[Arcli9ht]

A buddy of mine in law school pointed this out. I did a search and it didn't seem to come up with anything on this forum.

Don't know the status of this bill, but reading the text turns my stomach. It's calling for a kali-style feature ban and a registration scheme, I guess like CT's.

All I know is that it turned my stomach and I started looking at places to live in PA again.

Summary (http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11865)

Bill Text (http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11865&sh=t)

/A very depressed Arcli9ht

[K-Romulus]

22. "ASSAULT WEAPON" MEANS ANY:

B) SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL, OR ANY SEMI-AUTOMATIC, CENTERFIRE RIFLE
13 WITH A FIXED MAGAZINE, THAT HAS THE CAPACITY TO ACCEPT MORE THAN TEN
14 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION

This part is really bugging the crud out of me, because I'll know we'll probably see it again this next spring in Annapolis . . . :uhoh:

but it gets better:

7) THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIX, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ADDITION OF INFORMATION IDENTIFYING ASSAULT WEAPONS LAWFULLY POSSESSED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIX TO THE DATABANK ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION.

SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL, AT A MINIMUM, SPECIFY PROCEDURES BY WHICH THE OWNER OF AN ASSAULT WEAPON LAWFULLY POSSESSED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIX IS TO DELIVER AN ASSAULT WEAPON AND VERIFICATION OF A BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED BY 18 USC S 922 TO THE REGIONAL PROGRAM FOR TESTING AND PROMPT RETURN.

UPON RECEIPT OF THE SEALED CONTAINER AND INSPECTION OF A CERTIFICATE PROVING THAT A BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED AND THE OWNER IS NOT PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM, THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL CAUSE TO BE ENTERED IN THE AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC DATABANK PERTINENT DATA, INCLUDING BALLISTIC INFORMATION RELEVANT TO IDENTIFICATION OF THE SHELL CASING AND TO THE ASSAULT WEAPON FROM WHICH IT WAS DISCHARGED, AND THE DATE AND PLACE OF THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONDUCTED SUCH BACKGROUND CHECK.

[Standing Wolf]

THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE SHALL NO LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIX, PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS...

Yeah, but we're not a police state.

[ctdonath]

Thanks for the heads-up.

How vile.

2nd Amendment violation is obvious.

4th Amendment violation: compulsary search of likely "assault weapons" (new and more complex definition) - you send yours in, they inspect it, and if approved returned. Clever attempt at an end-run: they won't search door-to-door, you just send yours in for inspection.

5th Amendment violation: compulsary search of likely "assault weapons" amounts to "fishing expitition" - anything deemed "illegal" under the inscrutably complex law will lead to charges. Citizen is compelled to testify against himself ("this is what I own - is it legal? or do I go to jail?").