***AR's are gone, but what is going to be the Magazine Capcity Limit?***

[jp0319]

Originally Posted by yeahYeah

it's like we're school kids in school. allowed this, allowed that. kinda tired of being told what i can and cannot own. aren't u?

I'm tired of people demonizing guns and not properly blaming the person who pulls the trigger, or the parent, or society in general. Were F'd in the A as a society. We cant spank our kids, we can't say the pledge of allegiance, we cant offend people, we should feel sorry for criminals, BS. This country needs to stop "advancing" and go back a few years.

JP

[CasterTroy]

Originally Posted by Cuda66

2: we have, collectively, a very short memory. If this gets pushed back because of the fiscal cliff, debt ceiling, yadda, yadda...not so much hysteria over it anymore, nothing gets done.

I think this time it'll be different.


But then again...he put Biden in control of forming a committee That's like Richard Childress hiring Helen Keller to drive his #33 car for 2013

[Byrd]

If it goes to a government committee it will be a while before any action it taken, and in the meantime perhaps things will calm down a bit. I don't forsee an all out ban, wouldn't that take congressional action to ammend the 2A from the constitution?

[jchebert1979]

Originally Posted by Byrd

If it goes to a government committee it will be a while before any action it taken, and in the meantime perhaps things will calm down a bit. I don't forsee an all out ban, wouldn't that take congressional action to ammend the 2A from the constitution?

I hope you are right about this however, I have a feeling that it will be rushed through.

[dglock]

Originally Posted by Byrd

If it goes to a government committee it will be a while before any action it taken, and in the meantime perhaps things will calm down a bit. I don't forsee an all out ban, wouldn't that take congressional action to ammend the 2A from the constitution?

Congress can not amend the constitution! If it was that easy the second amendment would have been gone many years ago!

The founding fathers made i very difficult to change it.

don

[Highcaliber]

There are some that are calling for a ban on AR15's that prohibits possession even if CURRENTLY owned, with no grandfather clause. So this new ban might have more bite to it.

The conservative case for an assault weapons ban - latimes.com

I think I would much prefer the antis to look at the mental health side of the issue including a hard look at some of the individuals that spend 8 hours a day in their Mom's basdment playing Call of Duty. The extreme violence portrayed over and over tends to de-sensitize mariginal minds to teeth and eyes scattered about, with a reset button and no consequences. I know the columbine shooters loved the video games and l don't'mean "pong".

[DodgyWop]

Originally Posted by Highcaliber

There are some that are calling for a ban on AR15's that prohibits possession even if CURRENTLY owned, with no grandfather clause. So this new ban might have more bite to it.


I think I would much prefer the antis to look at the mental health side of the issue including a hard look at some of the individuals that spend 8 hours a day in their Mom's basdment playing Call of Duty. The extreme violence portrayed over and over tends to de-sensitize mariginal minds to teeth and eyes scattered about, with a reset button and no consequences. I know the columbine shooters loved the video games and l don't'mean "pong".

If this is the case, it will be truly unfortunate.

As to the OP's question, there's no way to know if there will be a criteria on capacity. If there is, it's anyone's guess as to what that number will be. Going off precedence, I ordered 10 more pmags from Brownells just in case they go the route of California/1994 AWB.

Also grabbed a bunch of BX-25 Mags for the .22

Even if there's no ban, having extra mags is always a good thing, so it's really a Win/Win in my opinion, unless of course, they get completely banned.

[Keltyke]

People, we need to watch the adjectives we're throwing around. What makes ANY rifle an "assault" rifle? I own a Ruger 10/22 that'll hold a 50 round mag. Is that an assault rifle? It'll fire 50 times before a mag swap. A rifle is NOTHING. The intent of the shooter makes it what it is. Our gun lobby is stronger than ever, and schools all across the country are calling for armed guards on campus. Applications for CWPs are rising exponentially.

Ol' Rama Lama will get something passed, but Henny Penny's not running to tell the King yet.

Instead of buying up everything in sight, we could better spend our time writing our Representatives and Senators, and Ol' Rama Lama and Biden, too.

[DodgyWop]

Originally Posted by Keltyke

People, we need to watch the adjectives we're throwing around. What makes ANY rifle an "assault" rifle? I own a Ruger 10/22 that'll hold a 50 round mag. Is that an assault rifle? It'll fire 50 times before a mag swap. A rifle is NOTHING. The intent of the shooter makes it what it is. Our gun lobby is stronger than ever, and schools all across the country are calling for armed guards on campus. Applications for CWPs are rising exponentially.

Ol' Rama Lama will get something passed, but Henny Penny's not running to tell the King yet.

Instead of buying up everything in sight, we could better spend our time writing our Representatives and Senators, and Ol' Rama Lama and Biden, too.

Is a Ruger 10/22 an Assault Rifle? No.
But that 50 round drum and any high-cap mags is what they are after (as evidenced by Obama's recent video/response to petitions)

I agree that our gun lobby is stronger than ever, but there are plenty of anti-gun lobbyists to go around as well.

As for armed guards, on campus', that is moot since a ban wouldn't apply to them anyway. Most anti-gun lobbyists aren't concerned with weaponry in the hands of law enforcement and military personnel. The anti gun movement is only being applies to us law abiding citizens.

Personally, I have petitioned my states' congressmen/representatives pleading that they don't make the mistake of following suit with the knee-jerk reaction that others have already made -- I certainly agree that people need to reach out to their congressional representatives, but there's no reason to not take this seriously and do what you can before our rights are violated.


With that being said, Dianne Feinstein, the media, our President and others, have made it clear that they WILL be pushing much harder for legislature regulating and restricting "military style assault weapons and high capacity clips [sic]" -- and there are already congressional representatives saying they are "for it" -- Looking at you Scott Brown o.O .

Henny Penny hasn't run to tell the King yet, but he's at the doorstep.

Of course, this is all my opinion, and you may very well be right. Maybe I've been scared by the media. Maybe I'm looking at everything too deeply.....


but maybe not?

/cheers

[Wat_Tyler]

Originally Posted by Keltyke

People, we need to watch the adjectives we're throwing around. What makes ANY rifle an "assault" rifle? I own a Ruger 10/22 that'll hold a 50 round mag. Is that an assault rifle? .

Part of the verbage being used is an assault rifle is one with a detachable magazine (along with other "evil" features).

I find that hilarious, because my bolt-action deer rifle has a 3 round magazine and could not possibly be viewed as an assault weapon, even by the most liberal people.

It all boils down to the language that is used.