S1331: Feinstein Leads Senate Coalition to "Regulate" .50 BMG rifles

[yokel]

If in the end the Second Amendment is just an abstract idea or term as far as you are concerned then very well.

BTW, I am a card carrying member of the NRA and send a significant portion of my paycheck every month to NRA-ILA.

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

How's About We Get With The program!

Folks, if I'm not mistaken its not a BAN.

Doesn't matter. It's an infringement. Got that?

Woody

A law that says you cannot fire your gun in the middle of downtown unless in self defense is not unconstitutional. Laws that prohibit brandishing except in self defense or handling your gun in a threatening or unsafe manner would not be unconstitutional. Laws can be written that govern some of the uses of guns. No law can be written that infringes upon buying, keeping, storing, carrying, limiting caliber, limiting capacity, limiting quantity, limiting action, or any other act that would infringe upon the keeping or bearing of arms. That is the truth and simple reality of the limits placed upon government by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. B.E.Wood

 

[LAR-15]

Anybody got the exact text of the bill?

 

[jpk1md]

S 1331 Long-Range Sniper Rifle Safety Act of 2007

Amongst other things the highlighted text is of concern

S 1331 Long-Range Sniper Rifle Safety Act of 2007

110th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 1331

To regulate .50 BMG caliber sniper rifles.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 8, 2007

Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. SCHUMER, and Mr. DODD) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To regulate .50 BMG caliber sniper rifles.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Long-Range Sniper Rifle Safety Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF .50 BMG CALIBER SNIPER RIFLES UNDER THE GUN CONTROL ACT OF 1968.

(a) In General- Section 921(a)(4)(B) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking `any type of weapon' and inserting the following: `any--

`(i) type of weapon'; and

(2) by striking `and' at the end and inserting the following: `or

`(ii) .50 BMG caliber sniper rifle; and'.

(b) Definition of .50 BMG Caliber Sniper Rifle- Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`(36) The term `.50 BMG caliber sniper rifle' means--

`(A) a rifle capable of firing a center-fire cartridge in .50 BMG caliber, including a 12.7 mm equivalent of .50 BMG and any other metric equivalent; or

`(B) a copy or duplicate of any rifle described in subparagraph (A), or any other rifle developed and manufactured after the date of enactment of this paragraph, regardless of caliber, if such rifle is capable of firing a projectile that attains a muzzle energy of 12,000 foot-pounds or greater in any combination of bullet, propellant, case, or primer.'.

SEC. 3. COVERAGE OF .50 BMG CALIBER SNIPER RIFLES UNDER THE NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT.

(a) In General- Section 5845(f) of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(f)) is amended--

(1) by striking `and (3)' and inserting `(3) any .50 BMG caliber sniper rifle (as that term is defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code); and (4)'; and

(2) by striking `(1) and (2)' and inserting `(1), (2), or (3)'.

(b) Modification to Definition of Rifle- Section 5845(c) of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(c)) is amended by inserting `or from a bipod or other support' after `shoulder'.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION.

Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall implement regulations providing for notice and registration of .50 BMG caliber sniper rifles as destructive devices (as those terms are defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by this Act) under this Act and the amendments made by this Act, including the use of a notice and registration process similar to that used when the USAS-12, Striker 12, and Streetsweeper shotguns were reclassified as destructive devices and registered between 1994 and 2001 (ATF Ruling 94-1 (ATF Q.B. 1994-1, 22); ATF Ruling 94-2 (ATF Q.B. 1994-1, 24); and ATF Ruling 2001-1 (66 Fed. Reg. 9748)). The Attorney General shall ensure that under the regulations issued under this section, the time period for the registration of any previously unregistered .50 BMG caliber sniper rifle shall end not later than 7 years after the date of enactment of this Act.