Posted on 09/21/2007 1:21:44 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
In the early fall of 1994, the gun control movement achieved unprecedented success in Congress. The "Brady Bill" had been enacted in November 1993, and went into effect in February 1994. After a very tough political fight, President Clinton's omnibus crime bill was passed in August 1994. The bill included a 10-year ban on so-called "assault weapons," as well as other gun controls. Handgun Control, Inc. (which later changed its name to "The Brady Campaign" promptly began to push for legislation which it called "Brady II."
Although the bill was introduced, it did not receive a hearing in the final weeks of Congress before the election. The November 1994 elections resulted in a Republican landslide; in a December 1994 interview with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, President Clinton stated that the NRA was the reason that the Republicans had won control of Congress.
Nevertheless, Brady II is worth remembering as a roadmap for the gun control lobby's hopes for "the next step" in federal gun control. Due to the results of the 1994 and subsequent elections, HCI/BC has not been so bold in its declared legislative agenda. It would be interesting to know which, if any, items from the Brady II bill are rejected today by the Brady Campaign or the political candidates which it has endorsed.
Arsenal licensing
Any person who owns 20 or more firearms or more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition or primers (e.g. two "bricks" of rimfire ammo) would be required to get an "arsenal" license. To obtain a federal arsenal license, a person would need to be fingerprinted, obtain permission of local zoning authorities, and pay a $300 tax every three years. Her home would be subjected to unannounced, warrantless inspection by the government up to three times a year. "Arsenal" owners would also have to obtain a $100,000 dollar insurance policy.
"Brady II" redefines "firearm" to include magazines and "any part of the action" (such as pins, springs, or screws). Thus, if a person has two Colt pistols, three Remington rifles, and four magazines (of any size) for each gun, then he own an "arsenal." Or if he owned two guns, six magazines, and a box of disassembled gun parts that contained five springs, five pins, and five screws, then he would own 23 "firearms" and would have to obtain an "arsenal" license.
Licensing
Every handgun buyer would be required to obtain a state handgun license. The license would be good for no more than two years. No-one could obtain a license without passing a state-controlled "safety" course. The fees for the license and the safety course would have no limits. The fees could be set far in excess of the state cost of providing the license and the course; instead, the fees could a source of general revenue.
Nothing would prevent licensing authorities from taking months or years to issue a license. And nothing would prevent the authorities from making the "safety" test so rigorous that almost no-one except an expert shooter could pass.
That an applicant had been shooting handguns for 50 years, or was an NRA certified safety instructor, or a proficient competitive target shooter would not exempt him from the requirement to pay for the government "safety" class.
Every handgun transfer (including one's adult son an old revolver) would be subject to these restrictions. In addition, every handgun transferred would have to be registered by make and serial number.
The late Pete Shields, the chair of HCI, in a 1976 interview, explained his strategy for using registration as a way-station to handgun confiscation:
"The first problem is to slow down the number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns registered. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and all handgun ammunition--expect for the police, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors--totally illegal."
1. A handgun with any parts made of zinc alloy.
2. Any handgun that uses .22 short ammunition. Many guns that use .22 long rifle can also use .22 short, and would thus be banned.
3. Any revolver with a barrel less than 3 inches.
4. Any semi-automatic pistol with combined height and length of less than 10 inches.
5. Any seme-automatic pistol without a "positive manually operated safety device."
“We’re going to have to take one step at a time, and the first step is necessarily — given the political realities — going to be very modest ...
So then we’ll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law, and maybe again and again.
Right now, though, we’d be satisfied not with half a loaf but with a slice.
Our ultimate goal — total control of handguns in the United States — is going to take time ....
The first problem is to slow down the increasing number of guns being produced and sold in this country.
The second problem is to get handguns registered.
And the final problem is to make the possession of *all* handguns and *all* handgun ammunition — except for the military, policemen, licensed security guards, licensed sporting clubs, and licensed gun collectors — totally illegal.”
— Pete Shields, Chairman Emeritus, Handgun Control, Inc. ( “The New Yorker”, July 26, 1976 )
HR1022 is already in committee.... check it out...
Wow! Guess I’m hosed on the arsenal definition many times over.
Well, got to run. Heading to the gun shop to pick up a S&W 1026 10mm I bought a few days ago.
“Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.” - Sarah Brady
I got a good deal on a used SS 6” Rossi .357 last weekend.
Anyone know anything about it—she gonna blow up on me?
BLOAT (in this case Tomorrow)!
...and a new 10-22 with a bull barrel!
=0)
“Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.” - Sarah Brady
Did sarah really say that?
Er doesn't that lump a lot of non-"saturday night specials" into the mix. Like my CZ-75 P01 which doesn't have a manual safety?
Bang!
But, just as the public reacts to Islamist admissions about their intentions, most Americans will continue to spend their time watching “American Idol” and assume the problem will just, somehow, “go away.”
America’s enemies, whether they be anti-American leftists from within or Islamist terrorists from without, won’t be wasting their time watching mindless television programs.
Think it’s a crazy assertion that the democrats are advocating for criminals? Okay, consider Britain: The gun grabbers won over there. So now, anyone who defends themselves against criminals (without guns mind you) is penalized.
That is the next step: Give your guns up, the police aren’t going to get there any faster. This Jena thing is looking like the first toehold on criminals being given leeway.
Check out these gun grabbers’ websites. They claim that they want to reduce crime. Do you know how many anti crime proposals they’ve outlined? The answer is zero, zip, nada. Democrats, the modern incarnation of the nazi party is advocating for one of their support groups: Thugs.
I liked my CZ P-01 so much I bought the CZ-97 (.45)
Btw, Bianchi makes a good belt holster for the P-01: `Black
Widow’ #6.
Good weekend, gotta run.
Are YOU a member of the NRA?
Lets see what laws the anti-gunners have tried to force on us without the NRA stopping them.
1961. We don’t want to take your guns away, we only want to register handguns. Long guns will not be affected.
1964. We don’t want to take your guns away. We only want to register all of them!
1968. We don’t want to take your sporting guns away. We ONLY want to register them and ban ONLY the import of foreign Saturday night specials and five shot WWII military bolt action rifles!
1968 “Today we make America safe by taking the guns out of the hands of criminals!”...LBJ when he signed the 1968 gun control act into law.
1971. We don’t want to take your sporting guns away, we ONLY want to ban Saturday night specials.
1976. We don’t want to take your long guns away. We ONLY want to ban all handguns!
1981. Give up your handguns! And you can keep your rifles!
1989. We don’t want to ban your hunting rifles and shotguns. We ONLY want to ban handguns AND Assault rifles and shotguns.
We ONLY want to ban assault rifles and shotguns AND all fifty cal. rifles and handguns!
I could go into more detail but that is plenty. Thankfully the NRA has been a lightning rod for such claims.
For those who are not NRA members do you really think you personally have the clout to sway congress and hold off an organized attempt by the Brady bunch and others? Can you come up with enough money to buy air time to counter the false claims of George Sorios and his billions?
If not YOU NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NRA!
Life member here!
Sounds like Lexington II.
If I was more unstable and more prone to emotional breakdown, I’d probably be tearing right now. But still, this is absolutely atrocious.
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