USA -(Ammoland.com)- Recently, Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) introduced H.R. 4052, a ban on what she is calling “large capacity ammunition feeding devices.”
Esty’s bill would ban any “magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition … .” It exempts firearms with “an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.” Mere possession, as well as import or transfer, would be prohibited by the bill.
The bill has a grandfather clause that would supposedly exclude “possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device otherwise lawfully possessed within the United States on or before the date of the enactment,” but it’s hard to imagine how this exemption would work in practice.
The simple possession of a non-conforming magazine would be presumptive evidence of its criminality, and because many magazines are not date stamped or serialized, owners would have few options to substantiate eligibility for this “affirmative defense.” This could lead to arrests and confiscations even for lawfully-possessed magazines, with the only recourse by the accused to “tell it to the judge.”
Violations would be subject to ruinous fines and imprisonment of up to 10 years for possession of a single magazine.
It’s pure fantasy on Esty’s part to believe that yet another form of gun control will have an impact on violent crime in America. We’ve been down this road before, and we know gun control doesn’t work. Restricting the rights of the law-abiding does only that and has no impact on what violent criminals or deranged madmen will or will not do.
We sure don’t have to guess where things are headed if the decision is left to gun banners like Nancy Pelosi or Elizabeth Esty, who will never be satisfied until what you “need’ will only be defined by what they will tolerate. And this is precisely why America’s law-abiding gun owners must tell their story, again and again if necessary as we continue our fight to protect the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
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The second paragraph of this article seems like pistol caliber, tubular feed rifles would be a problem. I do think a really good lawyer could make a 2nd amendment argument against such legislation. The words “Shall not be infringed” includes more than the lefties want to believe.
Now, everyone calm down. I encourage curling up under a blanket in a comfortable chair,put your feet up,near the fireplace, with a nice reading lamp nearby. For some fine entertainment only reading, Might I suggest ” Unintended Consequences “. Oh, and yes, be sure to have your favorite beverage nearby. Hot chocolate is a treat.
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Would she put gang members involved in a drive-by shooting in prison for 30 years? I’ll bet she’d say it would violate somebody’ civil rights?
This sort of thing has been going on longer than most are aware of, and getting worse. Check this out:
https://intellistreets.com
Just as the Amazon Echo has to be listening all the time to do what it does, so do these things. A ready made public surveillance system. Las Vegas and Los Angeles, among others, have been quietly rolling out these systems for a few years now.
another a-hole heard from
@W. Bill, Sir, you are so correct. He should go back to playing in the sandbox and mommie should take his keyboard. Come to think about it, maybe congress should pass a law requiring a permit for using a keyboard. After giving that some thought I think only the bad guys would have keyboards.
The only magazine Ms. Esty knows anything about is Better Homes & Gardens and Liberals Monthly..
I carry a weapon not because I’m looking for trouble but because it might find me. Same deal for her as she asks of me. I’ll give up my firearms when she gives up her armed security detail. Live life like the rest of us honey and you will want the best weapon you can afford in your purse, holster or on your shoulder sling. Come on baby leave the campus and run through the jungle.
Let me see killing someone is against the Law right, but the LAW doesn’t stop people from doing the act.
What in the world has happened in Ct? Once a bastion of liberty and freedom, it’s now home to marxists! Our forefathers must be spinning in their graves !!!