Instant Check, Assault Weapons Ban, & G.W. Bush

[NationalCCW]

Action item for gun owners. It is time for us to get the new President to use his executive authority to make regulations, which benefit our side. Please view and act on our call to Bush and his VP. News at the "elephant" icon at:
National CCW Reciprocity Foundation
http://www.NationalCCW.com

 

[gitarmac]

He doens't care about us gun folks, he just wants to stay in power as long as possible. I'm starting to think I've "wasted my vote".

That being said, lets all speak up so he knows we're watching.

 

[DEC]

For goodness sakes fellas, he just took office this past Saturday. Give the guy a chance before condemning him.

 

[BigMike]

You know, of all the things that irk me the most in the Assault Weapons Ban(all of it does actually), is that it created a market for standard(aka hi-cap) mags. I should've hoarded all the Glock and Para-O mags I could've afforded, but then i would've been like all the other scum sucking people looking to sell a glock mag NIB for $135.00. I heard John Ashcroft state in the hearings last week that he understood GW to support the Assault Weapons Ban. Hope that isn't true, but I am going to do my part and email everybody I can to get with the program.

However I should add, the limiting capacities to 10 rounds has helped to develop newer designs, resulting in generally smaller pistols, resulting in more people than ever having the ability to carious serious firepower in a compact package.

I asked John Lott Jr. a this question, when I saw him in Vegas here last summer: Has limiting the capacities of magazines to 10 rounds resulted in lower deaths/injuries/crimes/social problems/etc.? His response: Absolutely NOT, there has been no data to suggest that limiting capacities to 10 rounds has resulted in ANYTHING.

Yeah, except a very expensive handgun/rifle magazine market. I know it's just business, but its hard to swallow when you see LEO's can pay 20.00 for mags and non-LEO's 100.00.

Mike

 

[dZ]

limiting capacities created the "pocket Rocket 9mm" that Rod Blagojevich wants to ban

http://www.vpc.org/press/0007bill.htm
VPC Lauds Introduction of Blagojevich Bill to Ban "Pocket Rockets"

The Violence Policy Center strongly supports the "Pocket Rocket Elimination Act of 2000." The bill will be introduced
today, July 18, 2000 by Representative Rod Blagojevich (D-IL).

The legislation would deal with a deadly new trend in the gun industry: pocket rockets. The dangers of this new breed
of handgun is detailed in a new Violence Policy Center study, POCKET ROCKETS: THE GUN INDUSTRY'S SALE OF
INCREASED KILLING POWER. The 25-page study details how the gun industry has increased the lethality of its
products by producing larger caliber, higher capacity, and more readily concealable handguns in order to boost sales in
a stagnant market.

Tom Diaz, VPC senior policy analyst and author of Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America, joined Rep.
Blagojevich (D-IL) to release the study at a news conference in Chicago on July 17, 2000.

Pocket rockets are a dangerous new ingredient in America's firearms brew. These deadly weapons are the latest
example of the gun industry's insatiable quest for a higher profit margin—regardless of the number of lives lost in their
greedy and deadly venture.

Reports by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and others show that handguns move relatively
quickly from the legal trade in firearms into the hands of criminals and youths. Predictably, crime gun tracing data show
that as manufacturers have heavily marketed pocket rockets, these tiny but deadly pistols are moving into criminal use at
a dramatically increasing rate.

The VPC strongly supports Rep. Blagojevich's legislation to ban these handguns. The legislation would ban the future
sale of handgun with an overall length of less than 71/2 inches.