Seven Years for Murder, or the Demon Gun

I’m sitting here in prison.
I’m not worried.
No, not me!
I know that my parole board is about to set me free.

I’ve killed a dozen women.
Damn near two dozen men.
And several little children, but
I don’t number them.

You’d think I’d have to pay for
All the wrong I’ve done.
Liberals just don’t fault me.
They blame my Demon Gun!

I might kill with a crowbar.
I can always use a knife.
If you ever cross me,
You know I’ll take your life.

You’ve all seen the studies.
They prove I’m not to blame.
I was mistreated as a child.
That’s my claim to fame.

You see, it’s really your fault
For the course my life has run.
If you had been more caring,
I wouldn’t need a Demon Gun.

The Liberals want to take the guns
From the average Joe.
You want to know what I think?
I say, “Go, Man Go!”

I’ve mugged and robbed my way around.
I’ve surely had my fun.
It really isn’t my fault.
It’s all my Demon Gun!

And if another Hitler
Should give tyranny a go,
You know about my friends and me.
We’ll join the Gestapo.

So take away the Demon Guns
From sea to shining sea.
When the people are disarmed,
The Ruler will be me!

Feel free to pass along the poem for non-commercial use with attribution to this site. All other rights reserved. Let me be clear! If the Liberals succeed in turning this country into a prison, who will guard the guards?

Def Mech

It is possible that S. 2099 is a deliberate distraction from the many real threats to our fundamental, individual rights to self-defense against crime, tyranny, and genocide.  These real threats include, but are not limited to:

H.R. 45-Registers owners of handguns and semi-automatic firearms.  The bill appears to effectively ban access to or possession of any firearm by anyone under 18.  (See my post, “House Bill 45, the anti-gun rights campaign begins in ernest,” under the tag, “anti-gun Democrats,” 01-19-09.)

H.R. 2401-Transfers information from the notoriously innacurate no-fly lists to the National Instant Check System.  The late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was on a no-fly list. (See my post, “H.R. 2401: ‘No Fly, No Buy!’ ’Big Brother loves you,’ but isn’t good with names,” tagged “H.R 2401,” 08-14-09.)

H.R. 2159-Allows the Attorney General to strip you of your right to own a gun if you are “suspected” of being a terrorist.  This bill dovetails with H.R. 2401 above.  The AG thinks you are a terrorist, because you are a veteran, because you are against abortion, or because you oppose gun control.  Your name goes on the “no-fly” list as a suspected terrorist and immediately gets flagged on the NICS computer.  What was it that O’Henry said, “…beautiful and simple, as all truly great swindles are.”    

S. 843-Would almost certainly kill every gun show in the country by over-regulation.  As I read S. 843, in order to comply with the provisions of this act, a promoter would  need to register every single person in the show.  (I’m not an attorney.  I don’t even play one on TV.)  (See my post of 04-27-09, “S. 843 threatens your rights,” tagged “S. 843 (2009.”)

The so-called “CIFTA” Agreement, a “Convention” of the Organization of American States, endangers gun rights in this country on an on-going basis.  (See my post of 04-17-09, “OAS treaty threatens Second Amendment,” tagged “Foreign Influence.”)

Who could have perpetrated a hoax such as a 2009 version of S. 2099?  Oh, I don’t know, maybe the same folks who faked those fraudulent negative officer efficiency reports about President Bush. 

Advocates for individual rights in this country have already beaten back governmental threats to freedom this year.  Two of these threats were the attempted destruction of military surplus ammunition shell casings and an attempt by the Customs Service to declare knives that can be opened with one hand to be “switchblades.” (”Reports of military brass destruction could be bad news for reloaders and shooters,” 03-14-09, tagged “Another attack on gun owners?”) (’”Write Customs to stop proposed knife ruling,” 06-16-09, tagged “Knife Issues.”)

