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A periodic update from the Fifty Caliber Institute on the defense of your RIGHT
to own the rifle caliber of YOUR choice....
As we alerted you to near the end of last year and again early this year, the
first bills have been submitted in legislatures banning the .50 BMG caliber
rifle in three states, one in the US Congress, and others in other states due up
any time.
In Connecticut, SB #714 is due for a hearing before the joint Public Safety
committee on this coming Tuesday, February 15. Details in the bill are sketchy,
merely banning rifles in that caliber. If you have a means of attending the
hearing, you should do so. In addition, they are accepting written testimony.
Details on all this are available at their website:
http://www.cga.ct.gov/ps/
In Washington state, SB 5593 banning the .50 caliber is even more odorous than
California's recently enacted ban. The Washington state bill calls for home
inspections, regulates storage in your home, initiates a ban IMMEDIATELY upon
the bills being signed into law, etc. This one is particularly infringing on
your rights as a US citizen. The Senate Judiciary website is here:
http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/JUD/default.htm
In Maryland, on February 10, HB-948 was introduced that will ban the Barrett “
Light 50 Semi Auto†(apparently referring to the M82, but “copy-cat†firearms (
whatever they decide to define that as) are also covered. Contact info for your
legislators is here:
http://www.mlis.state.md.us/
In New York state, also on Feburary 10 (see a pattern developing here ?),
Assembly Bill # 4471 will require that state’s residents to turn them in (for an
unspecified amount of money). You can consult with your legislators via their
website:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/
And, as happens every session of Congress in recent memory, the same old, tired
legislation to ban the .50 caliber nationwide was reintroduced. It is unchanged
from the previous editions. While the Washington state ban lists the caliber
being banned by cartridge dimensions (like California), the federal proposal
bans .50 calibers of ALL types including (presumably) some historical, buffalo
gun calibers dating back to just after the Civil War. During the latest VPC
manipulated dog and pony show, one Congressman (from a well-known elitist
Eastern family) called those opposing this legislation to be insane. (
Apparently America has been unknowingly suffering from â€the Great Buffalo Gun
Threat†for over a 100 years.)
With all the legislative action spooling up, the Fifty Caliber Institue will be
very busy this legislative year. We're going to need YOUR support every step of
the way.
1. If you're from one of the affected states, contact your elected
representatives and tell them enough is enough.
2. Consider providing the Institue with some financial support so we can keep
up the fight on your behalf. In the process, you might even win the FCI's "
California Endangered Species Special Edition" EDM Arms Windrunner rifle in the
new, California-compliant, .510 DTC Caliber. (In California, the condor isn't
the only endangered species. So are firearms owners.) Regardless of which
state the threat appears in, the Fifty Caliber Institute will be there working
to turn paranoia in rationality. But such work comes at a huge monetary cost.
Your financial help, now, will be appreciated.
http://www.fiftycal.org/windrunner.htm
P.S. With a new year and new threats to your Bill of Rights, the Fifty Caliber
Institute will be revamping and streamlining our website. Look for these
changes soon at:
www.fiftycal.org
to own the rifle caliber of YOUR choice....
As we alerted you to near the end of last year and again early this year, the
first bills have been submitted in legislatures banning the .50 BMG caliber
rifle in three states, one in the US Congress, and others in other states due up
any time.
In Connecticut, SB #714 is due for a hearing before the joint Public Safety
committee on this coming Tuesday, February 15. Details in the bill are sketchy,
merely banning rifles in that caliber. If you have a means of attending the
hearing, you should do so. In addition, they are accepting written testimony.
Details on all this are available at their website:
http://www.cga.ct.gov/ps/
In Washington state, SB 5593 banning the .50 caliber is even more odorous than
California's recently enacted ban. The Washington state bill calls for home
inspections, regulates storage in your home, initiates a ban IMMEDIATELY upon
the bills being signed into law, etc. This one is particularly infringing on
your rights as a US citizen. The Senate Judiciary website is here:
http://www1.leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/JUD/default.htm
In Maryland, on February 10, HB-948 was introduced that will ban the Barrett “
Light 50 Semi Auto†(apparently referring to the M82, but “copy-cat†firearms (
whatever they decide to define that as) are also covered. Contact info for your
legislators is here:
http://www.mlis.state.md.us/
In New York state, also on Feburary 10 (see a pattern developing here ?),
Assembly Bill # 4471 will require that state’s residents to turn them in (for an
unspecified amount of money). You can consult with your legislators via their
website:
http://assembly.state.ny.us/
And, as happens every session of Congress in recent memory, the same old, tired
legislation to ban the .50 caliber nationwide was reintroduced. It is unchanged
from the previous editions. While the Washington state ban lists the caliber
being banned by cartridge dimensions (like California), the federal proposal
bans .50 calibers of ALL types including (presumably) some historical, buffalo
gun calibers dating back to just after the Civil War. During the latest VPC
manipulated dog and pony show, one Congressman (from a well-known elitist
Eastern family) called those opposing this legislation to be insane. (
Apparently America has been unknowingly suffering from â€the Great Buffalo Gun
Threat†for over a 100 years.)
With all the legislative action spooling up, the Fifty Caliber Institue will be
very busy this legislative year. We're going to need YOUR support every step of
the way.
1. If you're from one of the affected states, contact your elected
representatives and tell them enough is enough.
2. Consider providing the Institue with some financial support so we can keep
up the fight on your behalf. In the process, you might even win the FCI's "
California Endangered Species Special Edition" EDM Arms Windrunner rifle in the
new, California-compliant, .510 DTC Caliber. (In California, the condor isn't
the only endangered species. So are firearms owners.) Regardless of which
state the threat appears in, the Fifty Caliber Institute will be there working
to turn paranoia in rationality. But such work comes at a huge monetary cost.
Your financial help, now, will be appreciated.
http://www.fiftycal.org/windrunner.htm
P.S. With a new year and new threats to your Bill of Rights, the Fifty Caliber
Institute will be revamping and streamlining our website. Look for these
changes soon at:
www.fiftycal.org
