Posted on 01/24/2013 11:15:53 AM PST by MacNaughton
Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of:
1. All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: pistol grip; forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or threaded barrel.
2. All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.
3. All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.
4. All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; pistol grip; fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; ability to accept a detachable magazine; forward grip; grenade launcher or rocket launcher; or shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
5. All ammunition feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
6. 157 specifically-named firearms (listed at the end of this document).
The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill:
a. Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill’s enactment;
b. Any firearm manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever or slide action;
c. Assault weapons used by military, law enforcement, and retired law enforcement; and
d. Antique weapons.
The legislation protects hunting and sporting firearms:
i. The bill excludes 2,258 legitimate hunting and sporting rifles and shotguns by specific make and model.
The legislation strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and state bans by:
ii. Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test.
The bill also makes the ban harder to evade by eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test.
iii. Banning dangerous aftermarket modifications and workarounds.
iv. Bump or slide fire stocks, which are modified stocks that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire at rates similar to fully automatic machine guns.
v. So-called “bullet buttons” that allow the rapid replacement of ammunition magazines, frequently used as a workaround to prohibitions on detachable magazines.
vi. Thumbhole stocks, a type of stock that was created as a workaround to avoid prohibitions on pistol grips.
vii. Adding a ban on the importation of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
viii. Eliminating the 10-year sunset that allowed the original federal ban to expire.
The legislation addresses the millions of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines currently in existence by:
i. Requiring a background check on all sales or transfers of a grandfathered assault weapon.
ii. This background check can be run through the FBI or, if a state chooses, initiated with a state agency, as with the existing background check system.
iii. Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices lawfully possessed on the date of enactment of the bill.
iv. Allowing states and localities to use federal Byrne JAG grant funds to conduct a voluntary buy-back program for grandfathered assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices.
v. Imposing a safe storage requirement for grandfathered firearms, to keep them away from prohibited persons.
vi. Requiring that assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices manufactured after the date of the bill’s enactment be engraved with the serial number and date of manufacture of the weapon.
List of Firearms Prohibited by Name
Rifles:
Pistols:
Shotguns:
Belt-fed semiautomatic firearms:
I suspect the majority will comply. Dozens of gun makers go out of business, and various talking heads tell us how lucky we conservatives are that the current bill was “not that bad”, and how the fiscal policy is much more important.
And those that don’t comply will be used as fodder for the next stage.
“...in other news, the administration of liberal fascists also decided to ban the Law of Gravity today...”
You mean you wouldn’t be hopping-mad enough to vote out every Democrat on the ticket?
I welcome becoming a Mudder Fodder...
Civil disobedience, defying these edicts openly and flagrantly. Until which point the power mad scum start killing us. Which would be an attack on all. Which starts 4th generation warfare and the Doctrine of One Hundred Heads. Of course a clampdown would also occur, more “rules” since innocent men and women can’t be ruled so plan on being a “felon”. While certain areas surely will dissolve in messy civil war, the ruling class could care less how many oath breaking police, fed forces are lost. Things are different with the removal of planners, enablers, intellectuals, and media elites though. Enough disposal and mortality may give tyrants pause, and things may wind down. Fear does that. Instill fear and destroy their will to pursue their tyrannical fantasies.
Yes I would. But I have never voted for one, so that wouldn’t matter. The demographics are running the wrong way
Has the text of this bill been posted anywhere?
It’s not on Thomas yet.
I feel safer already.
This will probably pass.
Obamacare did.
And you idiots re-elected most of the people who brought you that.
Now go pay your taxes - your hard working government is broke.:)
What happens next? A long, nasty, brutal war. That’s what.
“2. All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: ... semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.”
What constitutes “version”?
Are most Glocks “versions” of the full auto Glock 18?
Are AR15 pistols “versions” of the M16?
“Threaded barrel” is a “term of art”.
Banning that was a step past the “flash hider” prohibition from last AWB.
Since we learned from the immigration battle in Arizona that states are not only not “compelled” but are not even “allowed” to enforce federal law, then I am asking my state reps to tell them...”good luck with that”
So by mere race and birth a person is forever liberal? There is zero GOP outreach to urban minorities, zero. Why?
Look at the Catholic vote in the US. Because of the No Nothings in the 1800’s and early 1900’s, they have been solidly Democrat for over a 100 years. That is despite the Dems having an agenda that is Anti Catholic. Catholic doctrine is very explicit that supporting abortion is a mortal sin, but the majority of Catholics still vote Dem.
If you look at the rise of the Hispanics, you see a similar situation. The GOP has allowed itself to be painted as anti immigrant. The Hispanics know this, and have started to support the Democrats. Beyond the second generation, it because part of their identity. I work with a lot of guys who are American citizens, whose families came from Mexico and other parts south. They have told me that while they support much of what the GOP does, they can not vote for them because “We are Hispanic”. One who did was ostracized by his own family.
As for outreach to urban minorities, their was an interesting article on CNN about it yesterday. Simple fact is the GOP will not reach out the black community because it will open them up to attacks of racism. Of course by not doing so, they do the same. The African Americans are in the same boat as the Indians. The State has destroyed them, but they remain loyal to the the State to support them.
What happens next is the sale of small CNC mills and 3D printing machines start to increase.
If they ban it, we will make it.
My US rep privately told my FFL guy that Feinsteins bill probably can’t pass the Senate and it has zero chance in the House.
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