Akins Accelerator Update (Letter Petition Campaign)

Akins Group Inc ^ | 02/10/07 | Firefaster.com

[Copernicus]

In response to inquiries about what "you" can do, Akins Group Inc. has prepared a sample letter to the Acting Director of BATFE. We will also generate a short list of lawmakers who can and should be contacted by you, your family, friends and anyone else who might be interested.

Please check www.firefaster.com frequently for updates.

[Copernicus]

The war on Rube Goldberg devices accelerates. Join the fray.

Details here:

http://www.firefaster.com/CalltoAction.pdf< /A >

And here:

< A HREF = "http://www.firefaster.com/Reconsideration.pdf " >http://www.firefaster.com/Reconsideration.pdf < /A >

and a history of previous posts here:

< A HREF ="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=Akins " >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=Akins< /A >

Best regards to all,

(P.S. I am tired of fooling with the HTML Code, you guys are sharp enough to find the locations)

[Copernicus]

Latest Akins update.

Best regards,

[supercat]

If the design of a double-barrel shotgun were such that attempting to fire while the selector was between the two extreme positions would fire both barrels, would that be a machine gun? If a dual-trigger double-barrel shotgun had a block placed between the two triggers so that pulling the front trigger would discharge both barrels, would that be a machine gun? If the design of a pump-action shotgun causes it to fire if the trigger is pulled when the action closes, would that be a machine gun (since pulling and holding the trigger while cycling the action could fire multiple shots)?

Also, incidentally, since Chuck Schumer derided as liars those who called the "two-shot" MP5's machine guns, does that mean they're not?

[DCBryan1]

Thanks!

ATF should be a corner store, not a federal agency!

[ctdonath2]

- Yes.
- Yes.
- Quite possibly yes - which is particularly interesting, since many shotguns do this.
- No. Pull trigger once, get more than one shot - that's the federal definition of a MG. (Some states define it differently, such as Georgia which requires more than 6 shots per pull.)

Incidentally: Most semi-autos can, by gunking up the works carefully and loading dangerously-ultra-soft-primer ammo, be persuaded to - occasionally - "double" ... the ATF uses this technique to make any semi pass its "is this a machinegun?" test (and apparently has ALWAYS succeeded).

[supercat]

In response to the first "yes", weren't there some older designs like that (double-barrel gun which could fire both barrels if the selector was mis-set)?

In response to the second, a combination of parts sufficient to build a machine gun is considered to be a machine gun. Does anyone have a double-trigger gun who does not have the parts necessary to join both triggers together?

My point #4 was that Charles Schumer says the people who called the MP5's were lying. Charles Schumer would never make any false accusations, would he?

[ctdonath2]

Key words are "older" and "mis-set". New ones, IIRC, don't mis-set.

The "combination of parts" involves parts with an obvious intent to be combined for an illicit purpose. AFAIK, nobody makes a trigger-joining part just for that purpose. On a comparable note, IIRC, the ATF has recinded their infamous "shoelace ruling", as the shoelace is not a part made with intent for such use.

As for Schumer, "antis" usually don't know what they're talking about.