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Indiana Bill would ban most guns and ammunition (possession a felony!)
Indiana legislative website ^
| 01/07/2003
| Representative V. Smith
Posted on 01/07/2003 9:15:31 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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This would ban not only your AR-15, but your auto-loading shotguns, hunting rifles, many 22 rifles, most pistols, even revolvers, and ALL the ammo they used. The only permitted guns would be bolt actions, lever actions, and single-shots. And essentially all ammo would be illegal, unless anyone can come up with some types of ammo that are not used in auto-loading guns.
To: *bang_list
Bang
To: Beelzebubba
Hoosier big brother???
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:17:16 AM PST
by
trebb
To: Beelzebubba
Indiana Bill would ban most guns and ammunition Indiana Bill raises $2 million for NRA while dying in committee...
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:19:58 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: Beelzebubba
"No ones life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session."
Cordially,
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:20:08 AM PST
by
Diamond
To: Beelzebubba
Who the hell is V. Smith?
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To: Joe Brower; Jeff Head; wardaddy; ConservativeLawyer
Here we go! A foretaste of the book's plot.
To: bigfootbob
Who the hell is V. Smith?That was my thought. I'm not from Indiana, but I figured he had to be a Dem Rep from Gary. He is.
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:26:37 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: Dark Nerd
Our Gov Doyle (as Atty General) and one of his puppet cronies tried this in Wi. a year or so ago...
It died...
Unfortunately........... the sponsers have gone on to even more powerfull positions
To: Beelzebubba
From the article:
Sec. 2.5. "Automatic weapon" or "semiautomatic weapon" means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one (1) shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.The Indiana legislators don't even recognize a difference between automatic and semi-autos. As long as this definition remains in the legislation, it won't criminalize true semi-autos, the problem is that in the future this definition could mysteriously vanish and the common definition of semi-autos would replace it.
To: Beelzebubba
What part of "...shall not be infringed" do they not understand?
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:28:04 AM PST
by
pgyanke
To: Beelzebubba
Is this bill being seriously considered, or is Vernon Smith just an anti-gun kook in the legislature doing his Don Quixote impression which will quickly be voted down?
To: Beelzebubba
I live in Indiana and there hasn't been any news coverage of this yet (which isn't all that surprising). I doubt this will go far as we like are guns, and the legislators know this.
Not to be picky, but I'm not sure the way the proposed law as worded would result in making semi-autos (by common definition) illegal. The proposed modification says "...means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one (1) shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger." That seems to change the definition of "semi-auto" to mean a weapon with at least burst capability (shoot automatically more than one shot with a single trigger pull).
Regards
To: Equality 7-2521
Looks like the author was trying to craft a "Scary-Looking Gun" ban and couldn't get the language straight...
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:29:54 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: Beelzebubba
I'm not saying this is a good bill or a bad one, but it will not make semi-automatic guns illegal. The text on the bill says that it will provide for a sentencing enhancement for a person is convicted of dealing drugs, if they possessed a handgun or semiautomatic weapon in violation of current Indiana Law.
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:30:03 AM PST
by
NYFriend
To: Beelzebubba
Indiana new proposed state motto: Bring me your tired, your poor, your unarmed peasants
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:30:24 AM PST
by
BSunday
To: dirtboy
I am an ex-Hoosier. Gary has always been anti-Indiana to the rest of the State. Gary needs to be redistricted into Illinois or better yet, the People's Dominion of Canadastan!
To: ChromeDome
I have to disagree:
"...means a weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one (1) shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger."
The key word is OR here. If it were replaced with AND, you would be correct. Either this Gary rep is stupid, or he's trying to sneak a gun ban into place with unclear language...
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:31:46 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: NYFriend
The text on the bill says that it will provide for a sentencing enhancement for a person is convicted of dealing drugs, if they possessed a handgun or semiautomatic weapon in violation of current Indiana Law. Good catch.
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posted on
01/07/2003 9:32:45 AM PST
by
dirtboy
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