Comments on: Carter Urges Assault Weapons Ban

By: ozlanthos

ozlanthos — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:30:29 +0000

Washington is just the first step. They know they can't get away with it federally, so they intend to try it state by state this time. How this legislation is different than the Clinton assault weapons ban is that there is no “grandfathering” exemption for current owners of “assault weapons”. I guess they think they will be able to get the national guard, or Blackwater to Ruby Ridge Washingtonians house by house until they get all of the “registered” weapons. Given the percentage of the population who have served, I think they'd shelve this POS legislation 2 days after attempting to implement it.

By: ozlanthos

ozlanthos — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:30:29 +0000

By: rukovich

rukovich — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:30:03 +0000

I hope the perhaps worst former president of the US reads these comments about his ridiculous article on assault weapons. Ya sure Jimmy, we law abiding citizens purchase assault rifles to kill people. I guess it's the way the rifles look that somehow affects the gun banners mind. He also admits to owning the criminals gun of choice, the hand gun. Tell me Jimmy, why did you buy a hand gun? To kill people? Jimmy, pick some peanuts will ya please?

By: rukovich

rukovich — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:30:03 +0000

By: xtremecatholic

xtremecatholic — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:32:27 +0000

Carter is so full of it. The whole point of the 2nd amendment is so that Americans can fight a tyrannical regime (if and when it comes). The 2nd amendment is not there for “sporting purposes”. That is the worst nonsense I ever heard in my life.

By: JGM

JGM — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:34:00 +0000

I think Jimmy is wrong. I have several “assualt” weapons and love shooting every one of them. Fact of the matter is that my pistols are far far more dangerous. Jimmy needs to stay in Plains and hush. Leave us alone ok? JGM (Marietta Georgia)

By: john jemison

john jemison — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:03:09 +0000

President Carter is a good man but he working under the assumption that Guns/weapons are strictly for sport which seems to be the opinion of the current administration. Assault weapons are not designed to kill police offers, they are designed to inject equality into a situation where good people are at a disadvantage to the criminals that would harm them. Bad people tend to overpower good people by a willingness to do things good people do not want to do. Bad people have all the weapons they want. In a society where you are innocent until proven guilty, which is the way it should be, good people have to be able to defend themselves as the police cannot intervene until AFTER the crime has been committed. In murder, rape, kidnapping that is simply too late. As we discovered in the NOrth Hollywood Bank of America robbery, the bad people can even out gun the police because they have more money. If the average American does not have access to the tools that allow them self-preservation then the criminals will prevail. Rifles, referred to as assault weapons, simply bring the Average American up to the standards that the criminals already have. The Maersk Alabama is another example where the unarmed had no chance against small arms like the AK-47 because they didn't have them. Let Us Protect Our Families, Please!

By: Uncle Lar

Uncle Lar — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:15:34 +0000

I would point out to the former president that the NRA is a grass roots organization composed of some four million members who have a good bit of input in what their association does to promote safe and responsible gun ownership.
And as a former president I'm sure everyone is aware he has a permanent Secret Service detail assigned to him for his protection all of whom either carry or have ready access to not just the so called assault weapons available to we civilians but true automatic weapons suitable for pitched battles. So, just how many police officers and the people they defend have those weapons killed in the days since Carter's defeat and subsequent retirement?

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:28:05 +0000

Jimmy, just go back to building houses where you can do some good for humanity.

By: outspoken2

outspoken2 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:19:58 +0000

You'll have to overlook Jimmie Carter's opinions, he was dropped on his head during birth, then when he started talking he was hit in the head and now suffers from brain damage.