The real threats are real enough.  We can’t waste time and energy chasing after long-dead phantoms like 2099.  If you get an E-mail with this charade in it, reply to the sender that it is bogus.  Request that the sender forward your E-mail to everyone that got the fake message.  We can’t afford distractions from the vital business of defending our birthright of freedom.

Def Mech

Today, my particular bone of contention with the Left-wing media involves Mother Goose and Grim, which I submit is wasting ink agonizing over the restoration of a Second Amendment right to American Citizens in some of our national parks. This historic event is to occur early next year, after Congress passed an amendment affirming a Bush Administration rule change making possible this restoration of a lost right to self-defense.

In the simple arithmetic of the cartoon strip and probably many Liberal minds, allowing concealed carry permit holders to protect themselves and others equals exposing the parks to a hail of gunfire from trigger happy rednecks bent on killing Bambi, Thumper and each other. Don’t even mention hundreds of innocent bystanders! (Bambi and Thumper are registered trademarks of the Disney Corporation.)

We heard this same doomsday rhetoric before the passage of every “shall-issue” concealed carry law in the country. “Blood in the Streets! Fender bender shootouts! The end of civilization as we know it!”

The “expected” slaughter hasn’t happened. CCW permit holders are extremely law-abiding. Law enforcement officials in state after state have admitted as much.

The following statements are from two Texas police officials quoted by H. Sterling Burnett in Texas Concealed Handgun Carriers: Law-abiding Public Benefactors, Brief Analysis No. 324 from the National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX, June 2, 2,000, Page 2.

John B. Holmes, Harris Country District Attorney, said of his former opposition to concealed carry, “Boy was I wrong. Our experience in Harris Country, and indeed statewide, has proven my initial fears absolutely groundless.” Glenn White, President of the Dallas Police Association, stated in support of concealed carry, “All the horror stories I thought would come to pass didn’t happen… I’m a convert.”

If someone intends to commit crimes using a firearm, how likely is he or she to go to the trouble of getting a permit? As one young gang banger opined years ago on Denver talk radio, “If you’re going to smoke somebody, you don’t need no paperwork.” Criminals, by definition, don’t obey the law. (Someone, somewhere, please engrave this phrase in stone over the door to a library or courthouse!)

BTW, concealed carry has nothing to do with hunting in national parks, contrary to the 09-02-09 Mother Goose… cartoon in The Denver Post. Concealed carry is primarily a defense against two-legged human predators. Open carry of defensive handguns might be a sensible option against bear or mountain lion attacks, but such a display of “evil” guns would no doubt shock many Liberal tourists out of their Ho Chi Minh sandals.

For what it’s worth, to ease the angst-ridden minds of Liberals anticipating the destruction of parks by gunfire and the catastrophic pollution of all nearby water by lead residue, there are still laws prohibiting the brandishing and discharge of these “oh-so-deadly” concealed weapons. In other words, if you are going to display or fire a gun in a national park, you would want to have a legally defensible reason.

If the laws against display and discharge don’t deter would-be evil doers, how exactly would a policy against government sanctioned concealed carry be any more efficient in preventing crime? The simple answer is, it wouldn’t! (See my posts under the Category, “Gun Law Failures.”)

Furthermore, concealed carry in national parks applies only to those states that allow concealed carry in state parks. In those jurisdictions that still restrict the Second Amendment rights of their citizens in state parks, those rights are also denied in national parks within the boundaries of the infringing state. (We’ll have to fix that problem later.)

The action of Congress and the signature of President Obama on the CCW amendment simply restored a portion of the rights previously lost by American Citizens to armed self-defense against, crime, tyranny, and genocide. The forest streams will not run red with the blood of innocents, if our national experience with concealed carry is any indication.

Take heart, Liberals! Hoplophobia can be treated. You don’t need to live in fear.

Def Mech

Now, in their never-ending campaign to reign in the barbaric pub crawling inclinations of the “Great Unwashed,” otherwise known as British subjects or commoners, the Home Office is proposing to replace glass beer glasses with plastic ones.  There is obviously a crisis here.  According to a BBC report, about 5,500 subjects are the victims of glass attacks every year in England and Wales.  I’m sure the figures from Scotland were too horrible to report.

