... that bet!
Matt Carberry, commenting in one of Say Uncle's posts, posits that it's a citizens' responsibility to direct representatives in what bills they are to sponsor, vote for ... etc, etc (this after some lackluster enthusiasm for the NRA-sponsored hunting bill in OK). Of course, out of the other side of his mouth, he'd rally all gun owners to join the NRA because only through the NRA can our voices be combined and leveraged by a national organization.
So I went to the webz and downloaded a legislation template from the Princeton Model Congress, and have written a very simple bill - the Legal NFA Weapons Haven't Hurt Anyone Act*, and it goes something like this:
Title of Bill: Legal NFA Weapons Haven't Hurt Anyone Act
BE IT ENACTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Preamble: Whereas fully-automatic firearms made after May 19, 1986 are illegal for private ownership, and whereas fully-automatic firearms manufactured prior to May 19, 1986 are legal for private ownership, and whereas there is no distinguishable difference between a fully-automatic firearm manufactured before May 19, 1986 and one of the same type manufactured after May 19, 1986, and whereas there has been no change in the incidence of the use of lawfully-owned fully-automatic firearms in crime, 18 USC § 922(o) is of no effect.
SECTION 1: 18 USC § 922(o) is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2: This Act will take effect immediately upon passage.
And I'm going to take Matthew's advice and send this to both my senators and my state rep. When I get the expected form letters on how supportive that individual is on protecting second amendment rights ... well then I'll send letters to them, both in Washington and to their local offices. I'll even pledge to do this every month for a year.
How far do you think I'll get that way? That's what I thought.
No, the only way to get any movement on the NFA is for the NRA to push it, but they won't ...
because they hate NFA weapons.
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*It could have just as easily been something like the 'NFA Is a Failed Piece of Legislation Act' or the 'This is What Happens When You Let Liars Make Laws By Making Up the Rules As They Go and Cheat and Misrepresent Just in Order to Get Their Favorite Dream Enacted Into Law Act', but you see how much time that would have taken!
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I would title it "A Bill to Stimulate the Economy"
Given how many people would start up companies, how many companies would hire new employees, etc -- this would fit right in with the "government is doing all it can to jump start the economy"
Bob, I was talking to my local suppressor manufacturer the other day, and I asked him if suppressors were taken off the Title II list, how long would it take for the market to be flooded with $25 .22 suppressors?
His answer was 'Not long at all'.
If Hughes were repealed, I believe that initially the economic movement would be in conversion parts for AR-15 platforms. After the initial rush to buy completed weapons, the market would stabalize but I think that might take a while (since you can never count on what the legislature will do).
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