Obama Will 'Evaluate' Bill Limiting Online Ammunition Sales, White House Says

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103. Yes, I do actually

Class II firearms generally include machineguns, grenade launchers, short-barreled rifles and shotguns (less than 16" on rifles, 18" on shotguns). It's also used to refer to silencers or rifles with integrated silencers on their barrels.

Saying semi-automatic rifles are now Class II weapons would require 6+ months of paperwork and red tape to go through, a $200 tax stamp for purchase in addition to the usual taxes, and multiple background checks and files on record with local law enforcement. Basically you're putting up so many hoops for a regular shooter to jump through it would feel as though the guns were banned. And since there are many states (such as here in MN) that outright ban such guns and equipment for civilian purchase, it would be a true ban for many shooters.

Beyond that, how exactly would you classify which semi-autos to put on the list and which to exclude? Would you classify a Ruger 10/22 or Marlin 60 semi-auto .22 rimfire squirrel rifle as a Class II weapon? A semi-auto Remington 1100 duck gun? You'd run into the same problem encountered with the previous AWB, and no new guns would actually be put on the list.

And all of that wouldn't matter anyway, because such a move would guarantee we'd lose the Presidency, House and Senate to the GOP and such a classification would be overturned the first week after President Romney took office