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ATF changes course on it's idiotic ammo ban.

 

"Although ATF endeavored to create a proposal that reflected a good faith interpretation of the law and balanced the interests of law enforcement, industry, and sportsmen, the vast majority of the comments received to date are critical of the framework, and include issues that deserve further study," an ATF press release states (emphasis mine). "Accordingly, ATF will not at this time seek to issue a final framework. After the close of the comment period, ATF will process the comments received, further evaluate the issues raised therein, and provide additional open and transparent process (for example, through additional proposals and opportunities for comment) before proceeding with any framework."

Members on both sides of the aisle in Congress have also been highly critical of the proposal, along with the National Rifle Association and the National Shooting Sports Foundation. "Green tip" ammunition is safe, for now.

 

 

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Now that chick is a real American!

Wonder how many millions of rounds Obama sold this time. Guys the greatest gun/ammo salesman since Sam Colt.

Seriously. And how much did the price spike?

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The Democratic Party Wants to Buy Your 'Assault Weapons' — with Taxpayers' Money
Once again, the Democratic party would very much like to get its hands on your firearms. Per The Hill:
Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday.
The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected to be reintroduced next week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) would provide gun owners with an incentive to turn in their firearms to local police departments.
“Assault weapons are not about hunting, or even self-defense,” DeLauro said. “There is no reason on earth, other than to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible, that anyone needs a gun designed for a battlefield.” . . .
The co-sponsors include Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), and David Cicilline (D-R.I.).

 

 

There’s so much wrong with this proposal that it’s difficult to know where to start. First off, there is no such thing as an “assault weapon.” Like “hate speech,” the phrase means whatever the government wants it to mean. Contrary to the deliberate willful insinuations of America’s would-be gun-banners, “assault weapons” are not fully automatic weapons; they are not especially “high powered” – indeed, they are usually considerably less powerful than your average hunting rifle; and they are no more efficient at “killing people quickly” than are common semi-automatic handguns. The worst mass shooting in American history — that at Virginia Tech in 2007 – was carried out by a man who used two handguns, one of them a puny little .22. Rifles, meanwhile, are rarely used in crimes, and so-called “assault rifles” are used so infrequently that the FBI doesn’t even keep statistics. There is no problem with “assault weapons” that needs solving. That Representative Rosa DeLauro happens to be scared of guns that look a certain way does not change this fact.
As for the notion that the streets need to be “made safer,” one has to wonder where this bill’s sponsors are getting their information. Per the Department of Justice, non-fatal gun crimes have dropped 75 percent since 1993, while the murder rate has been cut in half. In the meantime, the country has been flooded with new weapons (up to 180 million of them) and the laws in almost every state have been loosened dramatically. The idea that we could bring down this rate even further if we were to go after the sort of people who would be happy to hand in their weapons is naive to the point of comedy — what, pray, does DeLauro think criminals are likely to say: “Well, I was going to commit mass murder, but now that there’s handing out tax credits I’ll go for that instead”? —
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Amusing enough, DeLauro does not seem to have thought her proposal through especially well, for as Reason’s J. D. Tuccille notes wryly today, if the scheme were to become law it would be an open invitation for savvy gun owners to upgrade their weaponry at the taxpayers’ expense:
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Ct.) wants to give you up to $2,000 on a trade-in of your old “assault weapon” that you can put toward a brand new boomstick! According to Rep. DeLauro’s Website, “The SAFER Streets Act creates a $2,000 refundable tax credit ($1,000 for two consecutive years) for an assault weapon owner who gives their firearm to law enforcement.” And you can put that $2,000 tax credit toward a brand new assault weapon of your choice!

 



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"And had there been even more guns at the shoot out that killed 9 in Texas, somehow the whole thing coukd have been prevented."

 

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Sorry, I fail to see the down side to 9 dead bikers.

 

BTW some were stabbed.

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"And had there been even more guns at the shoot out that killed 9 in Texas, somehow the whole thing coukd have been prevented."

 

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Got a link to that quote? I'd like to see that in context.

 

Sorry, I fail to see the down side to 9 dead bikers.

 

 

 

You must not know any bikers. They're not all in gangs, you know.

 

 

No innocent bystanders hurt.

 

That's what I call gun control: good aim.

 

People here know how to shoot, that's for sure.

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Dems come up with a new way to keep people from getting ammo.

 

 

What a bunch of chuckleheads.

 

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.) has introduced the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2015. The bill unveiled Tuesday would require federally licensed ammunitions dealers to confirm the identity of individuals who arrange to purchase ammunition over the Internet by verifying a photo ID in-person.

The bill would also require ammunition vendors to report any sales of more than 1,000 rounds within five consecutive days to the U.S. attorney general if the person purchasing ammunition is not a licensed dealer.

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