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Posted on 02/24/2007 6:37:47 AM PST by pabianice
McCarthy Bill Bans Millions More Guns Than The Clinton Gun Ban
On Feb. 14, 2007, Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1022, a bill with the stated purpose, "to reauthorize the assault weapons ban, and for other purposes."
McCarthy's verbiage warrants explanation. Presumably, what she means by "assault weapons ban" is the Clinton Gun Ban of 1994. Congress allowed the ban to expire in 2004 for multiple reasons, including the fact that federal, state and local law enforcement agency studies showed that guns affected by the ban had been used in only a small percentage of crime, before and after the ban was imposed.
With the nation's murder rate 43% lower than in 1991, and the re-legalized guns still used in only a small percentage of crime, reauthorizing the Clinton Gun Ban would be objectionable enough. But McCarthy's "other purposes" would make matters even worse. H.R. 1022 would ban every gun banned by the Clinton ban, plus millions more guns, including:
. Every gun made to comply with the Clinton ban. (The Clinton ban dictated the kinds of grips, stocks and attachments new guns could have. Manufacturers modified new guns to the Clinton requirements. H.R. 1022 would ban the modified guns too.)
. Guns exempted by the Clinton ban. (Ruger Mini-14s and -30s and Ranch Rifles; .30 cal. carbines; and fixed-magazine, semi-automatic, center-fire rifles that hold more than 10 rounds.)
. All semi-automatic shotguns. (E.g., Remington, Winchester, Beretta and Benelli, used for hunting, sport shooting, and self-defense. H.R. 1022 would ban them because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip," and would also ban their main component, called the "receiver.")
. All detachable-magazine semi-automatic rifles-including, for example, the ubiquitous Ruger 10/22 .22 rimfire-because they have "any characteristic that can function as a grip."
. Target shooting rifles. (E.g., the three centerfire rifles most popular for marksmanship competitions: the Colt AR-15, the Springfield M1A and the M1 "Garand.")
. Any semi-automatic shotgun or rifle an Attorney General one day claims isn't "sporting," even though the constitutions of the U.S. and 44 states, and the laws of all 50 states, recognize the right to use guns for defense.
. 65 named guns (the Clinton law banned 19 by name); semi-auto fixed-magazine pistols of over 10 rounds capacity; and frames, receivers and parts used to repair or refurbish guns.
H.R. 1022 would also ban the importation of magazines exempted by the Clinton ban, ban the sale of a legally-owned "assault weapon" with a magazine of over 10 rounds capacity, and begin backdoor registration of guns, by requiring private sales of banned guns, frames, receivers and parts to be conducted through licensed dealers. Finally, whereas the Clinton Gun Ban was imposed for a 10-year trial period, H.R. 1022 would be a permanent ban.
Please be sure to contact your U.S. Representative and urge him or her to oppose H.R. 1022!
You can call your U.S. Representative at (202) 225-3121.
This bill won't pass, probably won't even get out of committee. However it's language will very likely get incorporated into a larger bill. Possibly the Homeland Security bill, but in any event, one which would be difficult for the President to Veto. That is how the previous AW ban was passed, as part of the "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994" (H.R.3355 103rd Congress, Public Law No: 103-322.) , aka "The Crime Bill", aka "Bill's Crime". It was in there with the "Midnight Basketball" (Subtitle O--Urban Recreation and At-Risk Youth) and 10,000 Cops. In fact it was Title XI, subtitle A, of the Act, and entitled, this is a real side splitter:
"`Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act'."
Even in this bill, while she retained the Appendix A list of firearms, she took out the language that explicitly exempted them from the provisions of the bill. A pretty good joke.. on us.
The country continues to drift leftward, and at this rate the frog will be boiled to perfection within a decade. Small pockets of resistance will be wacoized, surgically removed by the govt with increased efficiency and decreased commentary.
Not to depress you all, but it's kind of obvious, there are not many of us, and there's a whole lot of sheeple.
Ignorant political bastards.
I doubt it. This bill has been introduced before, in pretty much the same form, but it couldn't get out of committee. This time it *will* come out, although probably as part of a "must pass" piece of legislation, perhaps the supplemental appropriation for the GWOT, the Homeland Security Bill, or something else like that. This could easily find it's way into an Anti Terrorism bill. Of course the "terrorists" this is aimed at are us.
