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+1 and Yahtzee!!My fave was some moron, might have been the scum piers morgan, calling them high clip capacity. I'm just bummed they are single use like the CO congresswoman said. Someone should come up with reusable "clips".
Thought FOPA already covered this? I could be wrong.This provision is interesting:
- Fixes interstate travel laws for sportsmen who transport their firearms across state lines in a responsible manner. The term "transport" includes staying in temporary lodging overnight, stopping for food, buying fuel, vehicle maintenance, and medical treatment.
and this one
- Authorizes use of a state concealed carry permit instead of a background check when purchasing a firearm from a dealer. (no more 3-5 delay for me now!!!)
and this one
- Permits interstate handgun sales from dealers.
I am guessing these are to appease people to go along with the crap provisions.
Reid REALLY doesn't want a vote on anything. He'd love a filibuster so they could blame R's and keep the political issue where it works, raise money off it and allow the D's in red states to say they are pro guns. If there is a vote, the D's are screwed. They either vote pro gun and do right for their voters but tick off the liberals or vice versa. If they vote pro gun, the liberal money will dry up. The red state D's get a chuck of money from liberals on the coasts. They are between a rock and a hard place.
Chris Murphy is back on CSpan. He's talking about how much the Columbine kids loved their families, how one of them would be 30 and would now be an OBGYN - we need more doctors in this country, and now we're short one because she was gunned down.
He's literally been going on about 10 minutes about the hopes and dreams of these kids.
Disgusting. Let's all make laws based on emotion, right?
surprised to see columbine brought up considering that it went down during the time of federal AWB utopia (tm)(r)(c).
He blamed the lack of universal background checks as the cause.
We can buy a watered down version of an AR-15, not what we want to buy.
We can't buy ammo without a permit.
All of our firearms must be registered, not just AR's.
We can only have magazines of more than 10 rounds if they are manufactured before a certain date.
We can only buy "approved" firearms from a government list.
If the chief of police in your town doesn't like you, you can't buy anything.
Don't get me wrong, I feel bad for you and all of Connecticut. I will never stop fighting them as long as I live in the northeast. Which may not be too much longer.
Good luck and keep on fighting.
Jarhead,
You are simply wrong on a number of these items.
The watered down AR that mass residents can buy is still a fully functional AR. I actually own several pre-ban guns and prefer a fixed stock and muzzle brake on them even though I don't have to use them. But its about choice. MA is wrong for restricting you, but its not so bad.
All your firearms must not be registered. MA tracks in state transactions, it does not track ownership. I moved my family from CT to MA and was not required to notify them of any of the firearms I came in with. Even the ARs.
Under CT's new law, you will only be able to register ARs owned before 4/4/13. After that NO MORE CAN BE PURCHASED, OR BROUGHT IN. Done. If you didn't own an AR15 by 4/4/13, you can never own one in CT. There is some discussion about CA style ARs, but you may actually have to leave the handguard off of it.
There are no pre-ban mags anymore in CT. Even if it is of higher capacity, you can only load 10 rounds into it if you are carrying a gun. How's that for stupidity.
Re approved handguns and carry permits, CT is still worlds better than MA.
In general CT is much better than CT as far as carrying, transport and the acquisition of handguns.
Its worse with respect to long guns that have any kind of military features.
Originally Posted by Baystatesuks
and this one
- Authorizes use of a state concealed carry permit instead of a background check when purchasing a firearm from a dealer. (no more 3-5 delay for me now!!!)
In a case like this, does state law supersede federal law, i.e. if federal law rules does that mean we just show our LTC to the dealer and fill out the FA10, no fingerprint needed?
Right now, only California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Rhode Island require background checks at gun shows, according to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. But most states have looser restrictions. While local laws can vary widely, 33 states do not have a law addressing what is commonly referred to as the “gun show loophole.”
Both Toomey and Manchin are gun owners and have an A rating from the National Rifle Association, the largest pro-gun lobby group. Toomey said he added some provisions to strengthen gun rights in the bill, including allowing a legal gun owner to take his or her concealed weapon over state lines while traveling, even if that state does not allow concealed carry.
The only positive I saw in this announcement was the ability to carry concealed in the entire country regardless of local laws
Senators announce deal on background check in gun bill
The only positive I saw in this announcement was the ability to carry concealed in the entire country regardless of local laws
Senators announce deal on background check in gun bill
No doubt a phrase he hears regularly from his wife...I heard Shumer demanded that be taken out