Democrat's Gun Ban

The lamestream media told you:
Nothing.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:
The rumored "assault-weapon" ban expected from Democrats in Congress has been introduced as HR 1022. It is a 2,000-word general firearms ban and "gun control" (disarmament) proposal that has little to do with the now expired "assault-weapon" category invented under president Clinton in 1994.

The bill controls vast inventories of existing firearms by redefining them as "assault weapons." Assault, as The Uninvited Ombudsman has noted previously, is a type of behavior, not a type of hardware.

From the standpoints of the civil right to arms or crime control, the bill is a travesty in direct violation of the Constitution, and a violation of the oath of office of any legislator who supports it. No action against any of the perpetrators is expected.

The bill attacks by name some of America's most basic, traditional firearms: The Colt AR-15, the M-1 carbine, the Ruger 10-22 and the Thompson, and classic import models like the SKS, AK, FN/FAL, Steyr AUG, Uzi, Galil and many more.

More than 60 firearms are named for the ban (Clinton's bill named 19), but few autoloaders could escape the proposal: it includes most semi-auto magazine-fed pistols, and rifles with a "grip," which basically excludes nothing. (This is hidden for rifles by referring to a "forward grip," but that's later defined as anything that works as a "pistol grip," which is then defined later as anything "that can function as a grip.") It's as sneaky as any language I have ever seen.

To make sure nothing is omitted from the controls, the Attorney General is granted unrestricted power to include virtually anything else, disguised with "sporting purposes" language. All semi-auto shotguns are also banned.

New conditions for background checks, private sales, children, magazines, imports and more are included in this "assault-weapon" bill. Read it yourself, the language is fairly plain, by entering "HR 1022" here.

Tags: asssault weapons, HR 1022