It's not just FOPA: it's FOPA/MGB. The same law that tosses us a bone (the right to transport firearms that are unloaded and securely cased) also imposed the very first ever federal gun ban.Charles L. Cotton wrote:You want the Firearm Owners Protection Act (FOPA) repealed!!? You can't be serious.45ACP wrote:The NRA working to repeal NFA'34? GCA'68? FOPA/MGB'86?.
For that reason (amongst others), the 1986 law is unconstitutional, and should be overturned.
No, I don't want to return to the days when travelers were thrown in jail for having an unloaded, securely cased, firearm in their trunk. But I do want to return to the Constitution.
I know, it's a quaint notion, enjoying little favor these days. Ron Paul seems to be the only current politician who understands that the Constitution is binding, even when it's not popular.