Well actually, yes. The House, under Mr. Newt, passed a repeal of the original AW ban in it's first days in office, in 1995. Of course the RINOs in the Senate just couldn't bring themselves to consider such a thing. The House is now majority Dem, with some RINOs and the Senate is also majority Dem, with lots of RINOs.
I suppose my sling shot is next.
Not quite, that only applies, as I read it, to semiautomatic rifles and shotguns, not other action types and not handguns. Here's the actual language in the bill:
`(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.'.
But let's not give them any ideas, they have enough of their own. They learn too, many of the provisions of this bill are designed to plug the "loopholes" which allowed "neutered" versions of AR-15s, AK-47 (semiautos) and so forth to continue to be sold. Not this time.
Naw, nobody likes a gun being held to his head. :)
These idiots tried this in 1992 and lost their power in Congress. History will repeat itself.
A longstanding claim of the GOP has been that their people are more conventional, more moral than the Dems.
Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel got together and attacked Republican pork-barrelers and peculators in order to impeach this GOP advantage with the voters.
Pelosi and her MSM allies went after the Pubbies on the corruption stuff, and a gay former staffer for Fritz Hollings outed Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., as a gay ephebophile predator. This really turned off a lot of Reagan Democrats and independent voters.
Simultaneously, Rahm Emanuel -- and I'm still waiting for the outrage on the Left and in the MSM at his congressional kingmaking role in hand-picking candidates -- put together a broad slate of "Blue Dog" conservative Democrats who had no voting records to live down (no lockstep votes in Congress to give the lie to their "I'm really sorta conservative" shtick), and ran them at the indies and Reagan Democrats.
The indies and conservative ethnic Dems bit on Emanuel's bait, and the rest is history.
NOBODY VOTED FOR JACK MURTHA TO LEAD A BUGOUT/DEFEAT IN IRAQ.
NOBODY VOTED FOR GUN CONTROL, TAX INCREASES, OR GAY MARRIAGE.
It's just that the MSM keep saying they did. Vote for "clean government", get Degenerate Stalinism Lite.
Rahm Emanuel baited, and Nancy Pelosi switched. Capiche?
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im growing quite weary of dems trying to destroy the constitution. good men have died to defend it so liberals can crap all over it. president lincolns words may take on more meaning if the government continues on their current path
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Senator John S. McCain (AZ)
Current Office: U.S. Senator Current District: Senior Seat First Elected: 11/04/1986 Last Elected: 11/02/2004 Next Election: 2010 Party: Republican
2005 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 0 percent in 2005.
2004 Based on lifetime voting records on gun issues and the results of a questionnaire sent to all Congressional candidates in 2004, the National Rifle Association assigned Senator McCain a grade of C+ (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F).
2003-2004 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 0 percent in 2003-2004.
2003 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence 14 percent from 1988-2003 (Senate) or 1991-2003 (House).
2003 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Gun Owners of America 40 percent in 2003.
2002 On the votes that the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence considered to be the most important as of 2002, Senator McCain voted their preferred position 14 percent of the time. These scores are cumulative for each representative's time in their current office. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence considered votes from 1988-2002 in the House and 1991-2002 in the Senate when determining these scores.
2001-2002 Based on the results of a questionnaire the Gun Owners of America assigned Senator McCain a grade of C- (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F-).
1999-2000 Senator McCain supported the interests of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence 0 percent in 1999-2000.
1999-2000 Based on the results of a questionnaire the Gun Owners of America assigned Senator McCain a grade of C- (with grades ranging from a high of A+ to a low of F-).
Generally a "R" by their name gets a candidate a starting rating of at least a "B" by the NRA, and being an incumbent "R" raises that to an A or least A-. So to get a C+, you can't exactly be a staunch friend of the Second Amendment. The GOA ratings reflect the same thing, and they are much less influenced by incumbency and party than the NRA. It appears that the Senator from Arizona doesn't respect the Second Amendment much more than he does the First.
It wasn't the conservatives. It was bait-and-switch on the indies and Reagan Democrats. They were the ones who walked. See my post above.
Don't kid yourself. Bush will sign it. Remember, before the AWB expired, he said if it crossed his desk he would sign it!
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