I warned all you Libertarians, Paulnuts and Alex Jones groupies that you should hold your noses and vote Republican in this election, but you said “No way man, besides if Obama wins the Democrats will move to the center to keep power!” which you knew in your hearts was bull. Now they’ve announced their desire to make “some changes” to gun laws, including a ban on the sale of assault weapons no doubt in preparation for rounding up non-Obamunists when the so-called stimulus bill collapses the economy.

From Obama propagandist Jason Ryan of ABC, who tries to sugar coat the latest gun grab:

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,” Holder told reporters.

Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.

“I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum.” Holder said at a news conference on the arrest of more than 700 people in a drug enforcement crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.

Mexican government officials have complained that the availability of sophisticated guns from the United States have emboldened drug traffickers to fight over access routes into the U.S.

A State Department travel warning issued Feb. 20, 2009, reflected government concerns about the violence.

“Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades,” the warning said. “Large firefights have taken place in many towns and cities across Mexico, but most recently in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City and Ciudad Juarez.”

So our Second Amendment Rights come second to Mexican security. I’m more sympathetic to Mexico than most people on the right and I say no way. Notice also that civilian semi-automatic assault rifles are not the problem in Mexico, as civilian owned “assault rifles” are already modified to keep them from automatic fire. This is the same lie the Democrats used in the 1990s and the media is promoting it again. The sales of automatic weapons are already prohibited – you need a special license from the ATF and only police and bonded security contractors can own grenades – and as far as I know they don’t own frags. The Cartels are not getting their military weapons from American gun shops.

Another lie is that the first AWB made it illegal to sell Assault rifles. It only made it illegal to import or produce more for sale and existing rifles were still legal. Holder’s phrasing should trouble us all, as it sounds like he’s getting ready to confiscate rifles that are on the market.

Why does Holder need to lie?

Ryan goes on:

During his confirmation hearing, Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee about other gun control measures the Obama administration may consider.

“I think closing the gun show loophole, the banning of cop-killer bullets and I also think that making the assault weapons ban permanent, would be something that would be permitted under Heller,” Holder said, referring to the Supreme Court ruling in Washington, D.C. v. Heller, which asserted the Second Amendment as an individual’s right to own a weapon.

The Assault Weapons Ban signed into law by President Clinton in 1994 banned 19 types of semi-automatic military-style guns and ammunition clips with more than 10 rounds.

“A semi-automatic is a quintessential self-defense firearm owned by American citizens in this country,” LaPierre said. “I think it is clearly covered under Heller and it’s clearly, I think, protected by the Constitution.”

I like how he minimized the ban by including the number 19 so that AWB opponents look petty. But 19 types of weapons will in reality cover dozens of makes and models including specialty hunting rifles, aftermarket modifications on popular hunting and trapping models and will flat out eliminate the collecting of historical significant militaria. The AWB was used to strip WW II vets of their M1 Garands in New York City and will strip you of your semi-automatic hunting rifle now.

I’m not giving up my guns, what about you?