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sl8

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26. I'm not sure what else to say.
Thu Jun 2, 2022, 11:39 AM
Jun 2022

Last edited Thu Jun 2, 2022, 12:39 PM - Edit history (1)

I wasn't suggesting that all the firearms on the list were bolt actions, but the fact that the list contains bolt actions, single shots, over/under shotguns, etc., would suggest that it's not the list of firearms to be banned. There was a (much shorter) list of firearms to be banned, by name.


Here's an excerpt from the LA times article:

[...]

To limit the availability of such weapons, Feinstein sought to forge a compromise between separate proposals offered by retiring Sens. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) and Howard M. Metzenbaum (D-Ohio).

Feinstein dropped language from the Metzenbaum bill that would give the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms authority to ban future assault weapons. To accommodate hunting and recreation enthusiasts, she exempted a 14-page list of 650 rifles and shotguns. She also inserted a 10-year sunset clause to satisfy critics who say that the bill would have no impact on crime. If a federal study proves the ban on assault rifles ineffective, the legislation would expire after a decade.

The legislation does not address the current possession of an estimated 1 million assault rifles nationwide.

“Essentially what this legislation does is (create) a freeze,” Feinstein said in an interview. “It’s not more, it’s not less. It would say you cannot manufacture these assault weapons, you cannot sell them and you cannot possess them in the future. It does not in itself take any off the streets. I don’t want to kid anybody.”

[...]



I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but here's a pdf of the Act:
https://www.congress.gov/103/statute/STATUTE-108/STATUTE-108-Pg1796.pdf


"...to ban military-style assault weapons..." J_William_Ryan Jun 2022 #1
We had a ban from 1994 - 2004, and it lessened gun violence. TeamProg Jun 2022 #2
I remember that. The main thing was it limited high capacity magazines. captain queeg Jun 2022 #4
It did a helluva lot more than that BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #10
But you could still buy AR-15 style rifles hack89 Jun 2022 #12
Remember that legislation was devised back in 1993 BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #14
Those 4 pages list firearms *exempted* from the ban, not banned firearms. n/t sl8 Jun 2022 #16
ONLY exempted because they had been manufactured on or BEFORE the effective date of the law. BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #20
No, they were exempted going forward. sl8 Jun 2022 #21
This is what I'm looking at BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #23
Right, the ban does not apply to Appendix A firearms. sl8 Jun 2022 #24
Paywall article BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #25
I'm not sure what else to say. sl8 Jun 2022 #26
I have a PDF of the Act BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #27
Link to text: sl8 Jun 2022 #28
Yeah been there but it didn't have the complete contents of Appendix A like the PDF BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #29
No worries. sl8 Jun 2022 #31
"One was a slide action .30-06" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #32
High capacity magazines made overseas before the ban went into effect were legal to import Kaleva Jun 2022 #18
Had posted the details of that noting the AWB was a Feinstein amendment rolled into the "Crime Bill" BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #9
That large list of firearms is of firearms specifically exempted from the ban. sl8 Jun 2022 #17
"Exempted" because they were manufactured ON (or before) the Oct. 1, 1993 effective date BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #19
Not true. sl8 Jun 2022 #22
Whatever they pass... LiberatedUSA Jun 2022 #3
Dems have to show me, and the public, that they're serious about gun violence. TeamProg Jun 2022 #5
NRA says 'More Guns!' keithbvadu2 Jun 2022 #6
That's it! Brilliant! TeamProg Jun 2022 #7
Laudable, but she knows it's doomed. Senators representing 11% of the country can veto anything. PSPS Jun 2022 #8
I will call my worthless Congressman Roy Rolling Jun 2022 #11
It may seem futile, but CALL THEM Novara Jun 2022 #30
It will only end the sale of new rifles, not ban ownership hack89 Jun 2022 #13
I don't think our current system of government is working. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #15
How bout we stop considering things BWdem4life Jun 2022 #33
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