Posted on 04/23/2013 8:01:08 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama
There are many new and well used "code words" floating around these days, as well as the not-so-new ones. Let's decipher some of them....
"Common Sense": This term, especially when spoken by a politician, indicates an attempt to sway your personal opinion using emotion and carefully selected events to prove a predetermined outcome. These events when presented as a group offer "proof" to justify the personal beliefs or prejudices of the presenter.
"Gun Show Loophole": This term has been bandied about by politicians, journalists, and many who think that the average citizen is not capable of being responsible for their own actions. Make no mistake, There is no magic line that nullifies any firearms laws when you enter a gun show. In fact, there are undercover BATFE agents and local law enforcement officers who are present in droves at gun shows with the sole intent of catching those who would attempt to break the law.
"Unlicensed Dealer": There is no such thing. Anyone "engaging in the business" of buying and selling firearms for the profit motive is REQUIRED by federal law to obtain a Federal Firearms License (FFL). Private individuals are NOT required to have a license to sell their own personal property...firearms included. Guns sold from one law abiding citizen to another are not required to undergo a background check. This simple fact is what prevents us from having a national gun registry.
"Universal Background Check (UBC)": This is a back-door registration scheme being lauded as a "common sense" solution to keep guns away from criminals. In reality, and by the admission of those who are pushing for the new regulations, criminals will not subject themselves to a UBC. They will CONTINUE to obtain firearms through illegal means. The net result will be a nationwide registration of law abiding gun owners via the FFL's bound book and the form 4473 which is required to be maintained by the FFL. These records will be accessible by federal agents for "law enforcement purposes". Stating in the law that a "registry" is forbidden does not make it so. Saying that "misuse" is forbidden or punishable by X number of years in prison does not mean that it won't be abused, or even that those who do abuse it will be prosecuted. We have seen time and again where federal agencies have executed "sting" operations that were unconstitutional (or worse) and were never charged with any crime.
"Assault Weapon": To blame a hunk of metal for an assault is to say that the individual who committed the crime is not in control of his actions while he was holding that object. No gun magically turns you into a murderer any more than a car turns you into a drunk driver or a pen turns you into an award winning novelist.
"Automatic Weapons": This is a vastly misunderstood and misused term. An "fully-automatic" firearm is one which, when the trigger is depressed and held, will continue firing until the trigger is released. A "semi-automatic" firearm or "auto-loading" firearm is one which, when the trigger is depressed, will fire one round and reload itself until the ammunition storage device (magazine) is empty. For each depression of the trigger only one round is fired.
To read more go to: Second Amendment Sisters
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