol and an AR rifle. We shoot for fun and I've used them for a few coyotes. I highly recommend them, they are great. I don't "need" a lot of things but they are bought and paid for and not used for illegal purposes so I'll be keeping mine!
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woodtick57

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to the tune of jingle bells...

Spray of bullets through the snow...

in a one clip firing spree...

everybody now!....
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woodtick57

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"Silencer night.........

holy bodies night........

allllllll is calm...

allll is constitutionally protected by some archaic amendement...
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Arumizy

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Well freedom of speech and a right to a fair and speedy trial are all protected by some archaic amendment so i reckon we can get rid of them right,.
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@Arumizy bc freedom of speech kills thpisands of ppl a year.
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woodtick57

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@Arumizy when has the 2nd amendment ever stopped tyranny from the US gov;'t over it's citizens? when haven't the people with guns not actually HELPED the governement execute such tyranny over its citizens? who are hte guns actually helping? seems they have only helped the gov't in its tyranny, but never prevented it....

why should we keep this useless law?
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mtkopf

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@mtkopf **thousands
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@mtkopf

those darn theater fires....
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woodtick57

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By Bruce Springsteen...

2nd 'mendment's comin' to town...

2nd 'mendments comin'to town...

"Clarence..you been good? Santa gonna bring you a nice 9 mm for X-Mas?"

Whoa---oo--o-oh..! 2nd 'mendments comin' to town!
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so hows that drug legalization battle going for ya??
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You guys are a little too " metro" for me.
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Amen brother!
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woodtick57

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Funeral bells ring...are you listenin'?

in the playground, blood is glistenin'...

our children mowed down...

by crazy gun owners.....

walkin' through a winter nightmare land....
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Jim49418

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... our children mowed down... by crazy gun owners..... walkin' through a winter nightmare land....

Yeh,.......and do you really believe that the guns used to do that were obtained legally, and the person that did it went through a background check?
"Crazy Gun Owners"?
Really?
You might want to consider rephrasing that statement to crazy people who obtain guns ilegally, and then use them to commit their crimes.
Do you believe that most gun related crimes are acted out buy crazy gun owners, that went through a background check, and the three day waiting period?
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@Jim49418

which guns used in our recent mass public shootings weren't obtained legally?
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@woodtick57 Sandyhook he killed his mom then stole her guns. So they where not obtained legally.
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@Righton True, very true.. And not only that He forgot to get the transfer approved.
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Jim49418

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@woodtick57 You're right, I guess I wasnt thinking. Lanza legally obtained those weopons through inheritance due to his mothers recent death.
Good call.
I hadnt thought about it that way.
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Grubby

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So who plans to actually follow this law if it is passed? Not most gun owners I know.
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tomincali

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who plans on hiring all those who will lose their jobs do to this? this will cost a lot of jobs and its being overlooked. some business may shutdown. oh well we have so many other great job openings for those who lose theirs do to gun grabbers.
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woodtick57

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We have seen in the past that most gun ownere feel no responsibility ot follow laws on ownership of weapons or responsibility of such...

no surprise there...

no wonder so many criminals get stolen weapons when gin owners seem so reckless obout their usage and responsibility...
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tomincali

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@woodtick57 i don't know ,i heard there may be 80,000,000 gun owners and i don't read about that many crimes done .
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woodtick57

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if there are that many guns, shouldn't there be no crimes at all?
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zeke

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@woodtick57 Have you been effected by any lawabiding gun owners with relation to a crime commited to you or someone in your family? If you have please enlighten us so we can sympathize with you, otherwise you're post are meeningless,opininated, propaganda.
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For some, it seems, happiness IS a warm gun.
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Anything warm is welcome in Iowa in December. Brr...!
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woodtick57

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she's not a girl who misses much...

do...do...do...do...do...oh yeah...

Mother Superior jumps a gun...
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Jim49418

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Did Adam Lanza have a background check?
I wonder if his mother had one when she bought all of the guns that he used.
I kind of doubt it, because if she had, and they knew that she had a mentally ill son at home she probably would not have been able to purchase all of those guns, and make them available to her son.
My point is, is that most gun related crimes do not involve people that obtained those guns legally, and went through background checks in order to obtain the gun used.
Obama can do his best in his attempt to take away our second amendment right to bare arms, but that still will not take any guns off the streets from bad people that will use them.
pretty certain that tommorows morning news will have a story about another shooting / murder yet again. And I doubt the person that did it, went through a background check!
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Why do you "doubt that Mrs. Lanza was subjected to a background check? Exactly how would "they know that she had a mentally ill son at home"? Who are "they"? And exactly what constitutes "mentally ill", and who decides? Holmes, Laughner, and Cho, all passed background checks. None of them were certified mentally ill - though perhaps they were.
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AlexMIA

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I've given and recieved a few very cool guns for Christmas!
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woodtick57

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if you did that with a car...you'd be required to change the title of ownership...why should a gun be any different?
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AlexMIA

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@woodtick57 Because a gun can only be comparable to a car once the government infringes on it and says so. Why should I have to pay extra taxes on something I'm recieving from a trusted friend or family member? What difference would it make if I our anyone else in question already owns 20 of them to begin with?
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woodtick57

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@AlexMIA

and again, how is that different from a car? or even the kayaks I have to legally register in my state?
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AlexMIA

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@AlexMIA Cars also require registration which as far as guns go can be a tool for disarmament, no way. Driving is a priveledge the right to bare arms is an inailienable right!
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AlexMIA

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@woodtick57 well if you are happy with your state, that's your problem not mine.
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NormalFlora

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Chestnuts roasting while we open fire...
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DARSB

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Perhaps as the Tea Part decline continues Rep King will also decline.
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Fed should stay out of this. Gun control is a state issue!
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woodtick57

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a federal Constitutional amendment would seem to argue against that idea...but hey..whats a few facts between friends, huh?
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nobodyspecial

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2nd Amendment rights to bear arms. States can place controls, but only Congress can change Constitution.
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DARSB

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@nobodyspecial Actually changing the Constitution is a little more complicated than that. And it involves all the states. And the President. And it can take years. And it usually doesn't work.
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jessejaymes

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Every single gun I own has been subject to a background check. And I voluntarily registered them all. Didn't keep me from getting guns and never stopped me from getting what I wanted. This is typical smoke screening by the govt. One side says something, the other side goes APE. I think they get together and do it on purpose so America won't notice while they spend more trillions in pork for their financial backers.
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CircuitCircus

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Ah, yes nothing says Merry Christmas like a Vintage Belgium made Browning Hi-Power.
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