Richard Lugar thinks it would be a fine idea to bring back the Assault Weapons Ban:
He knows that he'll be primaried in 2012, so there are only three possible explanations for this. One: He's already decided to retire and is thus emboldened to push whatever policies he likes. In that case, why not announce it a la Kay Bailey Hutchison? Put your vote up for grabs and extract whatever price you can. Two: He's totally confident that any tea-party challenge is doomed to fail. Er, okay, but Bob Bennett was “totally confident” at one point too. Three: He cares enough about this issue that he's willing to put his career on the line for it.
Dick, Dick, Dick. But an Assault Weapons Ban and a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty require the same kind of thinking, don't they? The good guys give up their arms and trust their fate to the bad guys who are, well, bad guys. One is just a small-scale issue and the other a large-bore one. It makes sense that Lugar favors both kinds of bans.
(If you watch the video, go to the 4:50 mark for the relevant part.)
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Cya Dick.