Bill Mitchell
Staff Alumnus
Received via email:
>The below was passed to me as legit and posted here for educational
>purposes. The anti-gun organization(s) will never admit it due to the
>extreme constitutional violations mentioned in their list, but I don't think
>
>the constitution is very highly respected within their ranks!
>"HCI" is an abbreviation for Handgun Control Incorporated
>
>This is the complete HCI Agenda for the next five years, minus the cover.
>This document is marked confidential on each page it was transcribed from.
>[ All 11 pages this was transcribed from are marked CONFIDENTIAL by
>Handgun Control Incorporated ]
>
>
>
>After the meeting, the following ideas were the result of a brainstorming
>session to guide the focus of gun control initiatives over the next five
>years.
>These may not be politically feasible ideas for 1999, but we are confident
>that with continued pressure we can achieve most if not all of these goals
>within the next five years. The following list is condensed from our
>meeting in which we considered the best ideas for public safety
>expansion. The time is right for action.
>
>FIVE YEAR PLAN:
>LICENSES:
>1 National Registration of all Handgun purchase
>This is at the top of our list, however, the political climate may be right
>to initiate this step immediately. Please refer to our memo outlining our
>ideas on how this should be executed.
>
>2 License for Rifle and Shotguns/MUST HAVE PREPURCHASE
>APPROVAL PERMIT
>We should take our cues from Great Britain. Strict licensing should be
>mandatory for all firearms, whether handguns or not.
>
>3 State Licenses for ownership of firearms/NO LISC,NO GUN
>We want to take a workable idea from Great Britain, whereas, we should
>require the states to issue strict licenses for possession and require the
>licenses to be signed by at least three public officials - i.e. the police
>chief, the city attorney and the mayor, for example, to eliminate
>ownership by dangerous individuals. It is reasonable to require that all
>individuals must prove to the signers that they require a firearm. This
>should be attached to any legislation required purchasers to show a need
>for a firearm.
>
>4 Reduction of the number of guns to require an Arsenal license
>Right now the proposed Arsenal licenses which Senator Fienstien should
>be pushing for, requires an "Arsenal License" for those people who feel
>they need more than 20 guns and 1000 rounds of ammunition. We feel that
>number is too generous, due to the fact that any number of guns
>constitutes a grave threat to the safety of the community, we suggest
>strongly that this license limit be reduced to possession greater than 5
>guns and 250 rounds of ammunition.
>
>5 Arsenal License Fees/MIN $25000.00 DEPOSIT
>It is not unreasonable to require a yearly fee for an Arsenal license to be
>at least $300.00, with a cap of $1000.00. The money collected can be used
>to defray the immense medical costs directly attributed to these deadly
>weapons.
>
>6 Limits on Arsenal Licensing/MAX WEAPONS CARRIED IN
>INVENTORY
>No Arsenal Licensing to be permitted in COUNTIES/CITIES with populations
>of more than 200,000.
>
>7 Requirement of Federally Approved Storage Safes for all guns/
>NO HOME STORAGE ALLOWED
>We should follow Great Britain's lead on this. All licensed gun owners
>should be required to have a storage safe which meets minimum federally
>mandated requirements. This step would reduce the tragic accidents which
>claim the lives of tens of thousands of children a year and make it more
>difficult for burglars to steal the guns.
>
>8 Inspection License/JUSTICE SUPPORTS NO WARRANT TO ENTER
>AND SEARCH
>Another good revenue source would be mandatory inspection licensing of
>all safes. Each safe would be registered with a specific serial number and
>the serial numbers and types of weapons stored should be on file with
>federal and state authorities. Since unannounced inspectors can insure
>that all declared weapons are being properly stored, all safe licenses
>should have an additional yearly fee to offset the cost of these spot
>inspections.
>Public Safety Regulations:
>
>9 Ban on Manufacturing in cities/counties with a population of
>more than 200,000.
>Guns are being built all the time and the number of licensed manufacturers
>are too great to justify the threat to public safety. This is a small step
>to
>reduce the number of these shops where anything, even machine guns, are
>being built every day.
