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Gun-Control Movement Split by Ambition to Ban Handguns
Common Dreams News Center ^
| April 19, 2000
| by Eric Lichtblau and Richard Simon
Posted on 09/22/2002 3:46:13 PM PDT by vannrox
"...For all the recent talk of "smart" guns, trigger locks and other innovations in weapons safety, an increasingly vocal minority in the gun-control community is arguing that nothing short of a ban on handguns will stem gun violence. They maintain that the current array of half-step advances in gun-safety technology could actually fuel violence...."
"...Yet the mere mention of a much more ambitious agenda--a handgun ban--has expanded the national debate and generated both enthusiasm and division within a gun-control community that is enjoying unprecedented visibility and financial backing in the year since Columbine...."
"... "Historically, if you talked about banning handguns, it was political suicide. I don't think that's true anymore,"..."
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amendment; ban; banglist; freedom; gun; liberal; liberty; progressive; second
In their dreams...
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posted on
09/22/2002 3:46:13 PM PDT
by
vannrox
To: vannrox
Alternate dimension lifestyle.
To: *bang_list
2001 Connecticut
2001 Connecticut
Firearms Safety Initiative
Firearms Safety Initiative
Senate Public Safety Chairman
Alvin Penn
House Judiciary Chairman
Michael Lawlor
Senate Majority Leader
George Jepsen
CT Attorney General
Richard Blumenthal
2001 Firearms Safety Initiative
2001 Firearms Safety Initiative
Overview
Overview
* Assault Weapons Ban
* .50 Caliber Weapons Ban
* .50 Caliber AP & API Ammunition Ban
* Restraining Orders
* Safety Standards
* Municipal & State "Safe Firearms" Purchasing
Policy
* Board of Firearms Permit Examiners
* Child Fatality Review Board
* Large Capacity Magazines
Assault Weapons Ban
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety Initiative
will update the Connecticut Assault Weapons Ban
to cover all known military-style assault weapons
currently legal and available for purchase in
Connecticut.
* This year's Assault Weapons Ban update will
contain provisions that will cover future guns with
similar physical characteristics. It will also allow
the Attorney General to maintain and continually
update the list of banned assault weapons.
.50 Caliber Weapons Ban
* Long-range fifty caliber sniper weapons are
among the most powerful and destructive firearms
legally available in the United States. They can be
used to hit targets over a mile away.
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety Initiative
will add all ultra-destructive, long range, military-
style .50 caliber semi-automatic sniper weapons to
the Assault Weapons ban.
* Those possessing these weapons on the law's
effective date will have one year to obtain a
certificate of possession. After the law's effective
date it will be a felony to offer for sale, sell or
otherwise transfer these weapons.
.50 Caliber AP & API
Ammunition Ban
* The power and destructiveness of fifty caliber sniper
weapons can be dramatically enhanced by the use of
specialized armor piercing (AP) and armor piercing
incendiary (API) ammunition, which is readily available
on the civilian market. This ammunition can pierce several
inches of metal, go through bulletproof glass, explode on
impact, and provide tracers to increase accuracy for night
shooting.
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety Initiative will
prohibit the possession, offering for sale, sale or other
transfer of these various fifty caliber ammunition types,
which are ultra-destructive and have no legitimate sporting
purpose.
Readily Available .50 Caliber
AP & API Ammunition
One Midwestern gun dealer
informed us that he has
1.5 million rounds of
Armor Piercing (AP) and
Armor Piercing
Incendiary (API) .50
caliber ammunition in-
stock and readily
available to be sold and
shipped to Connecticut.
Restraining Orders
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety Initiative
will take steps to prevent tragedies, like the East
Haven murder-suicide, from ever happening again,
and to better ensure the safety of those who are
forced to seek a restraining order to protect
themselves.
* Under this year's legislation any individual who
becomes the subject of a restraining order will be
required to immediately relinquish, to law
enforcement, all weapons in his possession.
Safety Standards
* Currently, domestically manufactured firearms are
not subject to any uniform set of safety standards.
* Cheap, unsafe handguns are commonly used in
crimes-particularly by youths.
