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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: twyacht on January 29, 2012, 07:56:21 AM
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I remember posting the entire PDF ATF study here at DRTV, and the topic was discussed at length also. This was one of the "plans" of the ATF to;, you guessed it:
ENACT GUN CONTROL!!! The list was relegated to imported shotguns, with magazines, adjustable stocks, rails, grenade launchers (commonly available at Bass Pro and Gander Mtn.), "that evil high capacity", "red-dot optics,...etc,....et al....AND modified American shotguns, that have been "accessorized".
The 3-gun, and shooting competition community, and the "public at large" was "given" 3 months to reply to the ATF rec's to BAN these.
Thankfully, buried in the Nov. 2011 omnibus bill. Funding was denied for the ATF to enact this BS plan....
http://www.examiner.com/gun-rights-in-st-louis/blocked-funding-for-atf-s-planned-shotgun-import-ban-already-paying-dividends
Politics | January 25, 2012
Blocked funding for ATF's planned shotgun import ban already paying dividends
Kurt Hofmann
St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner
Last November, the "Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science and Transportation/Housing/Urban Development Appropriations bills" omnnibus was signed into law. One provision of that law blocks funding for a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) plan to ban the importation of certain shotguns, based on their not being sufficiently suited to "sporting purposes." From AmmoLand.com:
SEC. 541. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to deny, or fail to act on, an application for the importation of any model of shotgun if–
(1) all other requirements of law with respect to the proposed importation are met; and
(2) no application for the importation of such model of shotgun, in the same configuration, had been denied by the Attorney General prior to January 1, 2011, on the basis that the shotgun was not particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes.
We have talked about this insidious BATFE plot before. Particularly offensive was the BATFE's proposal to not only exploit the heinous "sporting purposes" requirement to justify gun bans, but to simply ignore sports of their choosing:
Further, both studies concluded that the scope of “sporting purposes” did not include all lawful activity, but was limited to traditional sports such as hunting, skeet shooting, and trap shooting.
The obvious motive here was to get around the fact that sports like 3-Gun are built around just the kinds of politically incorrect guns that the BATFE had hoped to ban. National Gun Rights Examiner David Codrea puts it this way:
So now the fedgov presumes the power to be the final arbiter of “authorized sports”?
For now, though, the BATFE has been thwarted. This year's SHOT (Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade) show, just wrapped up in Las Vegas, included a good reason (if another were needed) to appreciate the Congressional efforts to block this intended infringement on that which shall not be infringed--the AKDAL MKA 1919 shotgun, from Turkey. Defense Review has more:
During Media Day last Monday at SHOT Show 2012, our good friend (and champion 3-Gunner) Taran Butler alerted us to the very interesting (and very fun) Akdal MKA 1919 mag-fed (10-rounds) tactical AR-15-type semi-auto 12-gauge (12ga) shotgun being imported (from Turkey) and marketed by RAAC. So, we decided to try it out. The experience was enlightening to say the least, thanks to the test gun’s total reliability, practical accuracy (with the help of a L3 EOTech HWS combat optic), and the muzzle brake’s effectiveness.
This is exactly the sort of tactically useful shotgun that the BATFE had hoped to ban. Without the BATFE funding prohibition in the appropriations bill, that ban would be well on its way already. Any 1919s that may have managed to sneak in before the ban would have been quickly snapped up by speculators, and thus priced beyond the means of most shooters, rather than the $699 that is apparently the going price.
The "sporting purposes" clause still needs to go (and despite rumors to the contrary, it has not yet done so). The appropriations bill only provides protection for the one year it is in effect. Still, this is good news for now.
Sorry, BATFE--you lose, America wins.
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If BHO gets another term, you'll see this come back with a vengence,.....they have to be fought and beaten at every level...
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This isn't a "win", it's a TEMPORARY reprieve.