>
>10 Banning all military style firearms/NO EXCEPTIONS
>NATIONAL CONFISCATION PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY JANET
>RENO-JUSTICE
>The TOTAL National ban on all Assault Weapons, based on a point system
>can be expanded to eventually cover any firearm with a remotely military
>appearance. We feel that this aggressive appearance appeals to the type
>of dangerous individuals who are a definite threat to public safety. We
>hope that this point system can eventually be expanded to high powered
>air guns and "paint ball" weapons, which can inflict great damage, and
>with a little effort can be converted to real guns.
>
>11 Banning of any Machine Gun Parts or parts which can be used
>in a Machine Gun.
>Periodicals such as "The Shotgun News" particularly cater to individuals
>which wish to build illegal machine guns. If Senator Feinstein's
>courageous section of the crime bill is successful in banning all machine
>guns, except for police and military, then there would be no legitimate
>need for Machine Gun parts except to build illegal weapons.
>
>12 Banning the carrying a firearm anywhere but target range
>or in transit from one to the other.
>We should institute a federal mandate to the states to strictly regulate
>the carrying of a firearm, even hunting.
>
>13 Banning replacement parts (mfg., sale, possession, transfer,
>installation) except barrel, trigger group.
>Thousands of people are building illegal weapons every day. We can put a
>dent in this by banning parts and parts kits, except whose items like the
>barrel and trigger group, which are most likely to wear out due to use.
>
>14 Elimination of the Curio Relic list, IE: MUZZLELOADERS,
>CAP-BALL
>A gun is a gun. Even an old gun can kill people. This is a loop hole in the
>federal law which has allowed thousands of dangerous weapons to be
>distributed unchecked. This regulation, if enacted, would automatically
>eliminate the need for a Curio or Relic collector's license. All handguns,
>rifles and shotguns would fall into the same category as their modern
>counterparts.
>
>15 Control of Ammunition belonging to Certain Surplus Firearms
>Senator Moynihan has already proposed a tax or ban on .22 LR, 32 ACP, and
>9 mm ammo, however, it has been pointed out to us that there is an
>extreme proliferation of high powered surplus rifles (i.e. the Mosin-Nagant
>series and Enfield series) in which the wholesale prices are as low as
>$45-$75. We suggest that to control the proliferation of violence
>associated with the large numbers of these types of weapons entering this
>country that we ban the importation of their ammunition, 7.62x54R and
>.303 R surplus ammunition.
>
>16 Eventual Ban of Handgun Possession and TOTAL CONFISCATION
>This may be closer to reality than many of us think. Handguns are
>becoming increasingly unpopular and we think that within five years we
>can enact a total ban on possession at the federal level.
>
>17 Banning of Any ammo that fits military guns (post 1945)
>With the proliferation of high powered weapons, including semi -
>automatics and automatics from World War II, we suggest following the
>lead of Mexico, by prohibiting the sale, manufacture, possession or transfer
>
>of any caliber fitting a military firearm in service with a recognized
>military force after 1945.
>Ammunition and Explosives:
>
>18 Banning of any quantity of smokeless powder or black powder
>which would constitute more than the equivalent of 100
>rounds of ammunition.
>With the bombing the World Trade Center, it has been made clear that we
>must reinforce the above proposed regulation with this additional
>notation. It is arguable that none has any real need to have so much
>dangerous material on hand.
>
>19 Ban on the possession of explosive powders of more than 1
>kilogram at any one time.
>Gun nuts are notorious for circumventing the intent of the law, so we can
>reinforce the above proposed regulation with this additional notation. This
>additional language can be useful in preventing "bomb-maker" and other
>dangerous individuals.
>
>20 Banning of High Powered Ammo or Wounding ammo
>In addition to the banning of military caliber's, there is a plethora of
>dangerous rounds which are too high powered for sporting use. This
>includes the highest calibers of pistol and rifle ammunition (of note are
>the monster calibers for rifles and pistols, like the .50 caliber Desert
>Eagle Bullet). We should not forget the lessons learned with the insidious
>Black Talon Ammo. Hollow points, Glaser killing rounds and other types of
>ammunition designed specifically for maiming should be prohibited.
