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03-19-2014, 01:53 PM
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/28/new-jersey-bill-is-outright-gun-ban-on-22-caliber-/
The Association of New Jersey Rifle (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jersey-rifle/) and Pistol Clubs (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pistol-clubs/) gave the draft legislation to top firearms experts in the country to determine what guns would fall under the expanded ban.They discovered that the bill would affect tube-fed (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-federal-reserve/), semi-automatic rifles because the magazine cannot be separated from the gun.
Thus, the experts found that at least 43 common rifles would suddenly be considered a prohibited “assault firearm,” such as the .22 caliber Marlin Model (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/marlin-model/) 60, Remington Nylon (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/remington-nylon/) 66 and Winchester 190.
Just having one such gun would turn a law-abiding owner into a felon overnight.
Possession of an “assault firearm” is a second-degree crime in New Jersey (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jersey-rifle/). The penalty is up to 10 years in jail and a mandatory minimum sentence of three to five years, with no chance of parole.
“This bill is a gun ban, there’s no question about that,” Scott Bach (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/scott-bach/), the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/association-of-new-jersey-rifle-and-pistol-clubs/), told me in an interview.
“If it becomes law, it would have zero impact on crime because criminals don’t follow bans. It would only affect legal gun owners by essentially tying their hands when they need to defend their lives.”
Even worse, the bill has no grandfather clause and no amnesty period. So as soon as this legislation becomes law, everyone in possession of these rifles is automatically a felon and the guns are subject to seizure by the government.
Remember just last May, these same legislators were caught on a hot microphone saying, “We needed a bill that was going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.”
Yehhhh,
The Association of New Jersey Rifle (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jersey-rifle/) and Pistol Clubs (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/pistol-clubs/) gave the draft legislation to top firearms experts in the country to determine what guns would fall under the expanded ban.They discovered that the bill would affect tube-fed (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/us-federal-reserve/), semi-automatic rifles because the magazine cannot be separated from the gun.
Thus, the experts found that at least 43 common rifles would suddenly be considered a prohibited “assault firearm,” such as the .22 caliber Marlin Model (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/marlin-model/) 60, Remington Nylon (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/remington-nylon/) 66 and Winchester 190.
Just having one such gun would turn a law-abiding owner into a felon overnight.
Possession of an “assault firearm” is a second-degree crime in New Jersey (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/jersey-rifle/). The penalty is up to 10 years in jail and a mandatory minimum sentence of three to five years, with no chance of parole.
“This bill is a gun ban, there’s no question about that,” Scott Bach (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/scott-bach/), the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/association-of-new-jersey-rifle-and-pistol-clubs/), told me in an interview.
“If it becomes law, it would have zero impact on crime because criminals don’t follow bans. It would only affect legal gun owners by essentially tying their hands when they need to defend their lives.”
Even worse, the bill has no grandfather clause and no amnesty period. So as soon as this legislation becomes law, everyone in possession of these rifles is automatically a felon and the guns are subject to seizure by the government.
Remember just last May, these same legislators were caught on a hot microphone saying, “We needed a bill that was going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.”
Yehhhh,