03-06-2018, 12:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2018, 12:40 AM by Eric the Green.)
A new bill has been introduced in the House called the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, H.R. 5087. It would prohibit the sale, transfer, production, and importation of:
• Semi-automatic rifles and handguns with a military-style feature that can accept a detachable magazine;
• Semi-automatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds;
• Semi-automatic shotguns with a military-style feature;
• Any ammunition feeding device that can hold more than 10 rounds;
• And 205 specifically-named and listed firearms.
I would hope that the general description of the banned guns above would cover the changes gunmakers can make to go around the named and listed models. Otherwise I agree that "These can be changed faster than a prohibitionist can pass laws." The bill sounds good to me; I can hope against hope that the "tipping point" has made such a ban possible again, as it was in 1994.
• Semi-automatic rifles and handguns with a military-style feature that can accept a detachable magazine;
• Semi-automatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can hold more than 10 rounds;
• Semi-automatic shotguns with a military-style feature;
• Any ammunition feeding device that can hold more than 10 rounds;
• And 205 specifically-named and listed firearms.
I would hope that the general description of the banned guns above would cover the changes gunmakers can make to go around the named and listed models. Otherwise I agree that "These can be changed faster than a prohibitionist can pass laws." The bill sounds good to me; I can hope against hope that the "tipping point" has made such a ban possible again, as it was in 1994.