Congress can go to you know where . . .I'm preordering next week!

[Boats]

After a complete analysis of what happened in this Senate this week and last, and watching leftists violate the law in the name of civil rights in many areas of the country, I am going to attempt to tweak the nose of the beast myself.

Here is our favorite excerpt from Title 18 Sec. 922 of the US Code:

(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer of any semiautomatic assault weapon otherwise lawfully possessed under Federal law on the date of the enactment of this subsection.

(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to -

(A) any of the firearms, or replicas or duplicates of the firearms, specified in Appendix A to this section, as such firearms were manufactured on October 1, 1993;

(B) any firearm that -
(i) is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action;
(ii) has been rendered permanently inoperable; or
(iii) is an antique firearm;

(C) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition; or

(D) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than 5 rounds of ammunition in a fixed or detachable magazine. The fact that a firearm is not listed in Appendix A shall not be construed to mean that paragraph (1) applies to such firearm. No firearm exempted by this subsection may be deleted from Appendix A so long as this subsection is in effect.

(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to -

(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the United States or a department or agency of the United States or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement (whether on or off duty);

(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an on-site physical protection system and security organization required by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training or transportation of nuclear materials;

(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault weapon transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or

(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary.

(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the possession or transfer of any large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed on or before the date of the enactment of this subsection.

(3) This subsection shall not apply to -

(A) the manufacture for, transfer to, or possession by the
United States or a department or agency of the United States or a State or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a State, or a transfer to or possession by a law enforcement officer employed by such an entity for purposes of law enforcement (whether on or off duty);

(B) the transfer to a licensee under title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 for purposes of establishing and maintaining an on-site physical protection system and security organization required by Federal law, or possession by an employee or contractor of such licensee on-site for such purposes or off-site for purposes of licensee-authorized training or transportation of
nuclear materials;

(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise prohibited from receiving ammunition, of a large capacity ammunition feeding device transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or

(D) the manufacture, transfer, or possession of any large capacity ammunition feeding device by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Secretary.

(4) If a person charged with violating paragraph (1) asserts that paragraph (1) does not apply to such person because of paragraph (2) or (3), the Government shall have the burden of proof to show that such paragraph (1) applies to such person. The lack of a serial number as described in section 923(i) of this title shall be a presumption that the large capacity ammunition feeding device is not subject to the prohibition of possession in paragraph (1).

By my reading of the law, my dealer can have a quantity of full cap mags or an LEO only rifle which were already created, on order at current LEO only prices as long as delivery (Transfer or Possession) is not taken before the AWB expires.

As they say, that which is not prohibited is allowed. Nothing in my reading indicates that placing an order to be filled in the future is illegal. It is a common thing in the commercial world to buy a commodity at one price today for delivery in the near or distant future.

I am going to go and talk to my dealer about this tomorrow. I am hoping it will be the case that he will be able to find a factory I am interested in buying from or a distributor who will take money now, or in the near future, for the delivery of product in the second week of September.

The method behind this madness is thus: Preorders allow the supply side of an industry to better meet known demand. The practice also allows for the infusion of capital to tool up for increased demand. The buyer avoids the risk of buying on the spot market, the seller has a guaranteed sale. The only fly in the ointment is that the manufacturer basically has to bet, along with the prosepective customer, that the AWB will end as scheduled.

What I do know is that the more inquiries that are made, the more likely a positive result from manufacturers and distributors will be formulated.

 

[Greg L]

The only downside that I can see to this is that if somehow the AWB does slip in under the radar then come Sept you will have a bunch of paid for product that you can't take possesion of.

Otherwise it seems like a great idea to get your foot in on the good side of the supply/demand curve.

Greg

 

[Boats]

An order could be canceled for the penalty of a small restocking fee. However, the AWB is dead. See my other posts for this as I am tired of writing "why."

 

[general]

My problem now is ... I can't decide what I'm going to get....

 

[Silent Bob]

I have noticed that the forum, for the most part, is somewhat optimistic that the AWB will be sunsetting. At the SIGFORUM, moods are much more... pessimistic about the AWB.

I hope this forum's feelings turn out to be correct...

 

[Carlos]

God, I hope so.

 

[Mark Tyson]

My problem now is ... I can't decide what I'm going to get.

These are the kinds of problems we need!