Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms

Associated Press ^ | Feb 16, 2013 6:29 PM (ET) | EILEEN SULLIVAN

[DJ MacWoW]

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress' latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history.

One model of that firearm, the Ruger .223 caliber Mini-14, is on the proposed list to be banned, while a different model of the same gun is on a list of exempted firearms in legislation the Senate is considering. The gun that would be protected from the ban has fixed physical features and can't be folded to be more compact. Yet the two firearms are equally deadly.

[DJ MacWoW]

It has always been about making the populace helpless. We know it's never been about anyones safety but theirs.

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. - George Washington

[GreyHoundSailor]

I’d rather just build my own mags - unless they make springs illegal too. I’ll also bet some enterprising young manufacturer could skirt the law by making two or three shipments of parts that, when combined, would form a perfect 30 rd mag.

[Longbow1969]

Gun ban would protect more than 2,200 firearms

Serial murderer spared over 7 billion people!

[davetex]

You just described the Kel-Tec KSG.

Looky here: http://www.keltecweapons.com/our-guns/shotguns/ksg/

You’re thinking outside the box!!! Shame on you. lol

[SandRat]

Then I’ll switch to my Enfield No. 5 Mk. 1.

[DJ MacWoW]

Dang! You could get a job with them. But I can’t imagine any of us wanting to be anywhere near the unicorn and rainbow crowd.

[Iron Munro]

Leftoid parsing.

[ctdonath2]

Tying yourself in knots trying to strain the limits of compliance misses the point and submits to oppression.

[nonsporting]

The 1994 “Assaut Weapons” ban was also touted as protecting guns. The recent DiFi proposal shows that the 1994 Law’s “protected” guns are only as safe as the next gun ban.

The most terrifying guns for the liberal elite are not AWs, but long range precision sniper rifles (hunters’ favorite bolt actions). DiFi admitted as much while crafting the AW ban in the early 90s.

It’s only a matter of time before they ban all firearms.

[imardmd1]

Is my M1 Garand rifle safe?

It will be if you hacksaw off the bayonet stud and file it down /sarc + ROFL

[muir_redwoods]

No I’m asking a technical question. Jumping to inaccurate conclusions in not cardio exercise.

[coloradan]

Given that it’s an FBI agent, he probably means that it’s a joke to allow the other, non-banned ones. They aren’t much in the way of supporting liberty, as far as I have been able to determine.

[familyop]

"One model of that firearm, the Ruger .223 caliber Mini-14, is on the proposed list to be banned, while a different model of the same gun is on a list of exempted firearms in legislation the Senate is considering."

Next thing you know, they'll be outlawing accurate firearms with barrel twist rates useful for self-defense and barrels that are easy to swap for everyone except government employees and other elite folks. Oh...looks like they're working on that.

[ctdonath2]

The better technical question is whether a homemade 30 round mag made from a kit counts as being subject to interstate commerce.

[DJ MacWoW]

I didn't listen to this.

An Interview with Retired FBI Agent John Hanlon on the 1986 FBI Firefight in Miami -The ProArms Podcast

[imardmd1]

So far - they haven’t gotten around to either the Garand nor the semi-auto M1A yet ....

Reason is -- bait-and-switch. The Director of Civilian Marksmanship has been selling these (and M1 Carbines and 1903 Springfields) to U. S. citizens for many years. Then, having sold them to us, they are going to confiscate and destroy them? Maybe --

[Dead Corpse]

Agreed. Trying to sugar coat poison to make it more palatable for the masses to swallow.

[Right Wing Assault]

If I stole 10% of the AP’s assets, I would claim to have protected the remaining 90%!

I wonder if the courts would buy that.

[Dead Corpse]

That “nose” got it’s start in 1934 with a tax.

That grievance still needs some redress...

[DJ MacWoW]

If the judge thought you were liberal and the AP conservative, absolutely.