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Common Hunting Rifles to be Banned by New Jersey Law
Gun Watch ^ | 23 May, 2014 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 05/23/2014 10:13:06 AM PDT by marktwain



The gun ban that has gone to Governor Christie for signature has been described as a "gun magazine restriction",  but it bans numerous common sport and hunting rifles.   The ban has no exemption for rifles with fixed magazines, including most common .22 rimfire rifles that are used for sport and small game hunting, and almost never used in crime.

 Assembly Bill 2006 bans rifles that meet this definition:

(4)   A semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding [15] 10 rounds.
The bracket and underline show the existing and proposed law.  There are no exemptions for grandfathering.   Anyone who possesses such rifles after the ban is put into effect will be immediately guilty of a felony.  This has already happened at least once, when an owner of a .22 Marlin that he won at a police raffle was convicted for owning the firearm.

The model owned was either the one pictured below a very similar Marlin.  It is an "Assault Weapon" under current New Jersey law, as it has a magazine capacity of 17:

Marlin Model 60 with 17 shot magazine:


After the ban, Marlin modified the design to reduce the Magazine capacity to 15, so that the rifles could be sold throughout the nation, without having to cater to specific state laws.    Now New Jersey is pushing to tighten the restrictions even further, outlawing  the current Marlin model 60, which has a 15 round capacity and is arguably the most popular .22 rifle in the world.

Marlin Model 60 with 15 shot magazine:

Nearly all .22 rifles that have fixed tubular magazines have a capacity of more than 10 rounds.   The Remington 552 has a capacity of 15-22 rounds.

Remington  552, 15-22 shot magazine:

Currently produced Browning Semi-Auto .22 rifles may slip under the ban that  is on Governor Christie's desk.  Browning says that the magazine capacity is exactly 10.   Because of the variation of .22 ammunition, it is likely that the rile would hold 11 rounds of some .22 ammunition.  Older versions of the rifle advertised a magazine capacity of 11 in .22 Long Rifle, and 16 in .22 Short.



Browning Semi-Auto .22 rifle:

.22 rimfire semi-auto rifles with tubular magazines are some of the most popular sporting firearms of all time.   Changing magazine capacity of one of these rifles is not simple, because the magazine is fixed, not easily removable.  The New Jersey ban would make all of them in the state instant contraband.  Here is a list of common sporting rifles banned by the law:


Browning  Semi-Auto .22
Colt Colteer and variants
Franchi Centennial .22
Marlin model 60 and variants
Norinco ATD .22 (Browning Clone)
Remington 6A and variants
Remington Nylon 66, clones, and variants
Remington 552
Remington 550
Remington 241
Savage model 87A and variants
Winchester model 74
Winchester 190, 290 and variants

This is not an  exhaustive list.  .22 semi-auto rifles with tubular magazines are one of the most common configurations of sporting rifles ever made.  Tens of millions of them have been made, most specifically for hunting, pest control, target shooting and practice.  Over 11 million have been manufactured of the Marlin Model 60 and variants alone.  It is hard to think of a rifle that is more completely designed for "sporting purposes".  To my knowledge, they are one of the few firearms designs that was not intended as a potential military design.  

It seems that New Jersey legislators have not heard that "No one wants to ban your hunting rifle."


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Show this to people who say: "No one wants to ban your hunting guns!"
1 posted on 05/23/2014 10:13:06 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

If I lived there, they could go eff themselves. In fact they still can.


2 posted on 05/23/2014 10:19:34 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: marktwain

HA! My Marlin 60 is an assault rifle?! Here I was just using it to plink away at targets, but I now I guess I’m ready to invade Oklahoma with it. Seriously, y’all up there, Capt. Rimfire is getting on I-35 right now! Oh...wait.. to actually find some .22 somewhere to load the tube with...


3 posted on 05/23/2014 10:23:37 AM PDT by Made In The USA (I'm not yelling, just... just talking enthusiastically..)
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To: marktwain

Here’s hoping someone challenges this on Fifth Amendment grounds.