Professor Eugene Volokh of the Volokh Conspiracy estimated that this works out to about one attack with a glass or bottle for every 1,000,000 pints served, assuming all attacks are conducted with pint containers.  “If it only saves one pint…,” as the saying goes.

Where will it end?  I’m sure the Home Office has detailed plans to take away sharp-pointed scissors.  How about those deadly umbrella tips?  The Brits carry a lot of umbrellas.  Hard-soled shoes could be used to kick and stomp innocent commoners.  Maybe they should get rid of those hard soles, or is it hard souls? 

Belts!  Belts can be used as weapons.  Read Kipling’s stories and poems.  Belts can be used to strangle innocent commoners.  Forks have those sharp tines on them.  I don’t know if commoners should be allowed to have forks.

I’ve got it.  The British Home Office should force all commoners to wear soft-soled slippers.  No belts or suspenders for them!  It’s hard to assault somebody, if you are holding up your pants with both hands.  We won’t even talk about bra straps.  No scarves, feather boas, or eye glasses.  (You could cut somebody with the lenses.) 

All umbrellas must have rounded tips.  The subjects can use soft plastic spoons and drink from plastic sippy cups.  Wait!  Forget the sippy cups.  That projection on the top could be used to put out someone’s eye.  OK.  Just plastic cups without projections.

No chop sticks!  No ball points or fountain pens!  No shoe laces!  All pub and restaurant furniture should be bolted to the floor.  A thrown chair can be a weapon of mass destruction. 

Darts?  Darts?  Darts in a British pub?  Don’t even think about darts!  Have you seen the points on those things?  Maybe floppy darts with suction cups on the ends…

Who are we kidding here?  The Brits should just handcuff their subjects at all times or restrain them with those shock bracelets that deliver a taser-like jolt in the event of misbehavior.

I would laugh myself silly over the antics of our British cousins, if the Liberal proponents of American gun control didn’t think that the Home Office has the right idea.  Be afraid of the Nanny State.  Be very afraid.  Whether it’s gun control or socialized medicine, the Liberal statists want to control every aspect of your existence.

Don’t believe me?  Find out what happens to you in San Francisco, if you don’t sort your recyclables and garbage into the right bins. (See my post, “San Francisco proposes ‘Garbage Police.’  Am I psychic or what?” dated 08-01-08 tagged “San Francisco,”)

Def Mech

Note to Chicago City Government Officials: criminals don’t obey laws.  Gun makers are not flooding your city with firearms for the criminal market.  More reasonable gun laws elsewhere are not the reason that you have a problem. 

If Britain had the criminal elements and gang bangers that you have, Britain would have a worse situation with violence than they do now, after they passed their handgun ban and began collecting sharp-pointed kitchen knives.  If gun control worked, both Chicago and Britain would be much safer than they are.

If Japan had Chicago’s gangsters, the Japanese would have a higher crime rate.  Please read David Kopel’s book, The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy, Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies?  Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1992, pages 431 and 432.  Consider Mr. Kopel’s conclusion that social controls and not gun control are the reasons for lower crime rates in these two island nations on opposite sides of the globe.

Baseball bats!  That’s it!  Baseball bats!  A baseball bat murderer in Boulder Colorado was just sent to prison on DNA evidence.  Maybe if you ban baseball bats, that will solve the Chicago violence problem.

You never know, bats might the answer.  If we could only get them out of some of the Chicago belfreys…

Def Mech

On Page One, “Obama takes aim at flow of arms to Mexico,” the Post quoted Mexican President Calderon as saying that, “90% of the weapons seized in Mexico can be traced to the United States.”  You would think that somebody, the President of Mexico, someone on the Associated Press staff, or someone at The Denver Post would have watched the Fox News story that blew the “90%” canard out of the water.  (See my post: “Left overstates US gun impact on Mexican Violence,” tagged: “Mexican gun violence,” done on 04-07-09.)

