Turning Gun Owners into Felons (New bill would make it a crime to “transfer” your gun to a spouse)

National Review ^ | 04/05/2013 | Dave Kopel

[Daffynition]

From CCDL:

This is just another inconsistency in Public Act 13-3 (formerly SB1160). A CCDL member sent this to Governor Malloy, who thinks he’ll get a reply?

Governor Malloy,

I have been shooting bullseye competition pistol for almost 15 years in Connecticut. This sport involves shooting paper targets with a .22lr target pistol. For those not familiar with the .22lr cartridge, it is a tiny weak cartridge designed to put small holes in paper and tin cans.

SB1160 clarifies that .22lr rifles would not be classified as assault weapons under the single feature rule (most likely recognizing the intent and extreme limitations of this cartridge), but there was no similar language for .22lr pistols.

With this bill my .22lr target pistol I shot in competitions (see below photo) will be considered an assault weapon simply because the magazine is inserted forward of the grip. All high end .22lr competition target pistols have the magazine located forward of the grip to enhance balance. This bill will effectively destroy competitive bullseye pistol shooting in CT.

My wife is an up and coming competitive target shooter and will now not be allowed to upgrade to this next level of pistol as her skills improve.

Please explain to me how classifying my .22lr target pistol as an “assault weapon” helps protect the people of Connecticut.

Please explain to me why there are provisions for .22lr rifles to not fall under the single feature rule yet no provisions to prevent .22lr target pistols from falling under the same rule.

If this makes no sense to you as well, what can be done to revise SB1160 to keep these pistols designed and used only for target shooting from being incorrectly classified as “assault weapons”?

I eagerly await your reply.

[longtermmemmory]

universal background checks CODE registration

(for those in rio linda, confiscation.)

[longtermmemmory]

“civil union partners”?!!!!

the state is already determinine what is or is not “a family unit”!

[ridesthemiles]

NOT INCLUDING aunts, uncles, neices, nephews......

Just how CLOSE is defined as being “CLISE”???

For those of us who are unmarried or who had no children, we are discriminated against giving anything to a niece or nephew.

Chuck You Schumer is so out of control.

Someone needs to stop him....now.

[ought-six]

Progressives or liberals are just socialists. They always come up with different labels for themselves when the current one gets stale or becomes the object of derision. But, no matter what label they brand themselves they are first and foremost socialists.

[ridesthemiles]

“CLISE”???”””

CLOSE-—sorry

[stevie_d_64]

Kinda throws the whole idea of “community property” presidence out the window...

I guess they didn’t think about that aspect of the situation...

[epow]

How would the gov. know you transfered a gun to someone unless they knew you had it in the first place? AKA registration. !!!!

That's what this bill is all about, defacto gun registration by expanding the scope of the currently required background checks to include checks on all gun transfers by and to all individuals no matter how temporary or nominal the transfer may be. The current background check law doesn't require the gun's serial number or description but as I understand it the proposed new law does. Once Big Bro knows the gun's serial number and who received it, it will be defacto registered to that person along with his/her address so that Big Bro's goons will know where to come for it when the order is given that Senator Feinstein says she wants to hear. Of course that order she wants to hear is "Ok Mr. & Mrs. America, turn 'em all in".