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Posted on 05/07/2013 1:03:55 PM PDT by Mama25
We’ve reported on Frank Lautenberg’s knee-jerk Explosive Materials Background Check Act before, but now that the full text has been released people have begun to parse out exactly how bad this thing is. Unfortunately, since it simply re-writes existing law instead of creating new law, it’s fairly hard to understand all the moving parts. Jesse over at Predator Intelligence has a document he put together that shows how the EMBCA amends Federal law to screw over gun owners. Here’s what I take away from this . . .
■Requires those who want to use black or smokeless powder to obtain a “limited” explosives license. ANY AMOUNT OF LOOSE BLACK OR SMOKELESS POWDER WOULD REQUIRE SUCH A PERMIT. Commercial small arms ammunition (finished cartridges) is exempt. For now. ■The bill redefines “manufacturer” in terms of explosives to mean anyone who makes something that goes boom, even if it isn’t for sale or profit. Previously, you needed to be “in the business” of manufacturing to qualify as a manufacturer, which means making a profit from your endeavors. As the current law makes the manufacture of an explosive without a license illegal, this is pretty clearly a stab at making tannerite and other binary explosives that people assemble themselves illegal. ■It expands the factors that would exclude someone from purchasing “explosive materials” to include those who have a restraining order against them. ■Restricts those who are suspected of being terrorists or on one of the many secret terrorist watch lists from obtaining a license for explosive materials, turning the “shall issue” explosives permit process into a “may issue” permit at the Attorney General’s discretion. And they don’t have to tell you why you were denied, or provide a means of redress.
In short, it looks like this bill is specifically designed to restrict the ability of those who load their own ammunition or use black powder firearms from buying the components that fuel their activities. Keep in mind that right now, gun stores don’t need an additional license to sell black powder or smokeless powder. You can even buy it online and have it shipped to your door for a modest fee.
Should this bill pass, gun owners would need to pay $50 every three years to buy and store gunpowder. And gun stores would need a whole new set of licenses to sell the stuff. This is an immense financial burden to law abiding Americans involved with firearms, and doesn’t do a damned thing about fireworks. Or pressure cookers.
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Guess I better start stocking up, in case this one makes it through. These gun grabbers are starting to bankrupt me...
Bonk
This isn’t a knee jerk reaction. It is a calculated attack on reloaders.
BATFE already has a strict licensing program for explosives. This is just harassment.
list! 
Would Mentos and Diet Pepsi be on the list?
Printable guns? OK first they control the ammo supply via lezbo, THEN they go after reloaders —what this is.
Lord, forgive me for the dance of joy I will do when this POS assumes his well deserved residence in Hell.
Not surprised....
“WARNING: Laws being written to screw you.”
“I work on a security commission and I’ve just received word to start campaigning on a campaign we’ve been working on for the last two months and now it all makes sense.”
“They’re going to pin this event on a male late teens to early 20’s and say he did it because he’s unstable. They are going to find firearms and a NRA book in his home. They are going to say he used reloading powder for the explosion and that reloading powder shouldn’t be for sale to the public. They are then going to say that because the powder in ammunition can be used for explosions that the number of rounds you can buy should be limited and taxed to help pay for these events.”
“I can’t do anything or I’ll lose my job and possibly face criminal charges. Please don’t let them get away with it. They won’t find the suspect till later this week and the raid is issued to occur on Friday. This was a staged event. The people hurt are real but the event was planned. Don’t let them hurt our rights.” ~ 4/15/13 ‘Anonymous’
MRE heaters will be next...
IEDs are being built with “Match Heads”....
For crying out loud are we gonna ban matches...
Every Boy Scout will now be classified as a terrorist...
Should this bill pass, gun owners would need to pay $50 every three years to buy and store gunpowder. And gun stores would need a whole new set of licenses to sell the stuff. This is an immense financial burden to law abiding Americans involved with firearms, and doesn’t do a damned thing about fireworks. Or pressure cookers.
The Bill needs to re-named: “The Extra Bloated not-needed Beer-o-crap employment act”
It is a “JOBS” bill, right Biden...
Also I think this would finally kill model rocketry completely.
I GUESS THAT DIESEL AND FERTILIZER ARE GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN.
We'll need a license for food?.......
Lautenberg the idiot fossil just needs to retire. The bobsy twins up in Mass. used FIREWORKS. Already illegal by statute.
it just gets worse and worse
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