It is estimated there is about 300 million firearms in the U.S.A.
Let’s just say for arguments sake that 10% of those are ‘assault rifles’ that would be directly affected by any ban imposed ; 20 years ago that number percentage would probably have been much lower but now with the popularity of that AR in this country 10% is probably being conservative but let’s just say 10% for this example
That is 30 million firearms
Now let’s say for every ‘assault rilfe’ there is 10 high capacity magazines - once again that is surely a low ball estimate but for the sake of this argument hear me out - that is 300 million magazines
Any idea of putting 30 million firearms on the NFA roster and trying to limit the transfer or selling of 300 million magazines is pure insanity
Frankly any politician seriously pushing for such an agenda should be removed from elected office immediately as any human being who thinks such a thing is feasible has no business being a representative in our federal government
She is from California…what else would you expect? I grew up there, and they are the same crew who require a waiting period even if you have a safe full of guns already.
It’s also humorous because ATF officials have admitted under oath in court the present NFA registry has errors, and missing records of registered firearms. If you submitted an application, today, for something like a SBR it would take 6 months or more to get approved, and she thinks millions of semi-auto firearms can be added. :rolleyes:
I bet if you gathered 10 basic firearms related questions, put them in multiple choice test questions, none of the so called law makers would pass the test.
I just watched a video of an LA County gun buy back program and there was a law enforcement officer with 4 stars on his shoulder holding a Tec9 with the absolute poorest gun handling skills that I have ever seen. Just goes to show the mentality of the sheeple that are “in charge”.
The people “in charge” are telling the people who are following them that, “the bill is to big to read”, and. “we just have to pass it to find out what’s in it”. Now that, by itself, is pretty damn bad.
The flip side, that those “people in charge” are counting on, is that 1/2 of the voting population ate that bullshit up with a spoon and a biscuit.
The socialists have won victory after victory. They have built up momentum. They have beaten freedom lovers to the ground, bloodied and cold. But that’s not enough; they want to close in for the kill and go for the throat.
And the few true conservatives in the house are trying to hold the Alamo against the onslaught.
Said like a rational human being who was taught from an early age to think and analyze information before making a decision. Unfortunately, the current generation was not taught such important things, having been asked to leave college classes because I was outspoken and pro-gun I can say that a good portion if not majority of the education, more so higher education, systems are not looking for people to learn to think for themselves, but for people who can follow orders and do as they are told because it is for their own good and if not because “I told you so!” It is a very sad position, and I fear for those who believe in the foundation of this country and the ideas that it was founded upon, and even more for those who are willing to die for those principles. Even when those principles may not be things we support those of us who still support them because they are pillars that this country was founded upon.
Feinstein never put forth a price tag for her pet legislation. Yes, it would cost tens of millions to accomplish. Rather than implement a more effective strategy of placing police officers in schools? Which would end up being cheaper in the long run? Especially considering that even with her ban in place there will still be crazy people with access to the same firearms as before for the foreseeable future? Yep.
Won’t pass. This just more partisan crap. It’ll be used as a blunt instrument to bash Republicans in Congress for a lack of action. Kinda disgusting, really. Draft legislation that they know won’t pass, hell, that they KNOW is probably unconstitutional, and then use that as a political weapons to say “See, we tried to save the children from the guns! The Republicans hate the children!” Sigh… Those same politicians will scream “But, States Rights!!!” for a cherry picked cause du jour, but go silent when they want the big bad Federal govt. to stomp our rights when it comes to the Second Amendment. :rolleyes:
They’re swinging for the fences and will be happy with what they get this go around. Why? Cause they’ll be back and keep gaining ground piece by piece. They’re fighting a long term war and we’re caught up fighting skirmishes and battles.
We’ve been on the ropes since 1934 with the NFA, the 1968 GCA and don’t forget the FOPA in 86’ along with myriad other unconstitutional gun laws.
We were warned by our founding fathers and were told to never give up our freedoms and our guns by men who were resolute in their convictions and generations have failed to heed their words. Now we’re paying the consequences for our forefathers inaction and ignoring their call to duty.
The anti-gun people are on a crusade to eliminate guns and take away your rights. Why aren’t we doing everything we can to have these unconstitutional laws repealed and regain our freedom?
Well the positive side of her swinging for the fences is it might just rattle up a few guys outside of the AR/AK world.
Been to a few gun stores and the one I went to today had a single pump action left on the wall. Far worse than the 08 scare. Lets hope the next presidential election we can elect a small government liberty Republican and not the usual RINO country club that puts off base supporters.
I know what you mean. As a member of this generation I am disgusted by my peers. So many of them are just worthless - caught up in fucking retarded MTV shows and care about nothing bigger than themselves. Seeing my girlfriend’s siblings having absolutely no respect for anyone else pisses me off to no end and they’re really opening my eyes to problems with my generation (she’s the complete opposite btw). I don’t know if its always been like this but just in a different way, but I feel like so much of the population needs to get smoked in the face so they at least care about something meaningful. That being said, so many of us need to do a better job of holding our elected “representatives” accountable because no one does. I don’t know much about politics and politicians but damn near everything I learn is a disgrace to what I once thought this country was. The fact that laws are based off of a “sporting purpose” is complete and utter bullshit. Nobody I talk to realizes that that “piece of paper written 200 years ago” (quoted from a highschool classmate that I was debating with, note that the school was in CA…) was conceived to protect the citizens from the government, that’s what it’s all about. I wish I had explained to him that freedom isn’t outdated… Problem is, no one thinks the government is getting too powerful until masses of people disappearing becomes an everyday occurrence and they think it could never happen in the USA in these modern times.
I lost my train of thought for the rant, but, to summarize: this is stupid and she, along with many others need to be put in their place.
Maybe I’m just naive and idealistic. I haven’t seen it in a long time, but I kind of want to go watch “V for Vendetta.”
I am actually really lucky. If they did pass something that forced all assault weapons to be registered, I wouldn’t have to worry about doing all of that paperwork. Yesterday, I lost ALL of my firearms in a tragic boating accident. They are all at the bottom of the Mississippi.
I faintly remember a little town called Lexington, some 238 years ago, on a warm spring morning just before sunrise, and for some reason I faintly recall similar circumstances regarding the civilian ownership of firearms brewing that morning… but I just can’t for the life of me remember how that turned out…:sarcastic:
They know what they are doing. Throw as much shit as possible and see what sticks. They are going to use this as a hope of “guilt tripping” Republicans to vote for it. Otherwise they and the press will accuse them of being unreasonable and not caring about “our children”.
Make no mistake. Dianne and her friends have been waiting patiently for a situation to arise they can exploit and now they have it. We can’t rely on the media because most of them are so stupid they don’t know the difference between a flash hider or a charging handle.
One need only look at the LAPD gun buyback scam that netted an empty AT-4 rocket launcher tube. Every one is getting high fives because they took a “dangerous rocket launcher” off the streets.
It doesn’t help that the higher ups in many of these departments won’t put the brakes on and correct anyone when they wrongly identify something or lie to the public.