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Summary of 2013 legislation
Following is a summary of the 2013
legislation:
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Bans the sale,
transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
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120 specifically-named
firearms
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Certain other
semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine
and have one military characteristic
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Semiautomatic rifles
and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
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Strengthens the
1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
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Moving from a
2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
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Eliminating the
easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics
test
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Banning firearms with
“thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around”
prior bans
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Bans large-capacity
ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
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Protects legitimate
hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
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Grandfathering weapons
legally possessed on the date of enactment
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Exempting over 900
specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
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Exempting antique,
manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
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Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the
National Firearms Act, to include:
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Background check of owner and any transferee;
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Type and serial number of the firearm;
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Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
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Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that
possession would not violate State or local law; and
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Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
A pdf of the bill summary is available here.
Registration
If the section in bold above doesn't make
sense, here's what it means to you in practical terms. If you own a weapon that
is covered under the ban (like an AR-15), you will berequired to register
this weapon with the ATF under the National
Firearms Act (NFA). A weapon that you already legally own.
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You must pay the NFA
tax, which is currently $200.
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You must be
"certified" by local law enforcement, which currently means the chief
law enforcement officer where you live.
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You must be
photographed and fingerprinted and then entered into whatever database they
will use for this registration.
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Then, and only then,
will your currently legal weapon be legal under the new regime.
Agenda Confirmed
The debate on what a renewed Assault Weapons
Ban would or would not do should be just about over. Their agenda is clear - to
eventually disarm America. If you think not, then perhaps you need to brush up
on history, and you really don't even have to go back very far. Take a look at
what happened in England and Australia. First they registered their guns,
telling the government exactly who has what and how many, and then the
government took away their guns type by type. Tell me, what kinds of guns can
you currently own in England and Australia?
NFA registration is an expected move from
Feinstein given their goal to disarm America. From their perspective, NFA
registration makes sense and would be extremely effective both in the short and
long term. What it would accomplish is twofold:
1.
Make it extremely hard
to be "legal" under the new regime. This will mean that most folks
will just give up and participate in the gun buy back program.
2.
The remaining folks
will all be on a list, telling them exactly who to keep an eye on, and where to
go to get the guns when the time comes.
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