RX-178
Member
I believe that the chance of getting certain firearms categories redefined in our favor is quite possible if we can organize. Congressmen serve the people, and we should tell them how we wished to be served in no uncertain terms.
Instead of sending this piecemeal, we should arrange for some kind of mass sending of mail to congressmen around the country, along with a list of congressmen that we know (through our organization) that this proposition has been sent to.
And I bet most antis don't know enough about this to argue against it. It would simply be altering the existing definitions of certain classes of firearm. It'd be EASY to spin it as being an effort to reduce gun crime (which is even true) by making gun laws easier to understand.
Proposal:
Handgun would be defined as any firearm that lacks a provision to be fired from the shoulder.
Rifle would be defined as any firearm with a rifled bore that is fired from the shoulder.
Shotgun would be defined as any firearm with a smoothbore barrel that is fired from the shoulder.
Assault Weapon (and this is where we nail them) would be defined as any firearm THAT IS CAPABLE OF FULLY AUTOMATIC FIRE, that is fired from the shoulder, and fed by detachable box magazines of 30 rounds or more.
Machinegun would be defined as any firearm that is capable of automatic fire (defined as firing more than one round per pull of the trigger. They can keep that one) and is fed by belts of ammunition ('belt' being defined as any device for feeding ammunition requiring a mechanism in the firearm to pull ammunition to the chamber for firing, or any other terminology to exclude box magazines).
(and so on and so forth, I haven't thought of any specifics on other categories yet)
And INCLUDE in this proposal the instant addition of 'Assault Weapon' (USING THIS DEFINITION) to the categories of the NFA. All of a sudden 'Assault Weapons' are restricted! The anti-gun crowd rejoices without ever knowing that the entire Assault Weapons scare tactic has just been crippled.
Again, I believe the key to this is gathering support from a large number of people across the country BEFORE we send a draft of this to congressmen.
Instead of sending this piecemeal, we should arrange for some kind of mass sending of mail to congressmen around the country, along with a list of congressmen that we know (through our organization) that this proposition has been sent to.
And I bet most antis don't know enough about this to argue against it. It would simply be altering the existing definitions of certain classes of firearm. It'd be EASY to spin it as being an effort to reduce gun crime (which is even true) by making gun laws easier to understand.
Proposal:
Handgun would be defined as any firearm that lacks a provision to be fired from the shoulder.
Rifle would be defined as any firearm with a rifled bore that is fired from the shoulder.
Shotgun would be defined as any firearm with a smoothbore barrel that is fired from the shoulder.
Assault Weapon (and this is where we nail them) would be defined as any firearm THAT IS CAPABLE OF FULLY AUTOMATIC FIRE, that is fired from the shoulder, and fed by detachable box magazines of 30 rounds or more.
Machinegun would be defined as any firearm that is capable of automatic fire (defined as firing more than one round per pull of the trigger. They can keep that one) and is fed by belts of ammunition ('belt' being defined as any device for feeding ammunition requiring a mechanism in the firearm to pull ammunition to the chamber for firing, or any other terminology to exclude box magazines).
(and so on and so forth, I haven't thought of any specifics on other categories yet)
And INCLUDE in this proposal the instant addition of 'Assault Weapon' (USING THIS DEFINITION) to the categories of the NFA. All of a sudden 'Assault Weapons' are restricted! The anti-gun crowd rejoices without ever knowing that the entire Assault Weapons scare tactic has just been crippled.
Again, I believe the key to this is gathering support from a large number of people across the country BEFORE we send a draft of this to congressmen.