>
>21 A National License for Ammunition
>This is an idea whose time has come. We should look at a Federal License
>for purchasing of ammunition of all kinds. A special form should be
>forwarded to a new federal office to track those who are purchasing too
>much ammunition. Remember that a gun is useless without ammunition.
>
>22 Banning or strict licensing of all re-loading components
>Ammunition regulation laws can be regularly bypassed by home loaders,
>creating an underground cottage industry of ammo manufacture.
>Possession or purchase of re-loading equipment and machines should be
>restricted and those who wish to use specially loaded ammunition can go
>to a federally licensed 're-loader'.
>
>23 National Registration of ammunition or ammo buyers
>Fees collected from the national licenses should go towards a nationwide
>database of ammo buyers, with a possible background check to eliminate
>the purchase of dangerous ammo by felons or mental patients.
>
>24 Requirement of special storage safe for ammunition and
>licensing
>Like the storage safe for guns, there should be a national requirement for
>special safes to store ammo. These safes should be tamper proof and
>fireproof and be registered themselves so that on the spot inspections can
>be held. Again, the costs for these inspections can be absorbed by the
>license fees.
>
>GUN RANGES:
>
>25 Restricting Gun Ranges to cities/counties with populations
>less than 200,000
>The obvious threat to public safety of shooting ranges and stray bullets
>has been lost on many states and counties. We can initiate a federal
>mandate or incentives to get states to prohibit any kind of shooting range
>within a county with a population of more than 200,000.
>
>26 Special Licensing of ranges
>Those ranges which conform to the previous requirement should get
>special licensing above and beyond that which is required now. Additional
>each existing or new shooting range must get in writing the permission of
>all property owners within a radius of seven miles.
>
>27 Special Range Tax to visitors/ $1000.00 per year, per gun
>Additional revenue can be a surtax on ranges, requiring the collection of a
>minimum per gun. This can be in addition to required membership fees,
>upon which the state and local governments get a sizable portion, to help
>defray the immense cost of gun violence.
>
>28 Waiting period for rentals on pistol ranges/2 weeks
>It has been suggested in the past that felons can acquire pistols and other
>automatic weapons without a background check by renting a gun on a
>target range. Deranged individuals are basically being given a license to
>'practice hunting humans' at these so called 'sporting ranges'. We think
>that a national waiting period for gun rentals is yet another idea whose
>time has come.
>Activities which promote Gun Violence
>
>29 Banning Gun Shows/totally
>Illegal transfers and the sales of assault weapons and submachine guns is
>a common event at these so called gun shows. A huge dent can be made in
>the illegal trafficking of weapons by banning these shows altogether.
>
>30 Banning of military reenactments/under subversion of govt.
>laws
>The questionable "historical" value of these events has escaped public
>scrutiny for too long. Many of these so called historical events are mere
>excuses for gun nuts to blast the countryside with automatic weapons.
>What is to keep them from loading live bullets and having those stray
>bullets kill innocent children? What lives in the future will be lost due to
>
>this paramilitary training going on right under our noses? We propose the
>prohibition of Survivalist / paramilitary, World War I and World War II and
>Civil War Re-enactment's on federal land, and hope to encourage the states
>to prohibit them from state and county lands as well.
>
>31 Making unlawful the assembly of more than 4 armed
>individuals who are not peace officers or military
>Since most hunting parties consist of four, we recognize the need to
>eliminate the currently legal assembly of shooters for paramilitary
>training on private lands. This is just one good suggestion for our
>elimination of the "gun culture" from the mainstream.
>
>32 Eliminate hunting on all public lands.
>Blood sports are an anathema to a civilized society, however, it has been a
>political reality that the hunters and their ilk have too strong of a
>strangle hold on Congress. We feel that the impending defeat of high tech
>assault "killing machines" will open the door to restrictions. With the
>diminishing number of hunters, we feel that perhaps in five years we can
>open up much more of our country to campers and hikers, and eliminate the
>threat to families out camping, by looking at much more restrictions as to
>what parcels of land will allow hunting. This will not infringe on right to
>hunt on private land.
