Reading November's issue of American Rifleman...

[KinnyLee]

Under the article: Election Report 2006 - Elect a Second Amendment-Safe Senate" It's scary what those nut jobs have planned for us. This is on page 44 to 47 if you have your own copy.

Federal Arsenal License: To possess more than 20 firearms (and parts such as bolts would be regulated as firearms), 1,000 rounds of ammunition or just 1,000 primers, you'd need a special $300 "federal arsenal license." The three-year license would require law enforcement approval and an extensive background check.

BATFE Home Inspection: To get an "arsenal license," you'd have to be willing to open your home to inspections by BATFE agents three times a year.

Small Handguns Banned: Possession of small-caliber pistols and short-barreled revolvers would be banned. Also in jeopardy would be older guns, such as single-action revolvers, that lack prescribed safety devices.

Magazine Banned: Bill Clinton's ban on magazines of more than 10 rounds would be replaced with a ban on magazines that hold more than six rounds.

Ammunition Banned: Ammunition determined to be "non-sporting" would be banned. Any hand-gun ammunition left on the market would see a federal excise tax increase of 50 percent. Interstate mail-order ammunition sales would be prohibited.

Waiting Periods/Gun Rationing: There would be a national seven-day waiting period on handgun and handgun ammunition sales, and you'd not be able to buy or transfer more than one handgun in a 30-day period.

Registration: Buying a handgun, parts, or ammunition would require a state-issued photo-ID license. You'd have to provide fingerprints, pay a fee and pass a firearm safety course to obtain a two-year license. Buyers would have to "provide information necessary to register the handgun transfer." Transfer of a handgun would require registering the transfer with the state's chief law enforcement officer.

[HighVelocity]

All I can say is, Not while I'm alive.

[stevie_d_64]

They (liberal/socialists) definitely feel invigorated to introduce rediculous things like this and try to get them passed...

Good thing I have a full head of hair...Some of it might get pulled out soon...

[dws1117]

Good thing I have a full head of hair

Mine's gone!

These people must be smoking some really good junk.

I'll give them this, they are getting creative with thier backdoor gun bans.

This is why we must always be vigilant.

Thanks for posting this KinnyLee

[nitrogen]

I'd love to know where this comes from. Since I don't get american Riflemen (I get america's First Freedom) Can you let me know the sources for that story?

[KinnyLee]

I'd love to know where this comes from. Since I don't get american Riflemen (I get america's First Freedom) Can you let me know the sources for that story?

It was by the NRA-ILA STAFF. Sorry about that. I thought I've put that in somewhere, but I guess I didn't.

[cyphur]

If that gets passed, I may just leave the country. Iraq has pretty lenient weapons laws. I hear I could live like a King.....

[stevie_d_64]

If that gets passed, I may just leave the country. Iraq has pretty lenient weapons laws. I hear I could live like a King.....

"Its good to be da king!"

"cypher" (a.k.a. - Nebacanazzer II)
(2006)

[Diode]

This is something worth reading along the same lines.

http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/tos/9846/

[cyphur]

This is something worth reading along the same lines.

http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/tos/9846/

Very good article. Can't say I disagree with any of it. I also wish I had more worthwhile input as to how to remedy our current predicament, but that is not the case.

[stevie_d_64]

This is something worth reading along the same lines.

http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/tos/9846/

Very good article. Can't say I disagree with any of it. I also wish I had more worthwhile input as to how to remedy our current predicament, but that is not the case.

What does that mean??? (not giving you a hard time...)

You have input! Don't demean whatever it is you wish to communicate to elected officials or anyone else that bends the ears of those folks!

They work for you, and they know it...Over time you'll know how to get past the canned responses, and form letters...It just takes time...

I always try to have a few good things to say, and not always have a concern or issue to discuss...

Its up to you...I am interested in keeping up with what my elected officials are doing...

[corax]

I'm a newby on this forum, but a life member of the NRA since 1978. This stuff was introduced way back in the early clinton administration (or maybe under Carter). I recall writing to my congressman about it.

Nothing new under the sun.

[gregthehand]

You know I agree with everyone that our firearms rights are in constant jeopardy. However I can't help but notice everytime that the NRA publishes a dooms-day list such as this, it is quickly followed by something saying, "Mail donation checks here." I think these guys do GREAT things, but sometimes I think they are just trying to scare us into giving up some more money.

[GlockenHammer]

You don't know what you've got until you lose it. Thank heavens the NRA doesn't wait that long. It'll be a tough couple of years...

[Charles L. Cotton]

It takes a tremendous amount of money to thwart gun control measures, especially when the anti's have access to virtually unlimited funds from George Soros. Well run campaigns also have significant lead-time requirements which means the money must be available long before the first anti-gun bills are filed. I won't insult anyone's intelligence by saying the NRA isn't trying to solicit funds from it's members, but without it, the Second Amendment battle is lost. No other organization has the NRA's impact on legislation and this is proven by the fact that we only see the NRA vilified by the Brady Campaign, Feinstein, Schumer, McCarthy, McCain, Conyers and many other anti-gunners. This power comes from two elements, members and money.

We don’t yet know precisely what legislation the anti-gunners are going to push first, but we do know this much, their agenda has not changed. They will be asking their extremists in Washington to test the waters with anti-gun bills. Right now many Democrats remember 1994 well and are reluctant to push for gun control measures, but if the NRA isn’t prepared to respond swiftly and dramatically to anything and everything that is floated as a test, then the Democratic Party leaders will have an easier job of convincing their members that the time has come for “common sense� gun “safety� laws. (You will never hear the anti's referring to "gun control," only "common sense laws" and "gun safety" laws.) If there is any doubt, just wait for the first school shooting after the Dems take over in the House and Senate.

I’m not preaching this simply because I am on the NRA Board of Directors (BOD). I was heavily involved in working on pro-gun legislation and working against anti-gun legislation for over twenty-five years before I was elected to the BOD in 2001. During those years, I knew that it took a lot of money to fight anti-gun bills, but when I was elected to the BOD, I gained a greater appreciation for the huge amount of money required and a far greater appreciation for the NRA members who wrote those $25, $50 and $100 checks to defend the Second Amendment.

I know, I sound like a Baptist preacher. Well, I am Baptist, I’m not a preacher, and I admit to being passionate about the issue.

Chas.