In actuality, about 17% of the crime guns seized in Mexico came from the US market.  By allowing this “90%” misinformation to stand without comment, both the AP and the Post seemed to demonstrate either ignorance or bias.

On Page 12 B, The Denver Post printed an editorial from the anti-gun rights Washington Post.  In this piece, the writers opined that the Interior Department should reject the Bush Administration rule allowing concealed carry permit holders to carry in national parks in states that honor their permits.  The editorial mischaracterized the rule by saying that the regulation allows “visitors” to carry concealed, loaded guns.  In reality, all CCW permit holders in parks would be visitors, but not all park visitors would be CCW permit holders.

The uninformed reader would naturally believe from this piece that all visitors could legally carry concealed.  The writers go on to emote a “parade of horribles,” including increased poaching, accidental shootings of wildlife and park visitors, and apparently (Gasp!) lead pollution from the tons of bullets that would presumably be sprayed around the parks by red-necked, racist, sexist, one-toothed, beer-swilling, gun-toting barbarians.  (See my posts on the parks under the Category: “Concealed Carry.)

(According to a more recent post on the Volokh Conspiracy, the Washington Post got its wish.  The Obama Administration has apparently decided not to appeal the liberal judge’s injunction against the Bush rule.  The Department of the Interior will reportedly keep the matter under study, but I think that we can conclude that concealed carry in national parks is a dead issue, at least until after the next presidential election.)

The Washington Post editorial reflected its usual animus toward armed self-defense against crime.  The Denver Post, by publishing this piece without comment, either exposed its own indifference to the details of the situation or a tacit agreement with the misinformation contained in the editorial.

David Sirota, in his op-ed piece, “Columbine questions we didn’t ask,” blamed spree killings on our warlike, violent society, that, according to him, has a “winner take all economy,” and “The killing machine…” of our “defense and security” establishments.  Michael Moore said essentially the same thing in his distorted “mocumentary,” Bowling for Columbine. (See David Kopel’s excellent deconstruction of Bowling…here.)

Sirota wasn’t shy about his own bias.  ”…the assault weapons ban expiration is an abomination.”  Never mind the fact that the Centers for Disease Control and the National Academy of the Sciences could find no significant crime prevention benefit from the ban or other gun control laws. (See my posts under the Category: “Research.”)

At least, Sirota rejected the simplistic notion that guns cause crime, although he didn’t bother to explain his animus against semi-automatic firearms, which he misnames, “assault weapons.”  It would be interesting to see his rationale for this dislike of these common guns, which many liberals seem to view as a necessary article of their faith.

Sirota’s opinion that the American defense establishment, journalists who support the military, and “every other suit-and-tie clad industry,” (whoever they are) promote the idea that “…killing is a legitimate form of national ambition and self-expression,” seems to be a bit over the top for my taste.  (See my politically incorrect posts under the Category: “War on Terror.”)

In conclusion, Friday’s Denver post was rife with sentiment against guns and gun owners, without so much as a single, mewling letter to the editor expressing the other side of the argument.  It’s no wonder that people who only get their “news” and opinions from Mainstream Media outlets are misinformed about the costs and benefits of firearms to society.  (See my Category: “Benefits of Guns.”)

“Obviously a man’s judgement cannot be better than the information on which he has based it.  Give him the truth and he may still go wrong when he has the chance to be right, but give him no news or present him only with distorted and incomplete data, with ignorant, sloppy or biased reporting, with propaganda and deliberate falsehood, and you destroy his whole reasoning processes, and make him something less than a man.”  (Address to the New York State Publishers Association, August 30^th, 1948)Bartlett, John, Familiar Quotations, Fourteenth Edition, Brown, Little and Company, Boston and Toronto, 1968, Page 1020 a.)