>
>33 Making Gun Owners Records and Photos matter of public
>record
>We would have to assemble a legal team, in order to investigate the
>balance of the right to privacy and the right to safeguard public. We fully
>endorse the photographing and fingerprinting of all gun owners, however,
>these records are usually relegated to law enforcement only. We think that
>it would be a good idea to make these records public, so that the
>communities can have the knowledge of who poses a danger to their
>community before disaster strikes. We realize that this proposal would
>probably be controversial, thus a long public affairs campaign would have
>to be initiated in order to build public support and ease the transition of
>such an idea. We feel that this idea has merit, and can be justified via
>the past publication of the names of water wasters during the drought,
>customers for prostitution, and deadbeat parents who are delinquent on
>child support.
>
>34 Random Police Checks for Weapons (like sobriety
>checkpoints) WITHOUT WARRENTS OR REASONABLE CAUSE.
>This idea was floated before in California in 1998, where some thought it
>would be a great deterrent to gang related crimes for police to do sweeps
>for gang weapons. Right now this idea may have some resistance, however,
>the political climate can become right to initiate these random vehicle
>stop and checks at all levels and in all types of neighborhoods. If we
>continue to mainstream the pressure we can make this a reality.
>
>THE NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS:
>With all that is going on, who knows what is possible in the next few
>years? With murders in the streets, and the public fed up, and the once
>mighty thugs of the Gun Lobby whimpering in impotence we have an
>opportunity to change the face of America for the better! Previously we
>thought that it would take at least a century to eliminate dangerous
>weapons and guns from the public hands, but now with allies in the White
>House and Congress, we can accelerate this trend, and make the barbaric
>NRA extinct!!!
>Here are some ideas to consider for the long term:
>Banning of military accouterments
>Essential to the Neanderthal gun culture are the typical military clothing,
>camouflage, pouches, and gear, boots and other combat gear. They
>euphemistically refer to this as 'militaria'. Elimination of the future sale
>
>of these items will cripple the culture of violence well into the 21st
>century.
>Stricter guidelines for violence in television and the movies
>We should look at the possibility of victims of violence by copying an act
>on television and the movie or video screen, suing the makers of such
>shows for compensation to their suffering. If the industry cannot regulate
>itself, we may have to eventually look at an independent branch of
>government, to determine which scenes cause more harm than good to the
>public and regulate the numbers of violent acts portayed.
>The total Elimination of arms from Society
>We cannot survive into the 21st century unless we remember the need to
>expand our wave to new thinking to the total disarmament of America.
>With much of the public disarmed we can become more like Great Britain,
>where we can also eliminate the need for much of our police to be armed.
>This would take a long time, however, a concerted public relations
>campaign can pressure local law enforcement to give up their arms, when
>the time comes. Weapons, would be still available to special units like
>SWAT or the military.
>Control of Dangerous literature (Bomb making, machinegun
>conversions, etc...)
>Too much irresponsible material is purportedly covered by the 1st
>Amendment, however, the time will come when our nation has to agree
>that some literature does not belong in a safe society, like instruction
>manuals on how to kill, or how to make homemade explosives, or nuclear
>bombs. We must realize that there can be such as thing as too much
>freedom where such literature poses a serious threat to the public safety.
>1999 sounds the death knell for the bully tactics of the NRA and the
>culture of violence in America!!
>We are pressing on all fronts and much of this can become reality sooner
>than we expect. With the loss of power and clout of the NRA and their
>various smaller crony orginizations crumbling to dust, we can eliminate a
>200 year old license to murder into history, and enter the 21st century a
>safer place for our children and our children's children.
>* Elimination of the Department of Civil Marksmanship, long considered a
>sacred cow and a dinosaur from the Cold War years (Thank you Mr.
>Clinton!!!).
>* Ban on possession of a firearm within a home located within 1000 feet
>of a school yard.
>* Ban on all realistic replicas/toy guns or non-firearms capable of being
>rendered realistic.
>* The right of victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers and dealers
>to be affirmed and perhaps, aided with money from government
>programs.
>* Taxes on ammo, Dealers licenses & guns to offset the medical costs to
>society.
>and...
>* the eventual ban of all semi-automatics (regardless of when made or
>caliber).
>
>
>
>
[This message has been edited by Bill Mitchell (edited January 07, 2000).]
