Three Stupid Gun Laws That Need to Be Repealed or Replaced Today
Silencers should be removed from the NFA entirely. At most they should be treated like firearms, and purchased via a normal ATF 4473 and background check. Frankly, I don’t see any need for even that level of regulation. We’re talking about a muffler, people...
It’s silly for SBRs to still be part of the National Firearms Act in 2016, when rifle-class “pistols” are now ubiquitous and are not a significant source of firearms used in crimes. It’s time for short-barrelled rifles to be pulled from the National Firearms Act. It was a silly idea in 1934, rendered absurd by the realities of firearm design in the 21st century...
William J. Hughes, an anti-liberty New Jersey Democrat, slipped in a controversial provision to FOPA that outlawed the new manufacture of machine guns for the civilian market, even though legally owned machine guns had never been used in a crime since 1934 up until that point, and are still highly regulated under the NFA...
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun... Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson, 1785.
Read "War is a Racket" by MG Smedly Butler,USMC. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. http://warisaracket.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Henry Kissinger said, "Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy" and has not denied this quote to this day.
"Silencers"! The name attached to the device is the reason it's controlled by the Fed. Hollywood has depicted it in their gangster movies as a silent assassin's weapon. Discard the name and call it a sound suppressor to reduce decibel-level and help protect peoples' hearing. Then maybe the Fed will listen to an appeal.
"If" I remember correctly, there have only been 2 crimes committed with a "legal" NFA weapon.
One of those was a contract murder committed by a corrupt police officer.
The Hughes amendment to the FOPA, was a brokered deal involving the NRA. Certain elements of the NRA, didn't give a squat about full auto's, and threw them under the bus to get support for the FOPA. The original NFA was done in a similar manner. The original legislation called for the taxation and registration of handguns as well, and the NRA dropped opposition only after handguns were removed.
Thankfully, the current NRA understands (I hope) that compromise on these issues has gotten us nowhere. They only encouraged the anti's to go further.
To get our rights back, it's going to be baby steps.
Getting suppressors removed will be *easy* compared to gutting the Hughes amendment or the NFA.
Unless we get the right people in office, nothing will change. The power brokers and their minions in government will not relinquish control without a fight.
JimE wrote:"If" I remember correctly, there have only been 2 crimes committed with a "legal" NFA weapon.
One of those was a contract murder committed by a corrupt police officer.
The Hughes amendment to the FOPA, was a brokered deal involving the NRA. Certain elements of the NRA, didn't give a squat about full auto's, and threw them under the bus to get support for the FOPA. The original NFA was done in a similar manner. The original legislation called for the taxation and registration of handguns as well, and the NRA dropped opposition only after handguns were removed.
Thankfully, the current NRA understands (I hope) that compromise on these issues has gotten us nowhere. They only encouraged the anti's to go further.
To get our rights back, it's going to be baby steps.
Getting suppressors removed will be *easy* compared to gutting the Hughes amendment or the NFA.
Unless we get the right people in office, nothing will change. The power brokers and their minions in government will not relinquish control without a fight.
I agree.
For this reason, after I became a Life Member of the NRA, I purchased a Life Membership in "Gun Owners of America" (GOA). GOA is smaller, but a "no-compromise" group, and MUCH more aggressive! http://www.gunowners.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I donate ZERO money to the NRA. My Life Membership was it. I donate to GOA, and a "Patron" membership in OFCC.
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun... Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson, 1785.
Read "War is a Racket" by MG Smedly Butler,USMC. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. http://warisaracket.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Henry Kissinger said, "Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy" and has not denied this quote to this day.