I would argue that the same concept applies to women and students of all ages.  If more Americans do not get a balanced view of the world from the New Media, (Internet, Talk Radio, and Cable News) I believe that we are headed for a new Dark Age of ignorance and savagery.  The ancient Romans thought that they had grown beyond the reach of history and that their republic would last forever.  (Remember!  Rome is the “Eternal City.”)  Many Americans believe that we have grown beyond the reach of history…

Def Mech

Vice President-Biden-Proudly admitted that he helped create the first semi-automatic firearms ban.

Secretary of State-Clinton-Her husband’s administration passed the first national semi-automatic firearms ban in the early 1990’s.

Attorney General Holder-former lieutenant of Janet Reno of the Ruby Ridge, Waco, Elian Gonzalez, and Oklahoma City Bombing controversies.  Holder recently called for a renewal of the Clinton semi-auto ban.

Chief of Staff-Emanuel-Worked on the Brady Bill and supported an amicus brief  in the Heller Case to the effect that the Second Amendment does not recognize an individual right. 

Secretary of Education-Duncan-Anti-gun Superintendent of Chicago’s Public School System.  “This is a public health epidemic.  We are struggling to find the cure…we know the cure…getting rid of guns.”  (Chicago Tribune, Oct 14th, 2008, reported in NRA’s America’s First Freedom, April 2009, Page 34.)

Health and Human Services-Sebelius-Anti-gun Governor of Kansas, who vetoed concealed carry legislation on two occasions.

Drug Czar-Kerlikowske-Seattle Chief of Police, who supported ending private sales at gun shows and banning semi-automatic firearms.

Back door attacks on the Second Amendment:

It has been confirmed by numerous sources that the Obama Department of Defense directive that mandated the mutilation of all surplus military brass (fired cartridge cases) was real!  As mentioned in my post, “Reports of military brass destruction could be bad news for reloaders and shooters,” this act would have driven some ammunition suppliers out of business and driven up the cost of all ammunition.  It would also have burdened taxpayers, because of expenses associated with the “demilitarization” of the cartridges and the reduced value of the mutilated brass on the American market.  (See the post under the Category: “Ammunition.”) 

UPDATE: Following a well done expression of displeasure from Senators from Montana, an Obama DOD supervisor has fallen on his sword (taken the blame) for this blunder.  The policy has been rescinded.  We will probably never know if this was a trial balloon floated by the administration to make sure that we were awake, or if it was the brainchild of a mid-level bureaucrat out to get brownie points.

A Fort Campbell, Kentucky soldier has reported that he has been ordered to give the U.S. Army information on all his privately owned firearms and concealed carry permits.  See my last post, “Soldier reports Army wants to register his private firearms.”  (Category: “Culture War.”)  Is this an isolated incident or a symptom of a larger problem?

Front Door Attack: 

Former Black Panther Bobby Rush, (D) Illinois, has introduced HR 45.  This is a draconian bill that registers owners of handguns and semi-autos and effectively  kills hunting and the shooting sports by denying possession of any firearm to persons under the age of 18.  This bill may allow the BATFE to inspect your private home to be sure that your guns are “safely” stored.  This bill has reportedly picked up a co-sponsor.  

While conventional wisdom says that HR 45 is too extreme to go anywhere, it could be the starting point that leads to additional infringements of our Second Amendment rights.  In any case, we have to keep a close eye on this beast and try to smother it, before it gets out of hand.  (See my posts on HR 45 under the Category: “Registration.”)

Latest Back Door Attack: 

The Washington Times reported in an editorial on 03-17-09 that the Obama Administration is trying to kill the federal firearms program that allows specially trained pilots of commercial aircraft to carry handguns on flights.  This program, which is designed to allow pilots to mount a last ditch defense of their planes in the event of a hijacking, has had “administrative” problems with less than one percent of the pilots involved.

Now, the Obama Administration has apparently slowed the approval process under the program and diverted two million dollars from the training budget to the employment of more “supervisory staff.”  This is all the more incomprehensible, because, as the article reports, around 70% of commercial pilots have a military background, and hence some familiarity with firearms.