>The below was passed to me as legit and posted here for educational
>purposes. The anti-gun organization(s) will never admit it due to the
>extreme constitutional violations mentioned in their list, but I don't think
>
>the constitution is very highly respected within their ranks!
>"HCI" is an abbreviation for Handgun Control Incorporated
>
>This is the complete HCI Agenda for the next five years, minus the cover.
>This document is marked confidential on each page it was transcribed from.
>[ All 11 pages this was transcribed from are marked CONFIDENTIAL by
>Handgun Control Incorporated ]
>
>
>
>After the meeting, the following ideas were the result of a brainstorming
>session to guide the focus of gun control initiatives over the next five
>years.
>These may not be politically feasible ideas for 1999, but we are confident
>that with continued pressure we can achieve most if not all of these goals
>within the next five years. The following list is condensed from our
>meeting in which we considered the best ideas for public safety
>expansion. The time is right for action.
>
>FIVE YEAR PLAN:
>LICENSES:
>1 National Registration of all Handgun purchase
>This is at the top of our list, however, the political climate may be right
>to initiate this step immediately. Please refer to our memo outlining our
>ideas on how this should be executed.
>
>2 License for Rifle and Shotguns/MUST HAVE PREPURCHASE
>APPROVAL PERMIT
>We should take our cues from Great Britain. Strict licensing should be
>mandatory for all firearms, whether handguns or not.
>
>3 State Licenses for ownership of firearms/NO LISC,NO GUN
>We want to take a workable idea from Great Britain, whereas, we should
>require the states to issue strict licenses for possession and require the
>licenses to be signed by at least three public officials - i.e. the police
>chief, the city attorney and the mayor, for example, to eliminate
>ownership by dangerous individuals. It is reasonable to require that all
>individuals must prove to the signers that they require a firearm. This
>should be attached to any legislation required purchasers to show a need
>for a firearm.
>
>4 Reduction of the number of guns to require an Arsenal license
>Right now the proposed Arsenal licenses which Senator Fienstien should
>be pushing for, requires an "Arsenal License" for those people who feel
>they need more than 20 guns and 1000 rounds of ammunition. We feel that
>number is too generous, due to the fact that any number of guns
>constitutes a grave threat to the safety of the community, we suggest
>strongly that this license limit be reduced to possession greater than 5
>guns and 250 rounds of ammunition.
>
>5 Arsenal License Fees/MIN $25000.00 DEPOSIT
>It is not unreasonable to require a yearly fee for an Arsenal license to be
>at least $300.00, with a cap of $1000.00. The money collected can be used
>to defray the immense medical costs directly attributed to these deadly
>weapons.
>
>6 Limits on Arsenal Licensing/MAX WEAPONS CARRIED IN
>INVENTORY
>No Arsenal Licensing to be permitted in COUNTIES/CITIES with populations
>of more than 200,000.
>
>7 Requirement of Federally Approved Storage Safes for all guns/
>NO HOME STORAGE ALLOWED
>We should follow Great Britain's lead on this. All licensed gun owners
>should be required to have a storage safe which meets minimum federally
>mandated requirements. This step would reduce the tragic accidents which
>claim the lives of tens of thousands of children a year and make it more
>difficult for burglars to steal the guns.
>
>8 Inspection License/JUSTICE SUPPORTS NO WARRANT TO ENTER
>AND SEARCH
>Another good revenue source would be mandatory inspection licensing of
>all safes. Each safe would be registered with a specific serial number and
>the serial numbers and types of weapons stored should be on file with
>federal and state authorities. Since unannounced inspectors can insure
>that all declared weapons are being properly stored, all safe licenses
>should have an additional yearly fee to offset the cost of these spot
>inspections.
>Public Safety Regulations:
>
>9 Ban on Manufacturing in cities/counties with a population of
>more than 200,000.
>Guns are being built all the time and the number of licensed manufacturers
>are too great to justify the threat to public safety. This is a small step
>to
>reduce the number of these shops where anything, even machine guns, are
>being built every day.
