\nThe Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued a statement this afternoon blasting the party-line vote on Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban of 2013.<\/p>\n
From their statement:<\/p>\n
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\nCCRKBA BLASTS PARTY-LINE PASSAGE OF FEINSTEIN GUN BAN MEASURE<\/p>\nBELLEVUE, WA \u2013 Thursday\u2019s strict party-line vote by the Senate Judiciary Committee to move anti-gun Sen. Dianne Feinstein\u2019s measure banning so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d was an insult to millions of law-abiding American citizens who own such firearms and have harmed nobody, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of banning the most popular firearm in the country,\u201d said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, \u201cwe need to ban politicians who assault our rights. We are appalled and disappointed that Sen. Feinstein and her cronies have advanced this measure, which demonizes firearms that are used thousands of times each year to protect lives and property from criminal attack.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gottlieb noted that FBI crime data says that rifles of any kind are used in only a fraction of violent crimes annually, \u201cyet Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have allowed this legislative travesty to move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDemonizing certain firearms, and by default the people who own them, has become a scapegoat strategy by politicians who have allowed a broken justice system to release violent offenders back on the street while disarming their potential victims,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cBy focusing their energy on disarming law-abiding citizens, politicians like Sen. Feinstein are perpetuating a myth that firearms cause crime. That\u2019s as foolish as believing that cars cause drunk driving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sen. Feinstein acknowledged that her legislation faces an uphill battle when it reaches the full Senate.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will encourage our members to contact their senators about this legislation,\u201d Gottlieb said. \u201cPublic policy and constitutional rights should not be subject to the whims of gun prohibitionists who are quick to exploit the crimes committed by a few crazy people, in order to advance their agenda of public disarmament.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n