Justin
Moderator Emeritus
This is a fairly concise summation of what the new ban means for rifle owners. Please read over it to familiarize yourself with what is involved, and then please take action. If we work together we can defeat this!
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Rifle Owners and the renewal of the Assault Weapon Ban
HR 2038, the new proposal for renewing and expanding the 1994 ban on so-called assault weapons has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Unfortunately it has a bunch of stuff that can and will make ownership of semi-automatic rifles more difficult. For a copy of this bill, please go to http://thomas.loc.gov and do a search for HR 2038
The AR15, FAL, and AR10 are mentioned by name along with a bunch of Kalashnikov clones, and the features listed all but put the M1 Garand and M1A on the endangered species list. Also, those with fixed-magazine guns are not left untouched. If you have a rifle with a fixed magazine that holds more than 10 rounds you have an assault rifle. So you can no longer skirt the law by attaching those 30-round fixed magazines to an SKS, and might, in fact, be committing a felony if you try to sell that rifle.
In addition to the expanded list, they have also made the definition of what constitutes an “assault†rifle more all-encompassing. An assault rifle is defined (by the law) as:
Note that the weapon only needs to have one of the so-called ‘evil’ features to be defined as an assault weapon, whereas in the current law a rifle can have two.
Here’s the real kicker to the whole thing, though: The sporting purposes clause is nowhere near ironclad. In fact, it reads:
In other words, just because a particular firearm is suited for a particular sport is no guarantee that it is suited for a particular sport, at least as far as can and will be determined by some lackey working in the AG’s office, who undoubtedly has far more insight into the shooting sports than any of us. If a particular sporting weapon is derived from a military design, then it is considered to be suspect.
Of course, the above is only in relation to rifles and whether or not they are particularly suited to a given sport. As far as one’s right to self-defense and the use of a firearm thereof, you’re out of luck as this law makes the assumption that the only valid reason for possessing a firearm is for competition or hunting.
This bill also has a lot more content that would impact rifle owners, including making it illegal to sell a weapon to another individual (even in state) without going through an FFL. It would also make it illegal for anyone to sell a pre-ban magazine without first filing paperwork with the Attorney General’s office, as well as shifting the burden of proof from the government to the individual over whether a particular magazine in your collection is indeed a pre-ban or an illegal post-ban.
For more in-depth information, please go to the following link:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23494
Please feel free to distribute this post to other forums or people who need to know this information. All I ask is that the info not be modified. (Though feedback for subsequent drafts is appreciated.)
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Rifle Owners and the renewal of the Assault Weapon Ban
HR 2038, the new proposal for renewing and expanding the 1994 ban on so-called assault weapons has been introduced in the House of Representatives. Unfortunately it has a bunch of stuff that can and will make ownership of semi-automatic rifles more difficult. For a copy of this bill, please go to http://thomas.loc.gov and do a search for HR 2038
The AR15, FAL, and AR10 are mentioned by name along with a bunch of Kalashnikov clones, and the features listed all but put the M1 Garand and M1A on the endangered species list. Also, those with fixed-magazine guns are not left untouched. If you have a rifle with a fixed magazine that holds more than 10 rounds you have an assault rifle. So you can no longer skirt the law by attaching those 30-round fixed magazines to an SKS, and might, in fact, be committing a felony if you try to sell that rifle.
In addition to the expanded list, they have also made the definition of what constitutes an “assault†rifle more all-encompassing. An assault rifle is defined (by the law) as:
Note that the weapon only needs to have one of the so-called ‘evil’ features to be defined as an assault weapon, whereas in the current law a rifle can have two.
Here’s the real kicker to the whole thing, though: The sporting purposes clause is nowhere near ironclad. In fact, it reads:
In other words, just because a particular firearm is suited for a particular sport is no guarantee that it is suited for a particular sport, at least as far as can and will be determined by some lackey working in the AG’s office, who undoubtedly has far more insight into the shooting sports than any of us. If a particular sporting weapon is derived from a military design, then it is considered to be suspect.
Of course, the above is only in relation to rifles and whether or not they are particularly suited to a given sport. As far as one’s right to self-defense and the use of a firearm thereof, you’re out of luck as this law makes the assumption that the only valid reason for possessing a firearm is for competition or hunting.
This bill also has a lot more content that would impact rifle owners, including making it illegal to sell a weapon to another individual (even in state) without going through an FFL. It would also make it illegal for anyone to sell a pre-ban magazine without first filing paperwork with the Attorney General’s office, as well as shifting the burden of proof from the government to the individual over whether a particular magazine in your collection is indeed a pre-ban or an illegal post-ban.
For more in-depth information, please go to the following link:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23494
Please feel free to distribute this post to other forums or people who need to know this information. All I ask is that the info not be modified. (Though feedback for subsequent drafts is appreciated.)