If you own a gun and voted for Obama/Biden, do something not dangerously painful to your body, take at least one class on logical thinking and problem solving, and vow never to make that mistake again.  For everyone who loves freedom and supports the rights of American Citizens to armed self-defense against crime, tyranny, and genocide, contact your elected representatives and let them know that you are “bitter,” “clingy,” and, as the NRA so aptly recommends, that you “Vote Freedom First!”

Def Mech

Def Mech

Last night, 60 Minutes ran a rant against U.S. gun smuggling into Mexico.  The problem is that some of the guns shown on the program were not firearms that are legally, commercially available in the United States.  It is these legally available guns that Eric Holder and the Obama Administration want to ban.

Can you say, “Bait and switch, Amigo?”  Common, legal semi-automatic firearms are apparently being misclassified as fully automatic military weapons.  In a conversation with Steven Schreiner, President of the Firearms Coalition of Colorado, I learned that the guns shown in the 60 Minute segment included an M-60 machine gun, which is legal in the U.S. only if you have a Class III Firearms License and pay a $200 transfer tax.  These machine guns are extremely rare and expensive in the U.S., and therefore unlikely to be smuggled across the border.

Also shown were U.S. M-16 rifles with grenade launchers.  While it would be theoretically possible to re-machine these military firearms, it would be much easier and more economical for Mexican gangs to obtain them from corrupt government sources and from gun runners  in Mexico or neighboring states.  The M-16 select-fire rifle that can be used in an automatic mode is in military and terrorist use in many countries in Central and South America.  The U.S. civilian version of the M-16 is the AR 15.  It does not fire full auto and is not available with a grenade launcher that accepts anti-personnel ammunition.  The 60 Minute piece showed obsolete M-1 type hand grenades.  Live grenades are not commercially available in the U.S. legal market. 

AK 47 “assault rifles” have been displayed in previous televion exposes of guns used in Mexico, according Schreiner.  Again, possession of any full auto firearm is heavily regulated and taxed by the U.S. government.  Any grenades or actual select fire weapons likely came from Mexican or foreign sources.  The AK 47 is probably the most common modern rifle in the world, since the old Soviet Union exported them wholesale in support of “people’s” revolutions.  Soviet satellite states also produced large quantities of these guns.

Venezuelan Strong Man Hugo Chavez has imported 100,000 AK-47’s and is planning factories that produce AK-47’s and ammunition.  There is no shortage of old Soviet-bloc and even new Russian arms, if you have the money to pay for them.  The drug cartels have the money.  (gunpolicy.org is not a Second Amendment-friendly site.)

Belt-fed Russian PK or PKM machine guns have appeared on previous TV programs about Mexican gang weapons.  They are also regulated, rare, and quite expensive in the U.S.  Former Soviet allies and socialist governments in South and Central America would have extensive access to these military weapons.

Schreiner said news reports indicate that Russian hand grenades are showing up in Mexico, along with Soviet-style rocket propelled grenade (RPG) launchers.  These long, slender, shoulder-fired weapons are used by armies and terrorists around the globe.  RPG launchers and ammunition are not coming from U.S. markets.

Let us remember that Mexico has absolute, draconian gun control laws that deprive virtually everyone in the country except the ruling class of the legal ability for self-defense.  I guess the drug cartels and violent street gangs didn’t get the memo banning guns.  See my posts on Mexico under the Category: “Foreign Gun Laws.”

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has issued a warning to federally licensed dealers against selling guns to persons without proper documentation.  If you want to privately sell a firearm, please make sure you know to the best of your ability that the buyer is legally eligible to buy the gun.  I would recommend checking the driver’s license and asking some questions.  You might get two forms of ID.  (This is not legal advice.  Just trying to help keep a few  guns out of the hands of gangsters and terrorists.)

