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Posted on 04/14/2010 5:13:54 AM PDT by marktwain
A fast-tracked bill introduced in the state Legislature at the end of March would ban the private sale of most firearms in Wisconsin and would for the first time extend a prohibition on the possession of firearms to those convicted of certain misdemeanors.
State Sen. Spencer Coggs (D-Milwaukee) and Rep. Tony Staskunas (D-West Allis) are the principal authors of the legislation, which received public hearings in both the Senate and Assembly this past week.
The bill would essentially require all firearm transfers to be conducted through a federally licensed firearms dealer, except transfers to family members, law enforcement and military agencies.
Specifically, according to an analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the legislation prohibits the sale or transfer of any firearm unless one of five conditions applies. That is, the sale or transfer must be by a federally licensed firearms dealer or the sale or transfer is to or through a firearms dealer, or the transfer is by gift, bequest, or inheritance to a family member, or is intended to be temporary and the purpose of the transfer is not illegal.
Finally, a sale or transfer may be made if a waiting period does not apply, such as for the transfer of firearms classified as antiques, or transfers between firearms dealers or between wholesalers and dealers, or transfers of any firearm to law enforcement or armed services agencies.
Under the proposed statute, family member means a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild. The relationship may be by blood, marriage, or adoption.
In addition, while current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been convicted of a felony, this bill would prohibit a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been convicted of a "violent nonfelony offense" unless five years have
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dittos ... And that is exactly what they want.
Yep. All sales must be approved by the goobermint.
That cannot be Constitutional
Two Democrats - there’s a shocker.
laughably unconstitutional.
Ping!
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“unexpected”
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Special army unit ready to be deployed on American soil just before Nov. elections (Update)
Must be embarrassing (and scary) to be an island of repression in a sea of relative freedom (wrt to this one issue at least).
What have the commies done lately that *is* constitutional?
They may be stuck on stupid, but far from the only states that restrict private firearms sales to FFL dealers only.
um... I’ll have to think about that one
bttt
From your linked article:
>>”...and is composed of 80,000 troops.”
This figure (80,000)calls into question the accuracy of the whole article. IIRC, a BRIGADE is maybe 3,000 men. Whole Divisions, maybe 10-20,000 But, I am NO expert.
DG
Hmmmm...”special army”.....hmmmm...have an 80 yr old neighbor woman who told me her son is getting OUT of the service because of the “required” training they’re receiving...did NOT want to participate. Hmmmm
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