Lawyer56
Active Member
Schwabe, great timing!
I would definitely want to be holding onto actual "ban config" rifles (and not stripped lowers) if I thought a new AWB was coming down the pipe.
Not to mention driving is just a privilege, not a right.
Schwabe, great timing!
Y'all can call it panic buying, over-reacting and assorted tinfoil labels.
I think a lot of the current thinking here on a new "assault weapons ban" is too closely associating it with the prior one. Consider the old one a starting point. They are not going to make the same mistake twice and allow for the previous sillyness.
My .02 is that any new assault weapons ban will be written to be much more comprehensive, permanent and much, much harder to be revoked - as O has already stated. It won't be law, it will probably be regulations. It will not only define what limitations there will be to future purchases, but it will also incorporate a registration of existing articles similar to NFA.
Think more like:
-All new purchases are like Aussieland(pussies)/Britain(pussies)/Canada(cold pussies) whatever.
-All existing things you can keep, but to be legal you must register and you have 1 year, or some irrelevant timeframe.
Now, you didn't register, you are a felon/terrorist.
If you did register, you are on THE list.
Agreed. Maybe SKSs? Less paperwork. Cheaper ammo.
who is going to start an AKM group buy!!! its been awhile since we've had one of those
Okay,
I broke down and bought an 18 inch upper with flip up sights and bayonet lug
I feel much better now
That's about as statistically significant as me getting 2 extra rounds in my case of ammo...meh...
My more immediate concern would be what they would do with the "assault" rifles currently out there. I slightly recall what happened in the 90s with the first AWB, but that affected just buying new ones. And in the government's terms, what defines "assault rifle" or "assault weapons"? I assume this would be a very vague all encompassing scope.
Y'all can call it panic buying, over-reacting and assorted tinfoil labels.
I think a lot of the current thinking here on a new "assault weapons ban" is too closely associating it with the prior one. Consider the old one a starting point. They are not going to make the same mistake twice and allow for the previous sillyness.
My .02 is that any new assault weapons ban will be written to be much more comprehensive, permanent and much, much harder to be revoked - as O has already stated. It won't be law, it will probably be regulations. It will not only define what limitations there will be to future purchases, but it will also incorporate a registration of existing articles similar to NFA.
Think more like:
-All new purchases are like Aussieland(pussies)/Britain(pussies)/Canada(cold pussies) whatever.
-All existing things you can keep, but to be legal you must register and you have 1 year, or some irrelevant timeframe.
Now, you didn't register, you are a felon/terrorist.
If you did register, you are on THE list.
Happy Hump Day.
Boobies.
If they classify the so called assault weapons as NFA regulated, it forces owners to register or be charged with felony charges. I could see him trying to do this through regulations, and trying to bypass congress as he has done with many other things.
I think you would see the American people take the gloves off at that point.
The crowd that promotes "the president will regulate an AWB into existence" seems really vague and unclear on exactly how this would go down. The executive branch only controls enforcement of laws, and it is unclear to me from what law the ATF would suddenly derive authority to regulate hi-cap mags, semi-autos, etc. out of existence. They could probably crack down on imports via 922, but they could have done that already...Is there any danger of a ban coming through an executive order (not really sure how they work)? We all know how much Obama loves those...