>
>10 Banning all military style firearms/NO EXCEPTIONS
>NATIONAL CONFISCATION PROGRAM SUPPORTED BY JANET
>RENO-JUSTICE
>The TOTAL National ban on all Assault Weapons, based on a point system
>can be expanded to eventually cover any firearm with a remotely military
>appearance. We feel that this aggressive appearance appeals to the type
>of dangerous individuals who are a definite threat to public safety. We
>hope that this point system can eventually be expanded to high powered
>air guns and "paint ball" weapons, which can inflict great damage, and
>with a little effort can be converted to real guns.
>
>11 Banning of any Machine Gun Parts or parts which can be used
>in a Machine Gun.
>Periodicals such as "The Shotgun News" particularly cater to individuals
>which wish to build illegal machine guns. If Senator Feinstein's
>courageous section of the crime bill is successful in banning all machine
>guns, except for police and military, then there would be no legitimate
>need for Machine Gun parts except to build illegal weapons.
>
>12 Banning the carrying a firearm anywhere but target range
>or in transit from one to the other.
>We should institute a federal mandate to the states to strictly regulate
>the carrying of a firearm, even hunting.
>
>13 Banning replacement parts (mfg., sale, possession, transfer,
>installation) except barrel, trigger group.
>Thousands of people are building illegal weapons every day. We can put a
>dent in this by banning parts and parts kits, except whose items like the
>barrel and trigger group, which are most likely to wear out due to use.
>
>14 Elimination of the Curio Relic list, IE: MUZZLELOADERS,
>CAP-BALL
>A gun is a gun. Even an old gun can kill people. This is a loop hole in the
>federal law which has allowed thousands of dangerous weapons to be
>distributed unchecked. This regulation, if enacted, would automatically
>eliminate the need for a Curio or Relic collector's license. All handguns,
>rifles and shotguns would fall into the same category as their modern
>counterparts.
>
>15 Control of Ammunition belonging to Certain Surplus Firearms
>Senator Moynihan has already proposed a tax or ban on .22 LR, 32 ACP, and
>9 mm ammo, however, it has been pointed out to us that there is an
>extreme proliferation of high powered surplus rifles (i.e. the Mosin-Nagant
>series and Enfield series) in which the wholesale prices are as low as
>$45-$75. We suggest that to control the proliferation of violence
>associated with the large numbers of these types of weapons entering this
>country that we ban the importation of their ammunition, 7.62x54R and
>.303 R surplus ammunition.
>
>16 Eventual Ban of Handgun Possession and TOTAL CONFISCATION
>This may be closer to reality than many of us think. Handguns are
>becoming increasingly unpopular and we think that within five years we
>can enact a total ban on possession at the federal level.
>
>17 Banning of Any ammo that fits military guns (post 1945)
>With the proliferation of high powered weapons, including semi -
>automatics and automatics from World War II, we suggest following the
>lead of Mexico, by prohibiting the sale, manufacture, possession or transfer
>
>of any caliber fitting a military firearm in service with a recognized
>military force after 1945.
>Ammunition and Explosives:
>
>18 Banning of any quantity of smokeless powder or black powder
>which would constitute more than the equivalent of 100
>rounds of ammunition.
>With the bombing the World Trade Center, it has been made clear that we
>must reinforce the above proposed regulation with this additional
>notation. It is arguable that none has any real need to have so much
>dangerous material on hand.
>
>19 Ban on the possession of explosive powders of more than 1
>kilogram at any one time.
>Gun nuts are notorious for circumventing the intent of the law, so we can
>reinforce the above proposed regulation with this additional notation. This
>additional language can be useful in preventing "bomb-maker" and other
>dangerous individuals.
>
>20 Banning of High Powered Ammo or Wounding ammo
>In addition to the banning of military caliber's, there is a plethora of
>dangerous rounds which are too high powered for sporting use. This
>includes the highest calibers of pistol and rifle ammunition (of note are
>the monster calibers for rifles and pistols, like the .50 caliber Desert
>Eagle Bullet). We should not forget the lessons learned with the insidious
>Black Talon Ammo. Hollow points, Glaser killing rounds and other types of
>ammunition designed specifically for maiming should be prohibited.
