Assault weapons ban round up – Ok other gun stuff too
This article, detailing a shooting, is pretty presumptive:
Police found the injured man in an upstairs bedroom, and located eight shell casings from an Intratec “TEC 9,” a 9-mm semi-automatic pistol. Police believe the man was shot with the TEC 9, which is one of several weapons previously included in the assault weapons ban.
9MM shell casings don’t come out of the gun with the label TEC 9 on them. This could have been any handgun or rifle that in 9mm. I’m uncertain how the police would have been able to determine that it was a TEC 9. Additionally, Intratec, the company that made the TEC 9, went out of business in the mid 1990s. As such, there are no new TEC 9s. So even if this was a TEC 9, it was not affected by the now dead assault weapons ban.
Residents of Maryland were asked to discuss the Bill of Rights:
However, the shoppers had differing opinions on whether or not people should be allowed to have guns, as stated in the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms.
They were also asked whether the federal assault weapons ban, which was lifted in September, should be reinstated.
John Gardner of Crownsville said he supported guns for hunting and agreed with the end of the assault weapon ban.
“They shouldn’t be banned for people who target-shoot,” he said.
But not everybody had the same feelings on the gun issue.
“I think the idea of controlling crime and not gun control is pretty ridiculous. It goes hand in hand,” said Tim Parsley of Crofton.
There has historically been very little correlation between crime and gun control. Interesting to also read their thoughts on searches and seizures.
Here’s a good read entitled The Truth About Guns.
Newsflash: Sane, Normal, Law-Abiding People Own Guns too.
Jeff reports that San Francisco is looking to ban handgun ownership:
City residents will vote next year on a proposed weapons ban that would deny handguns to everyone except law enforcement officers, members of the military and security guards.
If passed next November, residents would have 90 days to give up firearms they keep in their homes or businesses. The proposal was immediately dismissed as illegal by a gun owners group.
James has more. As does Publicola.
There is also new stuff at the Shooters’ Carnival.
December 17th, 2004 at 1:22 am
Frisco to Secede from California – Again
Via Xrlq Soyer and Uncle, the Frisco City Council is considering banning handguns next year. The Ass. Press further reports that “Sam Paredes, the group’s executive director, said state law bars local governments from usurping the state’s authori…