No to HR 1022, "Assault Weapons Ban" Petition

The Petition Site ^ | N/A | Josh McNattin

[looscnnn]

The attempt to renew and augment the expired federal "assault weapons ban", HR 1022, will not be tolerated.

This online petition is not legally binding and does not carry as much weight as a real paper petition with your genuine signature. I do plan on submitting this to a strategic representative, and I do believe it represents your voice significantly, but moreso my hope for this petition is to raise awareness of this bill, which is much more menacing to American's rights to defend themselves than the bill that was passed in 1994.

This is NOT the cosmetic bill from the Clinton era and does NOT include a sunset expiration, this one DOES ban many more guns, not just features, going so far as to ban WWII era rifles such as the M1 Garand and semi-automatic shotguns. Do your homework, learn about the details and contact your representative, act locally, raise awareness.

Get Involved: Legislative Action Center

Learn about this bill: TownHall.com HR 1022 Article , Washington Watch Article

This petition and it's author is in no way affiliated with the ACLU. I am an honorably discharged Marine, gun owner and rifle range member. The host website is by charter a non-partisan site, though they do carry many left leaning petitions. If that makes you uncomfortable, start some right leaning ones and get people on board.

I've been informed that an embedded questionaire is asking for personal information such as "number of children in household". These are not questions that I opted to be included and should not be required to sign the petition.

[looscnnn]

The goal is to collect 1,000,000 signatures, 17,922 have been collected as of this posting.

[looscnnn]

Ping for your list.

[Disambiguator]

Here's the list as it stands now:

`(i) AK, AKM, AKS, AK-47, AK-74, ARM, MAK90, Misr, NHM 90, NHM 91, SA 85, SA 93, VEPR;

`(ii) AR-10;

`(iii) AR-15, Bushmaster XM15, Armalite M15, or Olympic Arms PCR;

`(iv) AR70;

`(v) Calico Liberty;

`(vi) Dragunov SVD Sniper Rifle or Dragunov SVU;

`(vii) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, or FNC;

`(viii) Hi-Point Carbine;

`(ix) HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, or HK-PSG-1;

`(x) Kel-Tec Sub Rifle;

`(xi) M1 Carbine;

`(xii) Saiga;

`(xiii) SAR-8, SAR-4800;

`(xiv) SKS with detachable magazine;

`(xv) SLG 95;

`(xvi) SLR 95 or 96;

`(xvii) Steyr AUG;

`(xviii) Sturm, Ruger Mini-14;

`(xix) Tavor;

`(xx) Thompson 1927, Thompson M1, or Thompson 1927 Commando; or

`(xxi) Uzi, Galil and Uzi Sporter, Galil Sporter, or Galil Sniper Rifle (Galatz).

Note: the M1 CARBINE is listed, not the Garand.

[umgud]

Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.

[mylife]

Makes me want to go buy that Galil I saw for sale last week.

I have most of the rest

[brityank]

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws."

-- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.

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[BigTom85]

I signed it. God help us in 2008- the pro RKBA groups are in for a tough ride with Hillary, McCain, Rudy, Obama and the rest of the circus.

[umgud]

So did I. It's all over the web. Hope a bunch sign it.

[looscnnn]

Not specifically but I would bet that it would fall under:

`(L) A semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General. In making the determination, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.'.

Which means that it, all SKSs (not just the removable mag version listed), Tokarevs and oh so many more will be banned.

[Charlespg]

signed it

[Tolsti]

Pleeeasseeee sign this.

Right now it's iffy to get far, but this makes the last AWB look like a joke.

[looscnnn]

I already did.

[looscnnn]

Pinging to ask you to get the word out on this petition.