>
>21 A National License for Ammunition
>This is an idea whose time has come. We should look at a Federal License
>for purchasing of ammunition of all kinds. A special form should be
>forwarded to a new federal office to track those who are purchasing too
>much ammunition. Remember that a gun is useless without ammunition.
>
>22 Banning or strict licensing of all re-loading components
>Ammunition regulation laws can be regularly bypassed by home loaders,
>creating an underground cottage industry of ammo manufacture.
>Possession or purchase of re-loading equipment and machines should be
>restricted and those who wish to use specially loaded ammunition can go
>to a federally licensed 're-loader'.
>
>23 National Registration of ammunition or ammo buyers
>Fees collected from the national licenses should go towards a nationwide
>database of ammo buyers, with a possible background check to eliminate
>the purchase of dangerous ammo by felons or mental patients.
>
>24 Requirement of special storage safe for ammunition and
>licensing
>Like the storage safe for guns, there should be a national requirement for
>special safes to store ammo. These safes should be tamper proof and
>fireproof and be registered themselves so that on the spot inspections can
>be held. Again, the costs for these inspections can be absorbed by the
>license fees.
>
>GUN RANGES:
>
>25 Restricting Gun Ranges to cities/counties with populations
>less than 200,000
>The obvious threat to public safety of shooting ranges and stray bullets
>has been lost on many states and counties. We can initiate a federal
>mandate or incentives to get states to prohibit any kind of shooting range
>within a county with a population of more than 200,000.
>
>26 Special Licensing of ranges
>Those ranges which conform to the previous requirement should get
>special licensing above and beyond that which is required now. Additional
>each existing or new shooting range must get in writing the permission of
>all property owners within a radius of seven miles.
>
>27 Special Range Tax to visitors/ $1000.00 per year, per gun
>Additional revenue can be a surtax on ranges, requiring the collection of a
>minimum per gun. This can be in addition to required membership fees,
>upon which the state and local governments get a sizable portion, to help
>defray the immense cost of gun violence.
>
>28 Waiting period for rentals on pistol ranges/2 weeks
>It has been suggested in the past that felons can acquire pistols and other
>automatic weapons without a background check by renting a gun on a
>target range. Deranged individuals are basically being given a license to
>'practice hunting humans' at these so called 'sporting ranges'. We think
>that a national waiting period for gun rentals is yet another idea whose
>time has come.
>Activities which promote Gun Violence
>
>29 Banning Gun Shows/totally
>Illegal transfers and the sales of assault weapons and submachine guns is
>a common event at these so called gun shows. A huge dent can be made in
>the illegal trafficking of weapons by banning these shows altogether.
>
>30 Banning of military reenactments/under subversion of govt.
>laws
>The questionable "historical" value of these events has escaped public
>scrutiny for too long. Many of these so called historical events are mere
>excuses for gun nuts to blast the countryside with automatic weapons.
>What is to keep them from loading live bullets and having those stray
>bullets kill innocent children? What lives in the future will be lost due to
>
>this paramilitary training going on right under our noses? We propose the
>prohibition of Survivalist / paramilitary, World War I and World War II and
>Civil War Re-enactment's on federal land, and hope to encourage the states
>to prohibit them from state and county lands as well.
>
>31 Making unlawful the assembly of more than 4 armed
>individuals who are not peace officers or military
>Since most hunting parties consist of four, we recognize the need to
>eliminate the currently legal assembly of shooters for paramilitary
>training on private lands. This is just one good suggestion for our
>elimination of the "gun culture" from the mainstream.
>
>32 Eliminate hunting on all public lands.
>Blood sports are an anathema to a civilized society, however, it has been a
>political reality that the hunters and their ilk have too strong of a
>strangle hold on Congress. We feel that the impending defeat of high tech
>assault "killing machines" will open the door to restrictions. With the
>diminishing number of hunters, we feel that perhaps in five years we can
>open up much more of our country to campers and hikers, and eliminate the
>threat to families out camping, by looking at much more restrictions as to
>what parcels of land will allow hunting. This will not infringe on right to
>hunt on private land.
