The Most Sweeping Gun Ban Ever Introduced In Congress; McCarthy Bill Bans Millions More Guns Than The Clinton Gun Ban Saturday, February 24, 2007 On Feb. 14, 2007, Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, “to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes.”
McCarthy’s verbiage warrants explanation. Presumably, what she means by “assault weapons ban” is the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. Congress allowed the ban to expire in 2004 for multiple reasons, including the fact that federal, state and local law enforcement agency studies showed that guns affected by the ban had been used in only a small percentage of crime, before and after the ban was imposed.
With the nation’s murder rate 43% lower than in 1991, and the re-legalized guns still used in only a small percentage of crime, reauthorizing the Clinton Gun Ban would be objectionable enough. But McCarthy’s “other purposes” would make matters even worse. H.R. 1022 would ban every gun banned by the Clinton ban, plus millions more guns, including:
• Every gun made to comply with the Clinton ban. (The Clinton ban dictated the kinds of grips, stocks and attachments new guns could have. Manufacturers modified new guns to the Clinton requirements. H.R. 1022 would ban the modified guns too.)
• Guns exempted by the Clinton ban. (Ruger Mini-14s and -30s and Ranch Rifles; .30 cal. carbines; and fixed-magazine, semi-automatic, center-fire rifles that hold more than 10 rounds.)
• All semi-automatic shotguns. (E.g., Remington, Winchester, Beretta and Benelli, used for hunting, sport shooting, and self-defense. H.R. 1022 would ban them because they have “any characteristic that can function as a grip,” and would also ban their main component, called the “receiver.”)
• All detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles-including, for example, the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22 .22 rimfire-because they have “any characteristic that can function as a grip.”
• Target shooting rifles. (E.g., the three centerfire rifles most popular for marksmanship competitions: the Colt AR-15, the Springfield M1A and the M1 “Garand.”)
• Any semi-automatic shotgun or rifle an Attorney General one day claims isn’t “sporting,” even though the constitutions of the U.S. and 44 states, and the laws of all 50 states, recognize the right to use guns for defense.
• 65 named guns (the Clinton law banned 19 by name); semi-auto fixed-magazine pistols of over 10 rounds capacity; and frames, receivers and parts used to repair or refurbish guns.
H.R. 1022 would also ban the importation of magazines exempted by the Clinton ban, ban the sale of a legally-owned “assault weapon” with a magazine of over 10 rounds capacity, and begin backdoor registration of guns, by requiring private sales of banned guns, frames, receivers and parts to be conducted through licensed dealers. Finally, whereas the Clinton Gun Ban was imposed for a 10-year trial period, H.R. 1022 would be a permanent ban. Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to oppose H.R. 1022! You can call your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121.
:!!!1: the many faces i feel !! What a bout the gun shops gun companys the people who feed there familys with jobs gun related > last i checked this was america>
it may well not pass till '09, thats no reason to be complacent until then.
I agree.Thats the problem.We wait for it to happen and it is much harder to repeal a law ihan stop it before it is a law.I also think Bush would sign it now.He said he would have once. samuel.
No no no no, I'm not saying don't worry about it until it passes. I'm just saying that at the moment I don't think it WILL pass until after the next presidential election.
As I've said before, your congressmen and women pay MUCH more attention to snail mail than they do to email. Email campaigns are so easy to organize that they get literally thousands of emails on every subject you can imagine.
Take the time to put it on paper, stick it in an envelope, lick a stamp and drop it in a mailbox. One letter in the mail will get more attention than firing off a hundred emails.
omg this is utter !!!!!!!!. I own a fricken garand and they are tellin me under this thing that a rifle that WE produced and that brougth home millions of our fighting men and women is going to be banned permanently. heheh yeah this is goin to go over well.
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It is sad but Troy is right up there about the snail mail. I'm against NAIS and here in OK we have a bill to help reject the idea that is not being heard. Sent an e-mail and got an auto response but a recent snail mail letter got a phone call from the office of Speaker Cargill.
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That my friend i have allready done . and i urge and beg everyone here to post this on all the boards and call write email your rep !!!
Now I remember why I never voted for 'em!
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the many faces i feel !! What a bout the gun shops gun companys the people who feed there familys with jobs gun related > last i checked this was america>
