I knew (as many others did) as soon as the drug violence in Mexico became headlines it wouldn’t be long before the anti-gun crowd would use the crisis to their advantage and begin to try to implement their wish list.
It wasn’t long after “Drug Violence in Mexico” made headlines that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was on the news accepting Americas blame in the crisis sighting America’s addiction to drugs and lack of gun control. No mention however, of the lack of border security or immigration enforcement. In a speech she went on the attack blaming military-style assault weapons calling for a new “Assault Weapons Ban.
“Mrs Clinton said the use of military-style assault weapons was a particular concern, and she would discuss reimposing a ban on their sale.
A previous US decision to lift a ban on such sales had been a mistake, she told the NBC television network.
...Mrs Clinton said assault weapons did not belong on anyone's street.”
Over the past few months the anti-gun crowd in Washington, and over at the Brady Center, have been drooling over their anti-gun wish list now that Democrats control both the executive and legislative branches of government. Here is a short description of their wish list.
A new “assault weapons" ban: This is not a repeat of the Clinton ban. Many in congress and the Brady Center are calling for a California style ban which is far more restrictive than the Clinton Gun Ban. They want to ban out right AR-15’s, AK 47’s, M1’s, M1 carbine’s, Mini-14’s and other magazine fed semi-automatic rifles. They also want ban all semi-automatic shotguns and .50 caliber rifles.
Their stated goals are also to ban all magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds and require federal registration of all semi-auto rifle and pistol magazine fed firearms.
Require micro-stamping of ammunition: This will require stamping serial numbers onto the casings and bullets linking the owner to the bullets in a federal gun-owner registration database. This would virtually be cost prohibitive sending the cost of ammunition sky rocketing to pay for the program. This would also prohibit private transfers of ammunition. Say your and your buddy are at the gun range and he runs out of ammo and you give him a box, this would be considered an illegal transfer sense the serial number on the ammunition does not match the person who is in possession of it.
Repeal the Tiahrt Amendment and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA): This protects the personal information of legal gun owners/purchasers. This of course does not affect illegal firearms since there is no paper trail for illegal purchases.
Require all firearm sales to go through NICS and allow the FBI to retain the records of all NICS-approved firearm transfers: Again this does not affect illegal purchases only legal ones. This will also allow a NICS check to reject someone whose name is on an FBI watch list which is flagrantly flawed.
Prohibit the sale of more than one handgun to a single individual in a 30-day period: This is thought to be a way to thwart "large-volume" illegal gun traffickers.
The consequences of these bills will put a huge burden upon the law abiding citizen and do little to stay the illegal gun trade. This will in effect ban all private transfers of firearms and amunition, ban millions of commonly owned semi-automatic rifles and pistols, ration sales, and give new powers to the BATF to harass law abiding gun owners and legitimate gun dealers.
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