More on HR 5092
HR 5092 (see prior coverage here) is drawing the ire of some pro-gun groups:
“- Unlike HR 1603 … HR 5092 does not require the videotaping of BATFE firearm tests, which would ensure these tests are conducted fairly and competently.”
“- HR 5092 does not require the BATFE to establish standardized, written procedures on how firearms are tested”
“- HR 5092 does not address the BATFE’s policy of arbitrarily reclassifying firearms or firearm accessories as illegal … nor require the BATFE to give notice of such reclassification”
“- HR 5092 does not address the situation of gun owners who may have been unfairly convicted through faulty firearms testing or arbitrary firearms reclassification” …
All valid points but I think it is an incremental step to modernizing firearms laws. Here‘s the bill. Here‘s NRA’s take on it. The Brady Campaign says:
H.R. 5092 Protects Corrupt Gun Dealers And Gun Traffickers And Weakens Federal Gun Laws
Well, it can’t be all bad if it gets their knickers in a bunch.
September 13th, 2006 at 1:45 pm
You incrementalist!
September 13th, 2006 at 9:25 pm
I’d like to get their kidneys in a bunch, the whole lot of them.