4 posted on 05/23/2014 10:27:44 AM PDT by RWB Patriot ("My ability is a value that must be earned and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
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To: marktwain

I really have to wonder whether Christie is still under the increasingly epic delusion that he he has a shot at the GOP nomination.


5 posted on 05/23/2014 10:27:45 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: marktwain
Gun-grabbers won't stop there. This will eventually make it on their list.
6 posted on 05/23/2014 10:27:55 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: Made In The USA

My Remington Nylon 66? I’m a dangerous dude.

More fascist crap. They..will..never..be..satisfied.


7 posted on 05/23/2014 10:32:28 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: Jagdgewehr

I hope that’s a smooth-bore musket. If the barrel is rifled it is obviously a sniper’s weapon. Only fedgov officials may use weapons with rifled barrels...

This was actually british law prior to the first American Revolution. Here they come again.


8 posted on 05/23/2014 10:35:56 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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To: tanknetter

There’s a turd that can’t be polished.

GOP wanna be contender hugs Obama, bans 22 plinkers.

That’ll get the base fired up all right. With pitchforks, tar and feathers.


9 posted on 05/23/2014 10:36:06 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: tanknetter

The Buffet Slaying Governor doesn’t have a shot in hell at the nomination. He’s a pathetic embarrassment to conservatives everywhere.


10 posted on 05/23/2014 10:36:30 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: marktwain

If Christie is the ‘Pubbie candidate, I’m voting something else.


11 posted on 05/23/2014 10:47:40 AM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: marktwain

Police and homeland security now have tanks and heavy weapons necessary to disarm Americans
No accident
Not fighting terrorist or gangs. Disarming America


12 posted on 05/23/2014 10:47:50 AM PDT by reefdiver (Be the Best you can be Whatever you Dream to be)
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To: marktwain

Has cuddles signed the law? If he does/did, he can forget calling himself anything other than a democratin...

KYPD


13 posted on 05/23/2014 10:49:26 AM PDT by petro45acp (It's a fabian thing.....how do you boil a frog? How's that water feelin right about now?)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

He must have cut a deal with the D-mafia to support this if they got the attack dogs in the press to back off!


14 posted on 05/23/2014 10:52:22 AM PDT by gr8eman (There's no "R" in Warshington!)
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To: Made In The USA
...to actually find some .22 somewhere to load the tube with...

Yeah, that is the problem. I have a bucket of .22LR that, I believe, would make my bedroom closet an "arsenal" according to Joisey law. Do you REALIZE that there are no fewer than FIFTY cartridges in one of those little boxes? (Sound of hyperventilating)

15 posted on 05/23/2014 10:52:51 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: marktwain

Do you seriously think for a second that anything they say is either true, or they would be embarrassed in the slightest if you pointed out that they were bold faced liars?

If Christie signs this disaster, the gun controllers won’t pause for an instant, but will demand even more controls.

If Christie doesn’t sign it, and enough Republicans cave to override his veto, it will also stimulate the gun controllers.

If Christie vetoes it, they will rant and rave, and also fund raise off it for years.


16 posted on 05/23/2014 11:03:15 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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17 posted on 05/23/2014 11:06:54 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
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To: marktwain

This bill will be hailed as a “reasonable and common sense” law. And when it is found to have failed to stop nutcases from using guns to kill, the cry will go up for a “reasonable common sense” gun bill that will take it a step or two further toward outright ban and confiscation.

It’s never enough for the fascists. And it isn’t that they want to stop gun violence, either.


18 posted on 05/23/2014 11:22:19 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: marktwain

When was the last time a postal worker went on a shooting spree with at 22LR rifle?


19 posted on 05/23/2014 11:39:32 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: ChildOfThe60s

They can have my Nylon 66 when they pry it from my cold dead right hand, and my Winchester 74 when they pry it from my cold Left Hand!


20 posted on 05/23/2014 11:39:39 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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