Feinstein adds AWB as amendment to Manchin/Toomey bill

[Vertnut]

To add, I find it interesting that concealed handgun license applications have doubled in Newtown since the shootings. Hmmm.

[Trip McNeely]

Saw that shit coming from a mile away.

Wasn't it you that said we would never see confiscation? Seems to be on it's way with shit like this getting passed.

[Sean88gt]

Wasn't it you that said we would never see confiscation? Seems to be on it's way with shit like this getting passed.

I think they'll attempt it, it won't go well.

[Vertnut]

Wasn't it you that said we would never see confiscation? Seems to be on it's way with shit like this getting passed.

You're dead on the money. He kept citing some earlier case saying it showed we could never lose the right to bear arms.

[line-em-up]

Does someone have a list of Senators and Representatives so that emails can be sent out to them?

[Moose242]

Wasn't it you that said we would never see confiscation? Seems to be on it's way with shit like this getting passed.

Yes. There can't and won't be confiscation.

That is nowhere in Feinstein's amendment. She knows what would happen.

[black2002ls]

Yes. There can't and won't be confiscation.

That is nowhere in Feinstein's amendment. She knows what would happen.

It may not be in the amendment. It is all about laying the groundwork for future use. Desensitizing us, picking their battles and chipping away at our rights.

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[Trip McNeely]

Universal Background checks are the cornerstone of confiscation. National database of who has what. It's only the beginning. With this momentum they have, the attempts to grab our firearms will never end.

[GhostTX]

Yes. There can't and won't be confiscation.

That is nowhere in Feinstein's amendment. She knows what would happen.

No, she just has the part where you have to give up any firearm on her AWB when you die.

[Moose242]

No, she just has the part where you have to give up any firearm on her AWB when you die.

That was removed.

[GhostTX]

That was removed.

Oh really?

SEC. 403. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSAULT WEAPONS AND LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.

(a) In General.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 123(a) of this Act, is amended--

(1) by inserting after subsection (u) the following:

``(v)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a semiautomatic assault weapon.
[...]
(C) the possession, by an individual who is retired in good standing from service with a law enforcement agency and is not otherwise

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prohibited from receiving a firearm, of a semiautomatic assault weapon--

``(i) sold or transferred to the individual by the agency upon such retirement; or

``(ii) that the individual purchased, or otherwise obtained, for official use before such retirement;

``(D) the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon by a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer for the purposes of testing or experimentation authorized by the Attorney General; or

``(E) the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a firearm specified in Appendix A to this section, as such firearm was manufactured on the date of introduction of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013.

``(5) For purposes of paragraph (4)(A), the term `campus law enforcement officer' means an individual who is--

``(A) employed by a private institution of higher education that is eligible for funding under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.);

``(B) responsible for the prevention or investigation of crime involving injury to persons or property, including apprehension or detention of persons for such crimes;

``(C) authorized by Federal, State, or local law to carry a firearm, execute search warrants, and make arrests; and

``(D) recognized, commissioned, or certified by a government entity as a law enforcement officer.

``(6) The Attorney General shall establish and maintain, in a timely manner, a record of the make, model, and, if available, date of manufacture of any semiautomatic assault weapon which the Attorney General is made aware has been used in relation to a crime under Federal or State law, and the nature and circumstances of the crime involved, including the outcome of relevant criminal investigations and proceedings. The Attorney General shall annually submit a copy of the record established under this paragraph to the Congress and make the record available to the general public.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r113:1:./temp/~r113Y6ghpq:e0:

Secure Storage or Safety Device Requirement for Grandfathered Semiautomatic Assault Weapons.--It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer, to store or keep under the dominion or control of that person any grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon that the person knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, will be accessible to an individual prohibited from receiving or possessing a firearm under subsection (g), (n), or (x), or any provision of State law, unless the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon is--

``(1) carried on the person, or within such close proximity that the person can readily retrieve and use the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon as if the grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapon were carried on the person; or

``(2) locked by a secure gun storage or safety device that the prohibited individual has no ability to access.''.
[...]
) Seizure and Forfeiture of Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices.--Section 924(d) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1)--

(A) by inserting ``or large capacity ammunition feeding device'' after ``firearm or ammunition'' each time it appears;

(B) by inserting ``or large capacity ammunition feeding device'' after ``firearms or ammunition'' each time it appears; and

(C) by striking ``or (k)'' and inserting ``(k), (r), (v), or (w)'';

(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ``or large capacity ammunition feeding devices'' after ``firearms or quantities of ammunition''; and

(3) in paragraph (3)(E), by inserting ``922(r), 922(v), 922(w),'' after ``922(n),''.

(e) Appendix A.--Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?r113:1:./temp/~r113Y6ghpq:e17481:

[Moose242]

I am a little on edge right now, but I don't see where it says you have to surrender your shit (or rather your heirs do) when you die. I read her original bill, and assuming the text of her amendment is the same then transferring pre-ban guns will be legal.

[GhostTX]

I am a little on edge right now, but I don't see where it says you have to surrender your shit (or rather your heirs do) when you die. I read her original bill, and assuming the text of her amendment is the same then transferring pre-ban guns will be legal.

IANAL, but I believe when you pass, that would be deemed a transfer.

[Forever_frost]

They have their first Republican who has said she'll back it.

Sen. Susan Collins said on Saturday that she would support the bipartisan compromise reached on expanded background checks — the first Republican senator to say so publicly.

“I do intend to support it,” the three-term Maine senator told NBC News.

Collins said she reviewed the bipartisan compromise, announced on Wednesday by GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, and called it a “reasonable” approach.

Under the deal, background checks would be expanded to gun shows and online sales.

Further, Collins described the compromise as “a responsible breakthrough from two people who have far better NRA rankings than I have.”

Both senators hold “A” ratings from the National Rifle Association.

Collins, who is seeking re-election next year, told NBC that her endorsement was “not a popular thing in my state.”

In addition, GOP Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois worked privately with Toomey and Manchin on the legislation and is expected to support it, NBC reports.

Collins told NBC that she would have backed a plan that required universal background checks, including individual sales. She cited the instance of a father giving his daughter a gun for protection when she “moves to the big city.”

Maine, Collins said, has one of the highest gun-ownership rates in the nation — more than 40 percent — while also ranking as the safest state regarding violent crime.

She added that she was “being hit hard” and “being besieged by all sides” in the gun debate, referring to ads targeting her by the conservative National Association of Gun Rights and President Barack Obama’s nonprofit group, Organizing for America.


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[GhostTX]

[...]
Collins, who is seeking re-election next year, told NBC that her endorsement was “not a popular thing in my state.”
[...]

So much for representing the people that voted for you.