Rocky Mosasaurus
NES Member
Joe Biden’s gun control plan is not so much about banning all guns, but more about slapping costly fees upon law-abiding gun owners.
“...but Biden’s less ambitious plan still offers plenty of cause for alarm for firearm owners. Alongside a raft of more common-sense measures (and a confusing aside about “smart gun technology”), its centerpiece is a ban on the manufacture and sale of what are known as “assault weapons,” with a proposal to bring their regulation under the National Firearms Act. This 1934 law currently applies to “machine guns” (i.e. fully automatic firearms), silencers and short-barreled rifles, but Biden’s plan would extend it to apply to what he characterizes as “assault weapons,” meaning semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns with interchangeable magazines that fire intermediate cartridges (the most notorious of which is the AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle) as well as “high capacity magazines” (generally understood under the 1994 bill to be those that can hold more than 10 bullets). Individuals who already own these items would be required to participate in a federal buyback program or register each of their qualifying firearms and magazines under the NFA — which comes with a $200 price tag (on top of extra fees incurred during the registration process). When it was first enacted in 1934, that $200 fee was intended to be prohibitively expensive; now, inflation aside, it still is for many people.”
What does this mean? Let’s analyze. An ‘intermediate cartridge’ most likely means any caliber greater than .22LR, less than 50 BMG. ‘Semi-automatic rifle, pistol or shotgun with a removable magazine’ means exactly what it sounds like BUT WILL ALSO APPLY to semi-automatic pistols of ANY VARIETY. Then you have the hi-capacity magazine clause which means if you own a magazine greater than 10 rounds you must register and pay FOR EACH MAGAZINE. Law-abiding gun owners could incur THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS of fees from registering just their pistol magazines, let alone their rifle magazines and each semi-automatic firearm as well (I forgot to add that part).
This needs to get more media coverage because these facts alone should make the average American think twice before voting for Creepy Joe.
“...but Biden’s less ambitious plan still offers plenty of cause for alarm for firearm owners. Alongside a raft of more common-sense measures (and a confusing aside about “smart gun technology”), its centerpiece is a ban on the manufacture and sale of what are known as “assault weapons,” with a proposal to bring their regulation under the National Firearms Act. This 1934 law currently applies to “machine guns” (i.e. fully automatic firearms), silencers and short-barreled rifles, but Biden’s plan would extend it to apply to what he characterizes as “assault weapons,” meaning semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns with interchangeable magazines that fire intermediate cartridges (the most notorious of which is the AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle) as well as “high capacity magazines” (generally understood under the 1994 bill to be those that can hold more than 10 bullets). Individuals who already own these items would be required to participate in a federal buyback program or register each of their qualifying firearms and magazines under the NFA — which comes with a $200 price tag (on top of extra fees incurred during the registration process). When it was first enacted in 1934, that $200 fee was intended to be prohibitively expensive; now, inflation aside, it still is for many people.”
What does this mean? Let’s analyze. An ‘intermediate cartridge’ most likely means any caliber greater than .22LR, less than 50 BMG. ‘Semi-automatic rifle, pistol or shotgun with a removable magazine’ means exactly what it sounds like BUT WILL ALSO APPLY to semi-automatic pistols of ANY VARIETY. Then you have the hi-capacity magazine clause which means if you own a magazine greater than 10 rounds you must register and pay FOR EACH MAGAZINE. Law-abiding gun owners could incur THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS of fees from registering just their pistol magazines, let alone their rifle magazines and each semi-automatic firearm as well (I forgot to add that part).
This needs to get more media coverage because these facts alone should make the average American think twice before voting for Creepy Joe.
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