Bill Blocks New Shotgun Ban DOES NOT Repeal Sporting Purposes Test

FAIRFAX, Va. --(Ammoland.com)- This year, NRA-ILA worked with pro-gun legislators to include a provision in the 2012 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations legislation to help prohibit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from banning the importation of shotguns that are currently legally imported.

That legislation was a part of a consolidated appropriations bill that Congress passed to fund major portions of the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2012.

Unfortunately, some inaccurate reports have claimed that this provision would repeal the “sporting purposes” test for importation of firearms.

While NRA supports repeal of the “sporting purposes” test, the provision included in the recently enacted bill does not achieve this goal.

The provision supported by NRA-ILA was prompted by a recent BATFE “study” that sought to reinterpret the “sporting purposes” test in a manner that would have banned the import of certain shotguns that are currently legal to import.

The new provision prevents, at least in the short term, the expansion of any shotgun bans under the “sporting purpose” language, thus preserving the status quo.

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“Sporting uses” is ridiculous language.
It's deliberate and it's meant to be vague. It's a gun grabbing politician's delight.

The "Sporting Purpose" Issue in Gun-Control Policy April 11,1994

In the context of gun-control policy, what does "sporting purpose" mean?
Unfortunately, the term is ubiquitous but nowhere defined; its meaning must be divined from the legislative and enforcement debates.

"Sporting purpose" is the benign face of evil intent.
It's also used to limit the debate on why an individual's gun exist. As you note...

It reduces a serious matter to “fun and games”
Yes, it does.
Behind Supreme Court case: Do gun rights protect against tyranny? March 4, 2010

Founders' intent with Second Amendment
“The Second Amendment … stands as the Founding Fathers’ clear and unmistakable legal statement that an armed citizenry is the bulwark of liberty and provides the fundamental basis for law-abiding Americans to defend themselves, their families, their communities, and their nation against all aggressors, including, ultimately, a tyrannical government,” wrote Daniel Schmutter in a friend of the court brief on behalf Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership.

I defy any of these "sporting purposes" legiwankers to compete in the sport of skeet against my son.

He uses his Mossberg 590 with dual pistol grips -- and shoots "from the hip:..."

Even with my 20 ga o/u. he is tough to beat!

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