Because They Failed to Take Away Our Guns, They're Coming After Our Ammo

[Bfatz]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl/ammo-control.html





"Though it appears AAA is failing, in the future we have to remain ever-vigilant because the gun control crowd is going to come back again and again and again, like zombies in a grade B horror flick. Bet on it. And expect them to be even more creative the next time."

 

[Pete85]

Fully flangible rounds in a revolver. No spent casing with a serial number on it, no in-tact bullet with a serial number on it. Problem solved...for the criminals anyway.

 

[Taipan01]

Fully flangible rounds in a revolver. No spent casing with a serial number on it, no in-tact bullet with a serial number on it. Problem solved...for the criminals anyway.

Why so much work? If they were worth their salt as criminals, they'd just use yours and leave you holding the bag.

 

[packingungal]

People with too much time on the hands, and nothing in their heads...

 

[Lucas McCain]

"It will be illegal to reuse cartridge cases, so reloading will not be an option, and you're a criminal if you do."

So now I am a criminal as defined by the state. Guess that means that I can saw all my barrels into SBR's and remove the disconnectors to make them all FA? In for a penny, in for a pound. See you all in the detention camp.

 

[swampy]

do they realize where all the unmarked ammo will be aimed when it is "used up"?

 

[pramos03]

I am in every way a law abiding citizen, and am proud of it. However, I can only go so far.[sad2]

 

[Kevlar]

Interesting origin of the proposed legislation...

http://nationalgunrights.org/ammoaccountability.shtml

The Ammunition Accountability Act's real story

Group tries to profit off gun control legislation

Ammo Accountability group has patents on technology used to enforce legislation they sponsor

A visit to the website Ammunition Accountability.Org -- they also run a mirror .com site -- would lead you to believe that they were a grassroots conglomeration of concerned citizens and civic leaders with an unimpressive, low-tech website.

That couldn’t be further from the truth.

The Ammunition Accountability Act and corresponding website are run by a company that developed the technology necessary to enforce the same legislation they lobby for. In other words, the founders of the Ammunition Accountability Act are pushing legislation which will have a direct and substantial financial benefit to them.

The legislation calls for each individual piece of ammunition produced to be etched or stamped with a unique serial number. This patented technology was developed by Russ Ford and his business partners Steve Mace and John Knickerbocker of Seattle, Washington.

Ford and his associates were unable to convince any ammunition manufacturers to use their technology, so they hired a lobbyist to push for state-level ammo tagging legislation.

Ostensibly Ford and company are billing this legislation as a way to stop violent crime by tracking handgun and “assault weapon” ammunition.

However, the sample text of their legislation -- provided on their website -- would outlaw the ownership of all non-tagged ammo of any caliber. Additionally, the legislation would require a state-run database to track each ammunition serial number and information on who purchased each round of ammo.

Not only does the legislation directly aim to financial benefit Ford and his business partners, but it will push most ammunition manufactures out of business, and make home reloading ammunition illegal.

Their legislation has been introduced in 18 states, however none of introduced pieces of legislation have gotten beyond committee hearings in any state. All the introduced bills died on their respective calendars when each state legislative session adjourned sine die.

Ammunition Accountability is little more than a couple of anti-gunners trying to cash in on hoplophobia.

 

[Sbh87]

Does anyone know what some of the 18 states are that supposedly have a bill like this proposed?

 

[Lucas McCain]

Does anyone know what some of the 18 states are that supposedly have a bill like this proposed?

I would bet mASS is one of them.

 

[RFWAVELENGTH]

After McVeigh's truck-bomb attack in Oklahoma City, the feds wanted taggants in all explosives, including smokeless small arms propellant. A lot of hogwash if you ask me. Any schoolkid can go online and get recipes for homemade Tovex and other high explosives that can be made with basic chemicals at home.

 

[Kevlar]

Does anyone know what some of the 18 states are that supposedly have a bill like this proposed?

Here's a list of the states, and amazingly Mass is not one of them...
http://ammunitionaccountability.org/Legislation.htm

Alabama
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Washington

 

[1903Collector]

Why is MA red on their little map?