Firearm Manufacturers Target D.C. Strict Assault Weapon Liability Act
East News • July 20, 2005
Firearm manufacturers have filed papers asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruling permitting lawsuits against firearms manufacturers under the District ...
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Subject: RE: RE: RE: Gun's don't kill people
Posted On: July 22, 2005, 9:55 am CDT
Posted By: S.E.Mettler
Comment:
I think you miss the entire point in trying to justify legislation that applies to so called "assault weapons". Which definition are they using? When you allow these people to legislate which weapons you can own, you also tell them that they can legislate what kind of home or vehicle you can own, what kind of school you can send your kids too, etc. These so called "assault weapons" are usually defined as military looking firearms that have some specific characteristic that sets them aside from other weapons i.e. vertical handgrip, bayonet lug, flash suppressor. These features have nothing to do with the weapon's ability to inflict injury to a mass number of people.
Keep in mind that the basic bolt action rifle that most hunters use during Deer hunting is a direct decendant to one of the most widely recognized battle weapons ever developed, the 98 Mauser. This weapon was used successfully by the German army and others through (2) world wars. The U.S. Army was so impressed that it developed it's own version in the 1903 Springfield.
The reality of any attempt to criminalize the possession of a particular type of firearm is that it is a starting point. If you can legislate against magazine capacity of 20rnds max, you can legislate against 15rnds. max. Then 10 and so on. If you legislate against semi-autos, you can legislate against pump-action and other systems until we're back to percussion caps or flintlocks. I've been a California cop for twenty years and have watched this legislative process limit what kind of firearms can be possessed in my home state. I've testified in local courts as a "Weapons Expert" in illegal possession cases where the Court itself did not understand the California State definition of an "assault weapon" even though at that time assault weapons were listed by weapon name, model number and manufacturer. It has been a monumental waste of time and taxpayer money and has'nt decreased crime at all. If crooks want to be armed, they will. And they will carry what they want and modify it to suit themselves. They won't buy it from a local sporting goods store, they will buy it off the street or steal it from someone's home. The only people who are being subjected to any gun laws are the honest ones. If you can't see that, then you've got a problem.
Subject: RE: RE: RE: Gun's don't kill people
Keep in mind that the basic bolt action rifle that most hunters use during Deer hunting is a direct decendant to one of the most widely recognized battle weapons ever developed, the 98 Mauser. This weapon was used successfully by the German army and others through (2) world wars. The U.S. Army was so impressed that it developed it's own version in the 1903 Springfield.
The reality of any attempt to criminalize the possession of a particular type of firearm is that it is a starting point. If you can legislate against magazine capacity of 20rnds max, you can legislate against 15rnds. max. Then 10 and so on. If you legislate against semi-autos, you can legislate against pump-action and other systems until we're back to percussion caps or flintlocks. I've been a California cop for twenty years and have watched this legislative process limit what kind of firearms can be possessed in my home state. I've testified in local courts as a "Weapons Expert" in illegal possession cases where the Court itself did not understand the California State definition of an "assault weapon" even though at that time assault weapons were listed by weapon name, model number and manufacturer. It has been a monumental waste of time and taxpayer money and has'nt decreased crime at all. If crooks want to be armed, they will. And they will carry what they want and modify it to suit themselves. They won't buy it from a local sporting goods store, they will buy it off the street or steal it from someone's home. The only people who are being subjected to any gun laws are the honest ones. If you can't see that, then you've got a problem.