Feinstein's plan bans any gun with a 'grip'?

A key gun law analyst who has published books on the issue of the Second Amendment and its rights and responsibilities for decades says the Feinstein gun ban bill is just exactly that, a gun ban bill.

Not, essentially, a plan to limit certain guns. Not a limit on the size of magazines. Not a plan for restrictions on those with certifiable mental instabilities, a ban on criminals’ access or a plan to encourage gun safety.

Alan Korwin is a nationally recognized expert resource on the issue of gun laws, and runs Bloomfield Press, which is the largest publisher and distributor of gun-law books in the country.

He said if the plan by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is made law, “any semiautomatic firearm with uses a magazine – handgun, rifle or shotgun – equipped with a ‘pistol grip,’ would be banned.”

He explained, “That sounds like a limitation, but it is not. A pistol grip (on page 2) is defined (on page 13) as ‘a grip, a thumb-hole stock, or any other characteristic that can function as a grip.’”

He said, “In other words, the gun list does not matter. It is a smokescreen designed to distract people from the true meaning of the bill. And it has done a magnificent job. It worked! Any semi-automatic firearm that exists, with anything on it you can grip, is banned. (There is a grandfather clause for old stuff.)

“The list is meaningless tripe. It is camouflage for the real purpose of the bill. When the president said he is not going to take away your guns, well, Feinstein’s bill ”

The real threat at this point is at the state level for people like me.

State-level legislation is the front lines of this fight, no question. We are all watching New York and how that goes.

The Federal level is not to be ignored, however, as the gun grabbers will try everything to get weak-kneed Republicans "compromise".
Our stand should be firm: No New Gun Laws!

Senate Bills:
S.22: A bill to establish background check procedures for gun shows. Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.33: A bill to prohibit the transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R., Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.34: A bill to increase public safety by permitting the Attorney General to deny the transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected dangerous terrorists. Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R., Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.35: A bill to require face to face purchases of ammunition, to require licensing of ammunition dealers, and to require reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition. Sponsor: Sen Lautenberg, Frank R., Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.54: A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking. ("trafficking = "private sales") Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J., Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.147: A bill to establish minimum standards for States that allow the carrying of concealed firearms. Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara , Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee
S.150: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne, Referred to the Senate Judiciary committee

And an interesting side note:
H.R. 339: To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.

And one to support! H.R. 410: To provide that any executive action infringing on the Second Amendment has no force or effect, and to prohibit the use of funds for certain purposes.

I thought I’d read that this crap bill didn’t even pass the House and is DOA

None of the bills thus far introduced in either House or Senate have even been reported out of committee, much less have been up for a vote.

They can be stopped in committee, and be stopped in a vote.

My post provides links to the committee members who might be swayed by sufficient numbers of calls and letters saying, "No more gun laws!"... but that is not certain.

My prediction:

Feinswine’s bill will go nowhere. The Stupid Party will celebrate this bill’s demise, while cheering on a bill for 100% registration of all firearms, no Grandfather Clause. It will be hailed as a “grand compromise” in the tradition of the Clay Compromise by the GOPe, the Rats and the Enemedia.

Jeff Flake, the formerly conservative House member, will vote for it as it passes the senate by 94 to 3. Boehner will see it safely through the House.

the effetes seem to be hovering over background checks and life saver capacity magazins (iow limiting chances as saving life)

why is an astronaught who has no real claim to knowledge on this issue other than being married to a LONG TIME anti-second amendment wife who started and anti-second amendment lobbyist group to triangulate the NRA speaking at this?

they only have a few hundred members. vs the nra 4.5 million.

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