United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- One reason that we will still need strong pro-Second Amendment organizations after favorable rulings like ones covering standard magazines and modern multi-purpose semiautomatics is because, as we noted earlier, bans will not be the only way that anti-Second Amendment extremists will come after our rights. We noted earlier the threat that could be posed by expanding the coverage of the National Firearms Act.
For any loyal Ammoland readers who were skeptical of that earlier piece, I present to you HR 4953, the National Firearms Amendments Act of 2021, sponsored by Representative Theodore E. Deutch (D-FL). Eight other representatives have co-sponsored this bill, and this one is a massive attack on those who wish to exercise the rights protected by the Second Amendment.
This bill takes any semiautomatic rifle or shotgun, modern or not, that can accept a detachable magazine and makes it subject to the NFA. All the red tape, all the penalties for not registering, all of the other restrictions will get applied with a bill that is three pages long, should it be signed into law.
What makes this bill a potentially devastating attack is the fact that it could easily be included as part of a reconciliation bill, and since the NFA is part of the tax code, a filibuster could be evaded as a result. You will note that this bill was referred to the House Ways and Means Committee, which covers taxes.
But we can’t assume that just the additional hoops in the legal sense will be the only hit that Second Amendment supporters would take. We could see a secondary attack through financial blacklisting/de-platforming of manufacturers and/or retailers who would refuse to stop selling allegedly “dangerous” firearms to the general public.
The fact of the matter is that we cannot afford to rest on the laurels of any court victory. The courts can only handle one sort of case at a time. The case is slated to be heard in November, and the cases from California will only close off certain attacks – there will be other avenues that will be used by our enemies to attack our rights. And yes, anti-Second Amendment extremists who seek to punish us for horrific crimes and acts of madness that we did not commit, and then smear us as child killers or domestic terrorists can rightly be viewed as enemies of those who wish to exercise our rights.
Second Amendment supporters need to contact their Representative and Senators and politely urge them to oppose HR 4953, and to instead support legislation like the Home Defense and Competitive Shooting Act. In addition, anti-Second Amendment extremists at the federal, state, and local levels need to be defeated at the ballot box as soon as possible.
About Harold Hutchison
Writer Harold Hutchison has more than a dozen years of experience covering military affairs, international events, U.S. politics and Second Amendment issues. Harold was consulting senior editor at Soldier of Fortune magazine and is the author of the novel Strike Group Reagan. He has also written for the Daily Caller, National Review, Patriot Post, Strategypage.com, and other national websites.
What we need to do is start a nationwide coalition of citizens that are fully committed to the investigation of, complaint to and grand jury indictment for immediate removal from office, each and every elected or appointed official that violates their oaths of office. Begin thing them out of office, one by one, restoring the integrity, the honor and the ethics of what these positions hold and then stand over-watch of each and every one of them.
Who do the Democrats believe will obey these gun laws and who do they think will enforce them? Most of the mask wearing sheep don’t own guns and those who do would likely turn them in, but there are millions of us out here in the real world who own guns and didn’t/haven’t fallen for the Covid scam who won’t be turning in or registering our guns. There are approximately only 2650 BATFE agents and only 970 FBI agents currently available today to enforce any new, or current Federal gun laws. In additions, in the case of Missouri, where they… Read more »
The Communist Democraps will attempt to screw EVERY American citizen any way they can! This is a prime example!!!
There is also a bill to increase the NFA “tax” to $300 per item, from the current and longstanding $200.
Go ahead, we won’t comply, and all these illegal and unconstitutional measures will only make the country implode that much faster. The national divorce is inevitable.
Changing the condition of ownership ex post facto is an unconstitutional taking. The modern sporting rifle is among the most commonly owned firearms in the nation. It is the Great American Rifle by popular acclamation. Leftists need to get comfortable with that fact. Rogue federal agents, elected officials and their laws and proclamations are moot on that issue.
While I highly doubt this dumpster fire of a bill will pass, I’m still gonna write my politicritters to oppose it just in case.
And the answer is…………………………..when political classes have lost their moral, ethical and spiritual compass and have torn the moral and ethical fabric out of a society they must resort to a tidal wave of law and threat of state force to maintain order. Such is the case with gun control. New Left Progressives successfully marched through all of the institutions of society, burning and breaking along the way and now preside over a dystopia. Moral restraint now dead is now replaced by brute state force to maintain order. It is a losing battle folks. Revival or bust.
How is it the most posters have their comments stalled for moderation but yet this garbage makes it through all the time?
Primary those marxists.
Jim Cooper, for crying out loud. He’s from Tennessee and used to be the Rep. from my district before I moved out of state. I thought we raised them better than that.