It’s possible that some American firearms are being smuggled south across the border.  Given the availability of military weapons from other sources, I don’t believe that the U.S. is a significant source of Mexican violence.

 Don’t fall for the “bait and switch” tactic on the part of the Obama Administration.  Between South and Central American sources, the Mexican Police, and the Mexican Military, there are plenty of guns for the gangs.  Any guns coming from the U.S. would most likely be commercially available firearms, not the military weapons shown on 60 Minutes.  Again, Mexico has gun “control,” so there must be some “mistake” about the killings, kidnappings and murders south of the border.

Trying to fight the violence generated by MS 13 and other international gangs in this country and Mexico through American gun bans is like trying to fight a fire with a can of gasoline.  It’s exciting, but it doesn’t work very well.

Def Mech

First of all, an “Assault Weapon” is a select-fire military gun that can fire more than one bullet with one pull of the trigger.  The guns that Clinton “banned” and Obama wants to ban are not “Assault Weapons,” they are semi-automatic or self-loading firearms that fire one round with one pull of the trigger.

To get some idea of what Obama’s ban might look like, we can review a summary of  Democrat Representative McCarthy’s bill of last year, HR 1022.  Her bill contained the following anti-individual rights provisions.  (This list is not inclusive.)

2008 Semi-auto Ban Bill HR 1022                

• Bill is not clearly written
• Allows Attorney General to ban any semiauto ever used by police or military
• Presumes that gun used by military or police is not suitable for civilian “sporting purpose,” even if gun is used in sporting event-Orwellian language-really scary!
• Bans any semi-auto with a magazine well
• Bans by name: AR-15, Mini 14, Uzi, M-1 Carbine, Galil, Mac 10, AK, SKS, AR-10 and others
• Bans transfers by persons of magazines of over ten rounds with semi-automatic firearms (Bans magazine transfers?)
• Grandfathers guns currently owned, but registers all future transfers of semi-autos (Sets up confiscation)
• Bans importation of magazines of over ten rounds
• Bans semi-autos with pistol grips, threaded barrels, folding stocks, bayonet lugs, and barrel shrouds
• Definition of “grip” may be used to include any semi-auto firearm in the ban
• Ban includes semi-auto shotguns with magazine wells and “Street Sweepers”
• Bans semi-auto .22s with magazine wells
• Exempts .22s with tubular magazines of over ten rounds
• Annual report by Attorney General to Congress on use of semi-autos in crime (Sets stage for further restriction)
• Dealer or manufacturer must certify to Attorney General within 60 days that any high capacity magazine sold was made before the date of the ban

Remember that registration is a necessary precursor to confiscation.  Semi-automatic firearms were confiscated in New York  after the owners were “promised” that the registration lists would never be used to take away their guns.

“Conservative” pundit Charles Krauthammer said of the Clinton semi-auto ban, “The claim of the advocates that banning these 19 types of ‘assault weapons’ will reduce the crime rate is laughable…  Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic…move…  Its only real justification is not crime, but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.  De-escalation begins with a change in mentality.  And that change in mentality starts with the symbolic yielding of certain types of weapons.”  (Charles Krauthammer, syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post, 1996.)

Please contact your gun owning friends and neighbors and anyone you know that loves freedom.  Ask them to call, E-mail and write their elected federal representatives and senators in opposition to this deceptive scheme.

If you are a hunter, shotgunner, small bore target shooter,  or a collector of antique firearms, don’t think that you are immune from the gun-grabbing tendencies of this administration.  The Socialists pushing this dangerous agenda are using England as a model.  (See my posts on England under the Category: “Foreign Gun Laws,” on this site.)

If you have visited this blog in the past you already know that the British Olympic Pistol Team is forced to train in Switzerland, because their guns are banned in their home country.  That is the end game envisioned by the enemies of our individual right to armed self-defense against crime, tyranny, and genocide.

“Ask not for whom the bell tolls…”  Get politically active or lose your birthright of freedom forever.

Def Mech