Your service to our country exceeds mine. I thank you for that.
I had a chance to catch up on some of the finer points of the ban in Columbus. The shotgun deal was correct (More than 5 rounds). In addition, any gun that has an obvious protruding grip to place the non-trigger hand, a thumb notch or hole, any weapon that has a magazine or clip protruding from the main portion of the gun that has a capacity of more than twenty rounds, compensators, heat baffles, etc. Sounds to me like they are targeting any SKS style weapon, which we all know is not an assault weapon. I don't think they would know what a real assault weapon was if it jumped up and bit 'em in butt. As far as the sidearms go, no more +10 magazines and the like.
If you have time and don't mind the legalise, you can go to:
http://www.columbuscitycouncil.org/assaultweaponban/pdf/1154-2005.pdf
Until elected officials decide they really want to curb gun violence by hammering the bad guys, we're going to see these same type of feel good laws and ordinances passed. What a pathetic state of affairs our country has come to.
BTW, for those of you who don't know, the F.O.P. doesn't represent the mentality of the majority of the line officers. Unfortunately, they have a bigger podium to stand at.
So does this mean that all those in Columbus who collect historic military firearms such as the M1 carbine, have to pack up their collections and move out of the city limits? You're gun-savvy, so you know that the carbine can take either a 15-round or 30-round mag. And what does this do to any Class 3 guys in the city limits? Have the military collectors and Class 3 guys already been run out of Columbus?
BTW, does the law address bayonet lugs? Or were those who wrote the law too gun-ignorant to know anything about bayonet lugs?
And what does this do to the guys who own Glocks with hi-cap mags? Make them instant criminals?