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Assault Weapon Ban Countdown (celebrate here)

Posted on 09/12/2004 6:17:11 AM PDT by RogueIsland

14 Hours, 42 minutes to go!


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: awb; bang; banglist; bigclips; expiration; gunban; secondamendment
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To: SirLurkedalot

I moved last year from Cali to Nevada.. trust me, for a gun owner this state is SO MUCH better :)

I got my glock mags on pre order and they are shipping on the 14th! whhoohoo!


41 posted on 09/12/2004 6:51:03 AM PDT by eXe (The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war)
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To: cowboyway
There never were laws preventing the installation of those components as well as others. The law applied to the manufacturing and retail distribution. Once in the hands of a private owner, the owner could modify his weapon with a wide choice of legal after-market products. The link below is just one of hundreds of sites that specialize in custom modifications.

I believe you were only allowed to install them on firearms of pre-ban vintage. AR15.com has had a lot of threads on that subject, and I never got a contrary impression.

42 posted on 09/12/2004 6:52:07 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It'd be great to see GW doing a little target practice down in Crawford with a full featured assault weapon.

http://www.snipersparadise.com/
43 posted on 09/12/2004 6:56:11 AM PDT by cowboyway (My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
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To: eXe

That's what I keep hearing. I'm mainly moving to get away from all the freaks, but that's another benefit. I'll never afford a house here either. What are the CCW laws like there?


44 posted on 09/12/2004 6:56:36 AM PDT by SirLurkedalot (REMEMBER!)
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To: patton
Well, I was born within the contiguious United States, but not in a state.

Hmmm, now that's a puzzle... You're 93 years old, and born in Arizona?

45 posted on 09/12/2004 6:57:56 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: cowboyway
There never were laws preventing the installation of those components as well as others. The law applied to the manufacturing and retail distribution. Once in the hands of a private owner, the owner could modify his weapon with a wide choice of legal after-market products.

This is absolutely incorrect. The 1994 "assault weapon ban" most certainly did make it illegal to add certain combinations of features to a firearm you already owned. These restrictions are about to vaporize, though.

46 posted on 09/12/2004 7:00:00 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: Ichneumon
No, I am 41. There are two places within the US where this can happen - I will leave you wondering.

LOL.

47 posted on 09/12/2004 7:00:24 AM PDT by patton (Die Frau haette sich keine Sorgen dabai, aber meine Freundin wuerde mich sofort um die Ecke bringen!)
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To: Ichneumon; Buffalo Head; RogueIsland; cowboyway

Oops, meant to ping you to my previous post (#46). I can quote chapter and verse of the law if you'd like.


48 posted on 09/12/2004 7:01:52 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: patton
No, I am 41. There are two places within the US where this can happen - I will leave you wondering.

Aaaaah! That's cruel. Oh, wait: Washington DC. Not sure about the other, though, unless you mean Virginia, which is technically a "commonwealth" and not a "state".

49 posted on 09/12/2004 7:03:02 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: RogueIsland

Thank God!!! We need all the gun rights we can get in case we have to fight terrorists face to face.


50 posted on 09/12/2004 7:03:17 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy
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To: Ichneumon

Bingo. Georgetown U, WDC. The other is the UN complex in NY.


51 posted on 09/12/2004 7:04:49 AM PDT by patton (Die Frau haette sich keine Sorgen dabai, aber meine Freundin wuerde mich sofort um die Ecke bringen!)
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To: RogueIsland
I truly believe because of people like you, the Republicans made sure the ban would occur or they would have lost enough votes to lose the election.

Now, all the gun groups can support the President and the Republican Party. I'm going to call my reps and thank them Monday. I'm also supposed to help my Congressman but I've been ignoring the emails until now.

Let's hope this gives Bush an 80 Million gun owner Bump.
52 posted on 09/12/2004 7:04:59 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5 (Vote a Straight Republican Ballot. Rid the country of dems.)
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To: patton
Bingo. Georgetown U, WDC. The other is the UN complex in NY.

Ooh, now there's an interesting question: If a baby gets born in the UN building, what nationality is it?

53 posted on 09/12/2004 7:06:16 AM PDT by Ichneumon ("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
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To: RogueIsland
I remember ordering (20)30 round clips and a 75 round drum for my AK's a week before the ban.

UPS "lost" the shipment and I never was able to get them.

54 posted on 09/12/2004 7:07:27 AM PDT by Rome2000 (The ENEMY for Kerry!!!!!)
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To: Shooter 2.5
I truly believe because of people like you, the Republicans made sure the ban would occur or they would have lost enough votes to lose the election.

Well, as I said, when push came to shove I would have voted Bush anyway given what is at stake this election, but yes, I think the steady murmur of discontent among gun owners, and the tremendous efforts coordinated through the Internet in making officials aware of the liabilities of this issue, did get some attention of the people looking to get votes this fall. Utlitmately, that's good. Officeholders should be scared of the electorate. If they aren't, we're not doing our jobs.

55 posted on 09/12/2004 7:09:38 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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To: RogueIsland
T-minus 13 hours, 48 minutes and counting.
56 posted on 09/12/2004 7:11:30 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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To: RogueIsland
All these years I've owned an assault rifle and never managed to kill anything other than a target. However...show me a islamic extremist and I'll show you where the grey matter called a brain, was supposed to be from 300 yards.

Take note terrorists...thanks to the second amendment, we are the most armed citizen group in the world, and if you mess with just one of us, you mess with all of us!
57 posted on 09/12/2004 7:14:26 AM PDT by Issaquahking (U.N., greenies, etc. battling against the U.S. and Constitution one freedom at a time. Fight Back !)
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To: Ichneumon

"This is absolutely incorrect. The 1994 "assault weapon ban" most certainly did make it illegal to "

Thanks for the, soon to be moot, clarification. The end of the AWB means instant amnesty for myself and other normally good citizens who became criminals because of a dumb law written by those whose ultimate goal was to make criminals out of all gun owners.


58 posted on 09/12/2004 7:20:49 AM PDT by cowboyway (My Hero's have always been cowboys.)
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To: Casloy
Finally, I will be able to go out and rob a bank and randomly shoot people

I am glad you waited until it was legal to buy the gun.

59 posted on 09/12/2004 7:22:51 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: RogueIsland

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yikes, what am I celebrating? I spent huge amounts of money on dozerns of pre-ban, hi-cap mags - 20, 30 & 40 rounders for my Class III AR-15s and 20 rounders for my AR-10 - and now they're worth diddly squat. Ditto a 29 round (.40cal) mag for my Glock 32/.357 SIG.

That said, I'm happy it's sunsetting, but there's another round of legislative lunacy coming after Nov 2, to replace it.

Stock up on the goodies, as they become available, folks.


60 posted on 09/12/2004 7:29:02 AM PDT by 7.62 x 51mm (• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
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