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To: husky ed
One interesting section in the new legislation bans
(L) A semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General. In making the determination, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.
The feds could add ANY firearm, of ANY type, to the banned list by simply having somebody at some federal agency buy one. And almost ALL types of handguns, shotguns, and rifles have already been procured for use by military or law enforcement at one time or other. This clause effectively bans ALL firearms at the discretion of some future Janet Reno.
27 posted on 05/13/2003 3:55:22 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Heavily armed, easily bored, and off my medication)
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To: SauronOfMordor
That's why I showed a pic of a bolt action and a M1.

These people didn't want to just ban AR-15's and AK-47's. They wanted to ban every gun in the country. And the AWB was just the start.

35 posted on 05/13/2003 4:02:37 PM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: SauronOfMordor
(L) A semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General. In making the determination, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.

That is also 180 degrees from the SCOTUS Miller decision which stated that weapons that have military use are useful to the citizen-militia and are therefore protected by the 2nd Amendment.

86 posted on 05/13/2003 5:01:28 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty" not the "Statue of Security.")
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