| 'To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act. ' Bill # H.R.6257 |
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| Status: 06/12/2008: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 07/28/2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee/Subcommittee Activity: Judiciary: Referral, In Committee Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security: Referral Amendment(s): ***NONE*** Summary: 6/12/2008--Introduced. Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 - Amends the federal criminal code to reinstate, for 10 years, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act's assault weapons ban to prohibit the manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon or a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Specifies models and features of banned weapons. Sets forth exceptions to such ban, including: (1) firearms or devices lawfully possessed under federal law on the date of enactment of this Act; (2) certain firearms, replicas, or duplicates listed in an appendix as they were manufactured on October 1, 1993; (3) any firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action and that has been rendered permanently inoperable or that is an antique firearm; (4) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than five rounds of ammunition; (5) any semiautomatic shotgun that cannot hold more than five rounds in a fixed or detachable magazine; and (6) firearms manufactured for, transferred to, or possessed by a federal, state, or local government agency or for law enforcement. Requires the serial number of any weapon or device manufactured after enactment of this Act to clearly show the date of manufacture. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to Congress on the effects of this Act on violent and drug trafficking crime. |
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H.R. 6257 public safety/recreation firearm use protection act
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Woohoo, did that notion of a reinactment of the Clinton ban get the Mr. fired up. But correct me if I am wrong, isn't that list of sponsors ALL from the right side of the field? I'd expect it to be the other way around. But I guess some republicans hate guns too? Just what we need in this government finally, a true bi-partisenship. Too bad it had to be done under the guise of protecting everyone instead of anyone, not from crime, but from themselves. You know what they say, "when you take spoons from honest citizens, only criminals will have spoons." That's because they( Congress)won't stop, until only cops and thieves have real weapons. God Bless |
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