Posted: 3/23/2001 1:20:21 AM EDT
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There is a reason why we can sleep at night now. It's nice to have a good man in the White House. The President is using his executive powers to further our conservative pro-gun cause with the federal courts. News at the "scales of justice" icon at: National CCW Reciprocity Foundation http://www.NationalCCW.com Plus 2 new web poll questions. |
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Sadly, not very good. There was no reason for banning new full-autos in the first place, but they did it anyway. I heard not too long ago that there has only been 1 (yes ONE) murder committed with a legally owned full-auto weapon since 1934. What was the reasoning behind banning them in '86 anyway? Was there a rash of thefts of full-autos that wound up being used in crimes or something? And what was the result of that legislation? Criminals: They'll keep doing just what they were doing before: Taking semi-autos (bought or stolen) and illegally converting them to full-auto. Law-abiding citizens: Skyrocketing costs and an ever-decreasing supply of older weapons. No new weapons at all. So much for that H&K G36 I wanted. Grrrrr. On the bright side, the hi-cap and "Assault Weapon" bans might actually be allowed to sunset. But I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for rollbacks on existing legislation. It'd be a political shot in the foot for most congressmen who proposed such legislation. Our best hope is the courts ruling them unconstitutional on 2nd Amendment grounds. |