HB 6239 - Assault Weapons Ban (Michigan House)

Apologies for the format, that's one thing I don't like about the MI. Legislature bill site.

This is probably a dead bill, but the names cosponsoring it are key.

Bill McConico - D-Detroit
Tupac A Hunter - D-Detroit
Mary Waters D-Detroit
Clarence E Phillips D-Pontiac
Morris Hood III D-Detroit
Virgil Smith - D-Detroit
Steve Tobocman - D-Detroit (Wish he was beaten in the primary)
Paul Condino - D-Southfield
Aldo Vagnozzi - D-Farmington Hills (Can be beaten - Go Bill Largent!!!!)
William J O'Neil - D-Downriver (Term limited out)
Michael G Sak - D-Grand Rapids (Can POSSIBLY be beaten in a great year)
Jack D Minore - D-Flint - Term limited Out (Thank God, he's liberal even for Flint)
Artina T Hardman - D-Detroit

Of course...

Pack of Rats.

Michael G Sak - D-Grand Rapids (Can POSSIBLY be beaten in a great year)

Unlikely. He's from the west side of Grand Rapids- the heavily Democratic side. I'm not sure when the last time the 75th had a Republican was, but it's been a while.

But we can always try...

MGY

I doubt it too, but the dem there before was Steve Pestka who is better than some republicans.(ie Joe Schwarz)

This isn't an "assault weapons ban" - it's an assault on all weapons!

It would ban every semi-auto pistol and most rifles, with that "capable of accepting..." language.

Can't Michigan just expel the City of Detroit?

What say we declare war on Canada, then as a condition of their surrender, we make them take Detroit?

the common denominator amongst the brown shirts is the underlying racial assumption. All these representative represent significant black populations. Could their message be any clearer?

your bills text looks familiar:

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2. Definitions
(a) “Assault weapon” means any:
(1) Semi-automatic or pump-action rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine
and has one or more of the following:
(i) A pistol grip;
(ii) A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand;
(iii) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(iv) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or
(v) A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator.

(2) Semi-automatic pistol, or any semi-automatic, centerfire rifle with a fixed magazine, that has the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition;

(3) Semi-automatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the following: (i) A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand;
(ii) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(iii) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel;
(iv) A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator; or
(v) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any location outside of the pistol grip;

(4) Semi-automatic shotgun that has one or more of the following:
(i) A pistol grip or a vertical handgrip;
(ii) A folding, telescoping or thumbhole stock;
(iii) A fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds; or
(iv) An ability to accept a detachable magazine;

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Battle for Strong Assault Weapon Ban is not Over
9/16/2004

Press Release
Legal Community Against Violence
268 Bush Street, # 555
San Francisco, CA 94104
www.lcav.org

Contact:
Cori Stell
Phone: 415-433-2062

San Francisco-based public interest law center urges state and local action to fill the void left by expiration of federal assault weapon ban.

San Francisco, CA - The federal assault weapon ban expired September 13, 2004, thanks to the inaction of President Bush and the Republican leadership of Congress. The 1994 law, which included a 10-year sunset provision, was supported by every major law enforcement organization in the nation, as well as by Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan and Clinton. The law and its reauthorization were bitterly opposed by the National Rifle Association (NRA).

"We are deeply troubled that President Bush and Congress have bowed to the will of the NRA and chosen to ignore the will of the people," said Sue Ann Schiff, Executive Director of Legal Community Against Violence (LCAV), a nonprofit law center formed in the wake of the 1993 assault weapon massacre at 101 California Street in San Francisco. "Renewal of the assault weapon ban was supported by an overwhelming majority of the American public, including gun owners," she stated.

Schiff urged state and local governments to act to adopt their own assault weapon laws. "Expiration of the federal ban demonstrates that we cannot rely solely on Congress and the President. It is crucial that state and local governments implement innovative laws and policies to fill in gaps in federal law and serve as a catalyst for the nationwide policies we need."

Today LCAV reissued its report, Banning Assault Weapons -- A Legal Primer for State and Local Action, as a legal roadmap for public officials and gun violence prevention activists working to ban assault weapons at the state and local level. "The model law contained in the report provides a starting point for these efforts," Schiff said. "California's law, the most comprehensive assault weapon ban in the country, was a key source for our model, but we also incorporated the best elements of other state and local assault weapon bans. As a result, LCAV's model is stronger than any existing state or local ban, stronger even than bills introduced in the Senate and House to improve the now-expired federal ban."

In addition to California, six other states -- Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts and New York -- have assault weapon bans in place. At least 17 local communities across the nation also have adopted assault weapon bans.

"Existing laws must be vigorously enforced and many more jurisdictions must act to help keep these horrific weapons of war off our streets," Schiff added.

Schiff observed that the gun industry has eagerly anticipated the expiration of the federal law. "Production of assault weapons is expected to increase and prices of the weapons are expected to drop as gun manufacturers flood the civilian marketplace," she stated. "The need for strong state and local gun policies is more urgent than ever."

Schiff noted that President Bush had repeatedly pledged support for reauthorization of the ban -- stating during the last presidential campaign that "It makes no sense for assault weapons to be around our society" - yet failed to act in furtherance of that pledge. She stated that the Republican leadership in the House had taken the position that it would only bring a bill to renew the assault weapon ban to a vote if instructed to do so by the President. The President, however, refused to act and the law was allowed to lapse.

Date of Release: September 14, 2004

This article is online at
http://www.jointogether.org/z/0,2522,574645,00.html

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http://www.firearmslawcenter.org/library/reports_analyses/assaultweaponreport.asp