This is far from being a comprehensive and final analysis since I Am Not A Lawyer and I Am Not A Congress Critter.  I am still battling the cold/flu and taking some meds so I wouldn’t be surprised if I am missing some stuff or get other stuff wrong.

First thing that jumps is that direct & immediate registration appears to be off the table within this law. I cannot say what will be done via Justice Department via NICS or some other way. I am guessing that either the volume of calls against registration was so enormous plus the honchos in ATF imagining the shitload of work coming their way may had intervened and say “No way in hell we can do this. After almost 70 years we still have not gotten the machine gun registry right and those are only 250,000!” In any case and same with the President’s Executive Orders, this is a major blink in their part and possibly the realization that their position is not as strong as they thought it would be after the onslaught of bad press and name calling by every pundit they had available to do their work. They thought themselves Kennedy and turned out Khrushchev. I expect them they will say they did this as good faith gesture and to push our side into compromising for a deal, but if I am reading the tea leaves right, the opposite may happen, specially since the Cuomo screw up with the new NY Gun Ban Laws. People are just to ticked off for compromising and “conversations.”

We officially have a definition of Assault Weapon to cover semi auto only!

The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon means any of the following, regardless of country of manufacture or caliber of ammunition accepted:

The “any of the following” is about 3 pages of “ugly things we don’t like” that make a semi auto rifle an “assault weapon.” Sort of like Selina Kyle with or without the tight leather outfit and the whip gets to be evil Catwoman or just a normal secretary/assistant.

Yes, there is a ban on Guns They Don’t Like. I don’t get fooled by the grandfathering clause because there will always be another crisis that can be exploited and then they can do something about them.

It shall be unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a semiautomatic assault weapon.

The manufacture part, does that apply to guns built for personal use? I am thinking AKs turned from flats that have already been at least one court decision in which determined they are not under ATF grasp.

The semi auto pistol ban on the most popular pistols remains:

A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following:…..‘‘(v) A semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

And in page 11 there is the Carolyn McCarthy subsection defining a Barrel Shroud not being “the shoulder thing that goes up.” I am glad we got that cleared.

OK, I’ll be back later with more stuff. Some is funny as hell.

Seriously, these people are beyond stupid sometimes:

Karl Telford Frederick died on February 11, 1963. So unless they resort to Black Magic, he ain’t coming back. And if he is zombified and brought back, PUFF rewards apply to him, the necromancer and the people that ordered it.

CSGV versus Agent Franks? Now that is a Pay per View event that I would not miss.

(If you are trying to figure out the last part, you need to buy the book Monster Hunter International ASAP. Go ahead and thank me later 🙂 )

“They’re saying, ‘F— the governor! F— Cuomo! We’re not going to register our guns,’ and I think they’re serious. People are not going to do it. People are going to resist,’’ said State Rifle and Pistol Association President Tom King, a member of the NRA board of directors. “They’re taking one of our guaranteed civil rights, and they’re taking it away.’

via Inside Albany: Gun owners plan boycott of Cuomo laws – NYPOST.com.

“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

I will have to imagine his staff has been somewhat busy so I will not deride on the time it took to answer, specially since he is the first one to actually respond to my emails.

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Dear Mr. Gonzalez,

Thank you for writing me regarding the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I understand this is an important issue and I appreciate hearing your thoughts.

The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” I hold the fundamental belief the Second Amendment should not be altered. At the same time, I have always been open to measures that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.

In light of the recent tragedies, some have suggested restricting gun ownership and have suggested ways to curb gun violence. I am always open to ideas on how to stop violent crimes, however I have concerns when these suggestions are solely directed toward restricting gun ownership. Given the Constitution’s clear stance on gun ownership, I will continue to support an individual’s right to own firearms.

It is an honor and a privilege to serve you as your United States Senator. I appreciate you offering your opinion on this issue. If I can ever be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,

Marco Rubio
United States Senator

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I would call that a one in the plus column.

Now I shall wait for the rest of my reps.

She said the goal is to “dry up the supply of these weapons over time.”

via ‘Enough is enough,’ Feinstein says in proposing new gun ban – CNN.com.

As I just posted, 90 days is all her bill is apparently giving to register the “Assault Weapons” which knowing the way our Government work, it is gonna take them 4 times that to just set up a system, and not an efficient one.

Only really stupid journalists and Gun Control Activists will buy the “Dry Up The Supply” line of BS. Guns do not come with expiration dates nor do they come apart at a molecular level after certain time has passed forcing people to buy new ones. Guns have the darn tendency of lasting for a very long time if properly cared for.

It is on.

Just downloaded the AWB of 20013 bill and gave it a very quick look over. Bottom of page 122 we find this beauty:

EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

I might be reading it wrong but it looks like we are supposed to register our EBR and other “WMD” within 90 days of enactment? And after that we are officially felons?

The “semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm” for pistols is indeed in the bill. Most of the bill are the names of the guns prohibited and not prohibited. As far as I can see, the directives are on the first and last pages…. but I am going to read carefully just in case they decided to be sneaky.

An article appearing on TheHill.com today asserted that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is working on a bill with the NRA that would implement universal background checks.

NRA does NOT support universal background checks and is not working with Manchin to implement this type of legislation. NRA opposes, and will continue to oppose, universal background checks and registration schemes.

via NRA-ILA | Statement from Chris W. Cox.

We will see this more and more in the days that are coming. Always double check sources before reaching any conclusions and passing along the info. In this era of Social Media, this kind of stuff propagates lightning-fast.
And if you already screwed it up, make the correction! No shame on correcting one’s mistakes 🙂