VCDL's Van Cleave on 60 Minutes Sunday
Posted: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:57:17
60 Minutes/VCDL segment to air on Sunday @ 7PM
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A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Leslie Stahl with CBS's 60
Minutes for an upcoming show dealing with gun shows, the non-existent
"gun show loophole," and the future of our right to keep and bear arms
with the House, Senate, and Presidency controlled by Democrats.
Part of it was filmed at the C&E gun show at the Showplace in
Richmond, part of it in a quieter environment in a hotel conference
room at the Richmond Marriott, and part of it at Dominion Shooting
Range in Richmond.
I have no idea how it will turnout, of course, but we will all know
this Sunday at 7 PM.
Here is a preview of the show. Note the chilling reminder that
Senator Feinstein is waiting for **the right time** for her next
"assault weapon" ban. Remember it was Feinstein who said, "If I could
have banned them all - Mr. And Mrs. America turn in your guns - I
would have!" on 60 Minutes on February 5, 1995, two years after her
AWB bill passed.
We need to make sure there is NEVER a good time to ban any of our guns
ever again:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/ ... 1769.shtml
Feinstein: Not The Time For Gun Control
60 Minutes: Gun Companies, Dealers Report U.S. Sales Going Through The
Roof Since Election
April 9, 2009
(CBS) The California senator who authored the nation's now-lapsed
1994 ban on assault weapons says she will hold off trying to renew
that ban.
Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) tells 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley
Stahl that the political timing isn't right and she will move to renew
the ban at a future time of her own choosing. Feinstein appears in
Stahl's report on the increase in gun sales taking place in America to
be broadcast this Sunday, April 12, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Asked by Stahl if trying to renew the assault weapons ban would start
a culture war and pose a distraction for an already overburdened Obama
Administration, Feinstein replies, "I agree with you." "So you are
going to hold off?" asks Stahl. "That's correct. I'll pick the time
and the place, no question about it," Feinstein tells Stahl.
But even if she pursued the renewal, the votes may not be there today
in either the Senate or the House. Both Houses of Congress gained pro-
gun Democrats this past election, some of whom won the support of the
National Rifle Association. "I am not going to disagree with that at
all," says Feinstein. "The National Rifle Association essentially has
a stranglehold on the Congress."
Has Congressional leadership or anyone from the Obama administration
influenced her decision to put off the fight for renewal of the
assault weapons ban? "No. Nobody said a word to me," Feinstein tells
Stahl.
Feinstein appears in Stahl's report on the increase of gun sales in
America. Stahl talks to gun enthusiasts who tell her Americans are
buying more guns now, in part, due to fear of impending social unrest
as a result of the financial meltdown.
Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League,
a pro-guns advocacy group, explains: "We're being told all the time
that, ‘The economy could just collapse and we could fall into chaos.’
Well, chaos is a good reason to be able to protect yourself… You could
imagine if we truly had a collapse of the economy and it was hard to
find food, those that did manage to hang onto food-might…find
themselves in a precarious position.'" Van Cleave tells Stahl the
other main reason is fear of potential gun control under new President
Barack Obama.
*************************************************
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Leslie Stahl with CBS's 60
Minutes for an upcoming show dealing with gun shows, the non-existent
"gun show loophole," and the future of our right to keep and bear arms
with the House, Senate, and Presidency controlled by Democrats.
Part of it was filmed at the C&E gun show at the Showplace in
Richmond, part of it in a quieter environment in a hotel conference
room at the Richmond Marriott, and part of it at Dominion Shooting
Range in Richmond.
I have no idea how it will turnout, of course, but we will all know
this Sunday at 7 PM.
Here is a preview of the show. Note the chilling reminder that
Senator Feinstein is waiting for **the right time** for her next
"assault weapon" ban. Remember it was Feinstein who said, "If I could
have banned them all - Mr. And Mrs. America turn in your guns - I
would have!" on 60 Minutes on February 5, 1995, two years after her
AWB bill passed.
We need to make sure there is NEVER a good time to ban any of our guns
ever again:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/ ... 1769.shtml
Feinstein: Not The Time For Gun Control
60 Minutes: Gun Companies, Dealers Report U.S. Sales Going Through The
Roof Since Election
April 9, 2009
(CBS) The California senator who authored the nation's now-lapsed
1994 ban on assault weapons says she will hold off trying to renew
that ban.
Dianne Feinstein (D.-Calif.) tells 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley
Stahl that the political timing isn't right and she will move to renew
the ban at a future time of her own choosing. Feinstein appears in
Stahl's report on the increase in gun sales taking place in America to
be broadcast this Sunday, April 12, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Asked by Stahl if trying to renew the assault weapons ban would start
a culture war and pose a distraction for an already overburdened Obama
Administration, Feinstein replies, "I agree with you." "So you are
going to hold off?" asks Stahl. "That's correct. I'll pick the time
and the place, no question about it," Feinstein tells Stahl.
But even if she pursued the renewal, the votes may not be there today
in either the Senate or the House. Both Houses of Congress gained pro-
gun Democrats this past election, some of whom won the support of the
National Rifle Association. "I am not going to disagree with that at
all," says Feinstein. "The National Rifle Association essentially has
a stranglehold on the Congress."
Has Congressional leadership or anyone from the Obama administration
influenced her decision to put off the fight for renewal of the
assault weapons ban? "No. Nobody said a word to me," Feinstein tells
Stahl.
Feinstein appears in Stahl's report on the increase of gun sales in
America. Stahl talks to gun enthusiasts who tell her Americans are
buying more guns now, in part, due to fear of impending social unrest
as a result of the financial meltdown.
Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League,
a pro-guns advocacy group, explains: "We're being told all the time
that, ‘The economy could just collapse and we could fall into chaos.’
Well, chaos is a good reason to be able to protect yourself… You could
imagine if we truly had a collapse of the economy and it was hard to
find food, those that did manage to hang onto food-might…find
themselves in a precarious position.'" Van Cleave tells Stahl the
other main reason is fear of potential gun control under new President
Barack Obama.
Virginia is definitely right up the on the anti-gun agenda. 