March 22, 2009 05:39 PM UTC

Markey: Don't Reinstate Weapons Ban

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• by: Colorado Pols

As the Fort Collins Coloradoan reports, Rep. Betsy Markey and other moderate Democrats want nothing to do with moves against people’s rights to buy guns–even a folding-stock AK-47 with a flash suppressor and a 50-round drum if that’s what you want to spend your hard-earned American dollars on.

Rep. Betsy Markey joined 64 of her House Democratic colleagues this week in urging Attorney General Eric Holder to abandon plans to reinstitute an expired ban on some semi-automatic weapons.

“I am a staunch supporter of Second Amendment rights. I believe it is a mistake to deny constitutional rights to all Americans because of the misdeeds of a few,” Markey said.

She and Rep. John Salazar were the two Colorado House Democrats signing the letter…

Holder has said the Obama administration supports renewing the 1994 ban on 19 semi-automatic, military-style rifles, which expired in 2004.

The defection of 65 House Democrats would make it extremely difficult for the administration to push a ban through Congress. [Pols emphasis]

So much for that, Greg Brophy–the fact is, trying to paint Western Democrats as “anti-gun” caricatures is never really going to work, since that’s just not how they roll. We know a lot of Democrats who can shoot straighter than anybody at Jon Caldara’s “Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms” skeet events, especially after the alcohol starts flowing (duck if you want to live).

Now if somebody would be good enough to make this clear to Bud and Skeeter at the Yuma Tavern once and for all, we’d appreciate it. Seems to be a bit of a lingering misconception–though there is one way to trend differences between liberal and conservative firearms enthusiasts, a poll follows.

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