* Under this law, all handguns sold in Connecticut
will be required to pass rigorous tests and safety
standards, and be equipped with various safety
features.
Municipal & State "Safe
Firearms" Purchasing Policy
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety Initiative
will prohibit state agencies and municipalities
from purchasing firearms from any manufacturer
unless that manufacturer provides evidence that
they manufacture weapons that are as safe as
possible, are impossible for criminals to alter so
that they cannot be traced by law enforcement,
and that the manufacturer has appointed a
compliance officer to ensure compliance with
various safety-related policies.
Board of Firearms Permit
Examiners
* Promulgate standards for board decisions on appeals from
the denial or revocation of firearms permits.
* Require the board to comply with the Uniform
Administrative Procedures Act and to adopt procedural
rules pursuant to the Regulations Review process.
* Delete references to "The Connecticut State Rifle &
Revolver Assoc., Inc." and "Ye Connecticut Gun Guild,
Inc." as statutory members of the board.
Child Fatality Review Board
* Currently no state agency is responsible for
investigating youth-related firearms deaths.
* Under this new proposal, the Child Fatality
Review Board will be required to collect,
analyze and report firearms-related deaths
in addition to their other reporting
requirements.
Large Capacity Magazines
* The 2001 Connecticut Firearms Safety
Initiative will complement the Assault
Weapons Ban by prohibiting the sale,
importation into the state, keeping, offering
or exposing for sale, giving, lending or any
other transfer of large capacity ammunition
magazines, with the capacity to accept more
than 10 rounds.
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posted on
09/22/2002 3:49:32 PM PDT
by
vannrox
To: All
Veteran police officer encourages citizens to own and carry guns, thread
here.
To: vannrox
Did anyone notice this "article" is almost 2 1/2 years old?
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:18:03 PM PDT
by
dark_lord
To: dark_lord
I think that we should ban gravity, too. Too many children fall out of trees & nothing less than the total ban on gravity will suffice.
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:28:31 PM PDT
by
Puppage
To: vannrox
Why post two year old articles?
To: spqrzilla9
I am not defending the poster, but possibly poster just might have wanted to remind us that they are still out there.
Do you think that the gun grabbers have changed their minds?
I don't.
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:39:54 PM PDT
by
tall_tex
To: vannrox; harpseal
50 caliber shark gun bump............Stay Safe !!
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:43:01 PM PDT
by
Squantos
To: vannrox
This article was published in April 19, 2000.
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:46:21 PM PDT
by
Mini-14
To: Squantos
I have a problem with this restraining order issue. Several states require people with them to turn in their firearms. In this day and age, everytime a woman files divorce, her lawyer files a restraining order just to be on the safe side. What a crock of crap.
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posted on
09/22/2002 4:46:49 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: Mini-14
Yeah, brings chills to remember what we were dealing with only two years ago, though, doesn't it?
Not that we ought to consider the present federal torpor on gun legislation anything other than a reprieve.
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posted on
09/22/2002 5:34:09 PM PDT
by
Timm
To: vannrox
Why many politicians and bureaucrats embrace gun-grabbing special interest groups.
The Cycle of "Justified" Violence
Politicians and bureaucrats "justify" keeping their jobs and reelection by protecting the citizens from criminals. If there's not enough criminals they create a boogieman followed by laws to protect the people from it. Thus creating a new category of criminals. Lock up the boogieman-pot-smokers and let the violent criminals reenter society so they can create more violent crimes and the people will speak out against the violence and cry out for politicians and bureaucrats to do their job. The cycle of justified violence.
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posted on
09/22/2002 7:04:51 PM PDT
by
Zon
To: Puppage
I think that we should ban gravity, too. Too many children fall out of trees & nothing less than the total ban on gravity will suffice. I've seen that suggested before... In fact, what I recall seeing is a reported effort (ostensibly fictional) by a town council, to pass legislation setting the gravitational constant to zero.
Accompanying the report were quotes from the learned Town Fathers (and mothers), such as, "It's such a small number, nobody will notice", and "If it saves the life of just one child"...
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posted on
09/22/2002 11:16:33 PM PDT
by
fire_eye
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