Straight answer for my AR ban question.

[CoalCrackerAl]

As i understand. We can keep what we already own. During the last ban. Was parts availble. And will they be available this time around? If this nonsence passes. I asked before under the thread on the ban here and elsewhere. No responce unless i missed them. Thanks Al.

 

[gunmechanic]

I do not think it will pass the senate.Start calling,writing and e/mailing your/our reps now ,and tell a friend or family member to do the same!

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Yes i been on it hot.

 

[jrmiddleton425]

You asked for a straight answer. Fact is, no one knows what they're going to pass, until they pass it.

Hopefully it dies in the Senate.

 

[Master Blaster]

More likely a ban will pass in your state than the feds will pass one.

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

OK what about parts? If it does pass? I googled if they were available during the last ban. But no luck.

 

[jrmiddleton425]

OK what about parts? If it does pass? I googled if they were available during the last ban. But no luck.

There was a FLOOD of guns, parts, mags, etc. Colt and Armalite were the two major manufacturers of AR-platform rifles back then. Their sales people said they sold more rifles in the eight months before the ban took effect, than they would have 1994-2004 if there had been no ban.

 

[Hikingman]

As we were taught in school, we should be very skeptical when any legislation goes before the U.S House of Representatives. Most bills die in committee before ever making it to a vote. If it somehow manages to come up for vote in the U.S. House and pass, it is not at all likely to make it through the U.S. Senate. Keyword: IF.

If it makes it through the Senate, it will not look the same, and at the very least it will have to be voted for approval in the U.S. House again, since it has been changed.

Regarding the sitting President's political capital, study it. If you think Presidents Obama, Trump and Biden had or have unlimited political capital with Congress, that's not true at all. Look at each POTUS as having limited polical capital in Congress. When they swing hard for one bill, they have used up a little or a lot of their capital for their 4 year term.

The proposed ban mentioned by the OP has too tall of a mountain to climb. Not big, that mountain is enormous.

 

[sisyphus]

at the very least the roadmap is out in the open

a grandfathered ban

leads to registration

leads to confiscation

Just ask the Canadians.

 

[Frank Ettin]

The bill is still in process and subject to change.