SilentStalker
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House plans on voting on magazine ban 9/4/19. Get on it!
https://www.firearmspolicy.org/judiciary_committee_plan_hr_1186
https://www.firearmspolicy.org/judiciary_committee_plan_hr_1186
I agree. This situation might be the wake-up call that gun owners need to quit hiding in the shadows, thinking nothing will affect them, and start making their voices heard. I have been a silent 2A advocate, "I fully support the 2A, in words only" type, for too long. I only started putting (a little) money where my mouth is, about a year ago, and have been writing representatives every time a new issue is presented. Still have a way to go, but I can say that I have at least "woken up."That doesn't mean we shouldn't worry, and don't need to call and write, because we do.
My only issue is, can someone verify this site? I know back during the Obama reign there was some anti stuff set up seemingly as pro gun and some site was collecting info like this from people who were thinking they were sending a pro gun message when the antis took their info and flipped the script. So, they took their info and sent in anti gun sentiments instead.
Eating the elephant one bite at a time directly implies more bites in the future.
A better proposal would mirror the assault weapons ban of 1994, which outlawed the manufacture, sale and possession of these military-style rifles from the date of the bill's enactment
I did it but I absolutely loathe giving anybody my email or street address as I know I will get more spam/junk mail. And, with the likes of Nadler and Swallwell on that committee, - - -.
Interesting article but it has some flaws.
It says:
Not really, AR pattern rifles without some of the doodads were readily available new. Also, the Mini-14s of equal efficacy when push came to shove were available. New mags though were restricted.
It also makes the argument that bans on new manufacturer might slow down mass shooters as it closes the path of easiest acquisition of a such a weapon. The gun world usually says that a dedicated killer will get one anyway or use a substitute method (bomb, truck). That's an empirical question as we don't know if it would slow down some folks. There is a case in NE of Islamic terrorists who turned away from a gun plot as they wanted full auto and thought the NFA rules were too much trouble.
People have pointed out that UBCs (private sale NICS checks) won't affect rampages as some of the shooters have been legit new purchasers. NICS checks on private sales won't stop those who pass the checks. However, tightening up reporting might have stopped some that passed as they should have been reported. Would they have gone on to private sales - we don't know?
Lots of suggestions and we don't have empirical support for a supposed law. Most laws are political statements, anyway.
As far as magazines go, the difference between the 1994-2004 AWB and this current proposed magazine ban is that transfers were allowed under the '94 ban, but would not be allowed under this one. That's clearly a significant difference, but possession of magazines owned on the date of enactment was / would be still legal. Since there's no way to track pre-enactment magazines, they would still change hands informally. Considering the present surfeit of magazines, there is no way to enforce this thing. It's all just for show.Also possession wasn't banned. If you owned it before the ban you were good to go.
As far as magazines go, the difference between the 1994-2004 AWB and this current proposed magazine ban is that transfers were allowed under the '94 ban, but would not be allowed under this one. That's clearly a significant difference, but possession of magazines owned on the date of enactment was / would be still legal. Since there's no way to track pre-enactment magazines, they would still change hands informally. Considering the present surfeit of magazines, there is no way to enforce this thing. It's all just for show.
Since there's no way to track pre-enactment magazines, they would still change hands informally. Considering the present surfeit of magazines, there is no way to enforce this thing.
It's all just for show.