alan
Member
It had been my understanding that S.1774 and or S.1835, legislation that would extend, for 10 years, the 1988 ban on the sale, possession or manufacture, in the U.S. of UNDECTABLE FIREARMS had been passed. Of course, there are no such firearms, but that is another matter, one that would not stand in the way of our exhaulted law makers.
In any case, yesterday, I got from the offices of my U.S. Senators information to the effect that 1774 and 1835 had not been passed, that they were still in The Judiciary Committee. The House, via an example of legislative legerdemain by James Sensenbrenner, had passed a version of this legislation, but the Senate hadn't.
The point of the foregoing is the following. It is not to late for the "elected things" in The Senate to feel the weight of the roughly 80,000,000 law abiding gun owners objecting to the legislative stupidity above described.
Consider the following if you will, re the above mentioned. If the anti gunners and their allies can push through a law banning guns that don't exist, just think what they might do respecting guns that do? One assumes that most viewers, readers and or the acquaintances thereof are familiar with the following admonition, Speak now or forever hold your piece. Well just think of the following in addition.
If our side let's the opposition pull off a stunt like this, banning things that do not exist, consider how much of a "leg up" we will have handed the antis. It might well be one that our side will never recover from. Think about the ultimate costs of doing nothing.
According to the following from the N.Y. Times, it appears that the "correction" I got from my Senators offices was incorrect, to use polite terminology.
NYTimes.com > National
Ban on Plastic Guns Extended 10 Years
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 9, 2003
Filed at 9:53 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush quietly signed legislation Tuesday that would extend for 10 years a ban on plastic guns that can be slipped past airport metal detectors or through X-ray machines.
The legislation bans the manufacture, sale or possession of such firearms, but exempts military and intelligence agencies. It renews a ban that was last reauthorized in 1998 and expires this month.
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It was passed as officials worry that terrorists would get their hands on weapons undetectable by metal detectors at airports and other security checkpoints.
In any case, yesterday, I got from the offices of my U.S. Senators information to the effect that 1774 and 1835 had not been passed, that they were still in The Judiciary Committee. The House, via an example of legislative legerdemain by James Sensenbrenner, had passed a version of this legislation, but the Senate hadn't.
The point of the foregoing is the following. It is not to late for the "elected things" in The Senate to feel the weight of the roughly 80,000,000 law abiding gun owners objecting to the legislative stupidity above described.
Consider the following if you will, re the above mentioned. If the anti gunners and their allies can push through a law banning guns that don't exist, just think what they might do respecting guns that do? One assumes that most viewers, readers and or the acquaintances thereof are familiar with the following admonition, Speak now or forever hold your piece. Well just think of the following in addition.
If our side let's the opposition pull off a stunt like this, banning things that do not exist, consider how much of a "leg up" we will have handed the antis. It might well be one that our side will never recover from. Think about the ultimate costs of doing nothing.
According to the following from the N.Y. Times, it appears that the "correction" I got from my Senators offices was incorrect, to use polite terminology.
NYTimes.com > National
Ban on Plastic Guns Extended 10 Years
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 9, 2003
Filed at 9:53 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush quietly signed legislation Tuesday that would extend for 10 years a ban on plastic guns that can be slipped past airport metal detectors or through X-ray machines.
The legislation bans the manufacture, sale or possession of such firearms, but exempts military and intelligence agencies. It renews a ban that was last reauthorized in 1998 and expires this month.
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It was passed as officials worry that terrorists would get their hands on weapons undetectable by metal detectors at airports and other security checkpoints.