>
>33 Making Gun Owners Records and Photos matter of public
>record
>We would have to assemble a legal team, in order to investigate the
>balance of the right to privacy and the right to safeguard public. We fully
>endorse the photographing and fingerprinting of all gun owners, however,
>these records are usually relegated to law enforcement only. We think that
>it would be a good idea to make these records public, so that the
>communities can have the knowledge of who poses a danger to their
>community before disaster strikes. We realize that this proposal would
>probably be controversial, thus a long public affairs campaign would have
>to be initiated in order to build public support and ease the transition of
>such an idea. We feel that this idea has merit, and can be justified via
>the past publication of the names of water wasters during the drought,
>customers for prostitution, and deadbeat parents who are delinquent on
>child support.
>
>34 Random Police Checks for Weapons (like sobriety
>checkpoints) WITHOUT WARRENTS OR REASONABLE CAUSE.
>This idea was floated before in California in 1998, where some thought it
>would be a great deterrent to gang related crimes for police to do sweeps
>for gang weapons. Right now this idea may have some resistance, however,
>the political climate can become right to initiate these random vehicle
>stop and checks at all levels and in all types of neighborhoods. If we
>continue to mainstream the pressure we can make this a reality.
>
>THE NEXT FIFTEEN YEARS:
>With all that is going on, who knows what is possible in the next few
>years? With murders in the streets, and the public fed up, and the once
>mighty thugs of the Gun Lobby whimpering in impotence we have an
>opportunity to change the face of America for the better! Previously we
>thought that it would take at least a century to eliminate dangerous
>weapons and guns from the public hands, but now with allies in the White
>House and Congress, we can accelerate this trend, and make the barbaric
>NRA extinct!!!
>Here are some ideas to consider for the long term:
>Banning of military accouterments
>Essential to the Neanderthal gun culture are the typical military clothing,
>camouflage, pouches, and gear, boots and other combat gear. They
>euphemistically refer to this as 'militaria'. Elimination of the future sale
>
>of these items will cripple the culture of violence well into the 21st
>century.
>Stricter guidelines for violence in television and the movies
>We should look at the possibility of victims of violence by copying an act
>on television and the movie or video screen, suing the makers of such
>shows for compensation to their suffering. If the industry cannot regulate
>itself, we may have to eventually look at an independent branch of
>government, to determine which scenes cause more harm than good to the
>public and regulate the numbers of violent acts portayed.
>The total Elimination of arms from Society
>We cannot survive into the 21st century unless we remember the need to
>expand our wave to new thinking to the total disarmament of America.
>With much of the public disarmed we can become more like Great Britain,
>where we can also eliminate the need for much of our police to be armed.
>This would take a long time, however, a concerted public relations
>campaign can pressure local law enforcement to give up their arms, when
>the time comes. Weapons, would be still available to special units like
>SWAT or the military.
>Control of Dangerous literature (Bomb making, machinegun
>conversions, etc...)
>Too much irresponsible material is purportedly covered by the 1st
>Amendment, however, the time will come when our nation has to agree
>that some literature does not belong in a safe society, like instruction
>manuals on how to kill, or how to make homemade explosives, or nuclear
>bombs. We must realize that there can be such as thing as too much
>freedom where such literature poses a serious threat to the public safety.
>1999 sounds the death knell for the bully tactics of the NRA and the
>culture of violence in America!!
>We are pressing on all fronts and much of this can become reality sooner
>than we expect. With the loss of power and clout of the NRA and their
>various smaller crony orginizations crumbling to dust, we can eliminate a
>200 year old license to murder into history, and enter the 21st century a
>safer place for our children and our children's children.
>* Elimination of the Department of Civil Marksmanship, long considered a
>sacred cow and a dinosaur from the Cold War years (Thank you Mr.
>Clinton!!!).
>* Ban on possession of a firearm within a home located within 1000 feet
>of a school yard.
>* Ban on all realistic replicas/toy guns or non-firearms capable of being
>rendered realistic.
>* The right of victims of gun violence to sue manufacturers and dealers
>to be affirmed and perhaps, aided with money from government
>programs.
>* Taxes on ammo, Dealers licenses & guns to offset the medical costs to
>society.
>and...
>* the eventual ban of all semi-automatics (regardless of when made or
>caliber).
>
>
>
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[This message has been edited by Bill Mitchell (edited January 07, 2000).]