[crofrog]

Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal criminal code to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit: (1) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon; (2) the transfer, possession, or importation of a large capacity ammunition feeding device; (3) the transfer of any assault weapon with such a device.

Specifies models and features of banned weapons.

Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including: (1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action that has been rendered permanently inoperable or is an antique firearm; and (3) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a Federal, State, or local government agency or for law enforcement. Prohibits: (1) any person from transferring a semiautomatic assault weapon to which the ban does not apply, except through a licensed dealer or a State or local law enforcement agency; or (2) a licensed manufacturer, importer, or dealer who transfers a device manufactured before enactment of this Act to fail to certify such date of manufacture.

Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after the enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) maintain, submit to Congress, and make publicly available a record of any semiautomatic assault weapon used in relation to a crime; and (2) study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime.

Prohibits the transfer of such a weapon or device to a juvenile.

Rest of it here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.645:

Here we go again! :fire:

Chris

[dasmi]

Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. REED, Mr. AKAKA, Mr. DODD, and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
The usual suspects. These people need to go.

[rick_reno]

This isn't going anywhere. They should print these on toilet paper, at least they'd be useful.

[lucky_fool]

(a) STUDY- The Attorney General shall investigate and study the effect of this Act and the amendments made by this Act, and in particular shall determine their impact, if any, on violent and drug trafficking crime. The study shall be conducted over a period of 18 months, commencing 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

Didn't they do this once already and find that the impact on "violent and drug trafficking crime" was exactly nil?

[benEzra]

This is from back in March. The summary is wrong; it is NOT a reinstatement of the expired ban, but rather is a resurrection of the ultra-zealot uber-ban proposed in 2004 as S.1431 and H.R.2038. As I read it, it bans any detachable-magazine self-loader with so much as a protruding handgrip--no "2 features" list, ONE feature is enough to do you in. And if I give my rifle to my son or daughter someday, I can't give them the magazines.:banghead:

This isn't going anywhere at all. But we need to keep up the pressure on our representatives to make sure it stays that way.

[whm1974]

The usual suspects. These people need to go.

They will never give up. let's vote them out.

-Bill

[Third_Rail]

Notice this..

any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action that has been rendered permanently inoperable or is an antique firearm


That means bolt, pump, etc. are classed in with the semiautos - afterall, it's only those actions that have been rendered permanently inoperable that are exempted. Can you imagine a 7400 from Remington being classed an AW?

[lucky_fool]

That means bolt, pump, etc. are classed in with the semiautos - afterall, it's only those actions that have been rendered permanently inoperable that are exempted. Can you imagine a 7400 from Remington being classed an AW?

That should have read:

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any firearm that--

`(A) is manually operated by bolt, pump, level, or slide action;

`(B) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or

`(C) is an antique firearm.

The original pasting removed a bunch of formatting. They don't need to be bolt, pump, etc and rendered inoperable.

[Beren]

Hmmm. Notice that it only applies to semi-automatic assault weapons. You can still trade your machineguns around. :D