dustind
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Their was a lot of confussion over what day the ban ends. www.awbansunset.com got to the bottom of it and found out that it dies midnight sept 12th. Two days, 22 hours from now.
edit: here is a post by the owner of AWBsunset.com
http://www.mikecaswell.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=3212
edit: here is a post by the owner of AWBsunset.com
and this postActually, it would be the 12th and 13th. Again, I think the wording of the law is very clear. The fact that the restrictions of the ban did not take effect until the 14th is irrelevant... the ban specifically states that the it is repealed effective the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment.
So, once again...
Date of enactment = 9/13/94
Ban repealed effective on date 10 years after date of enactment = 9/13/04
9/12/04 will be the last day the ban is in effect
Sorry to keep repeating this... but it seems like everyone is saying the 14th without reading the provision carefully. It clearly indicates the 13th. Of course, I wouldn't be totally surprised if the ATF "interprets" it to be the 14th, but if they do, they'll be wrong.
--Mike
Both where found in this thread.I was considering the ban as expiring on the 13th, and if that was true, it would be like my car tags expiring on the last day of the month. Even though that was the date of their expiration, they would be valid all day long.
After rereading the text of the law, however, it clearly says repealed, not expired. It's a subtle difference that some people may not yet be grasping. If the ban was set to expire on the 13th, it would be in effect all day long, but it's not. It's set to be repealed effective on the 13th, which means that once the clock strikes 00:00:00 on the 13th, the ban is kaput.
So I agree with you and the others - the last day that the ban is in effect is the 12th.
http://www.mikecaswell.com/forums/viewthread.php?tid=3212