Compromise or sacrifice?
Memo to our supposed pro-gun senators: We are not willing to compromise gun rights to pass an immunity bill. Period. That went for the assault weapons ban and the same goes for .50 calibers:
This thread on THR seems to indicate that there’s a deal in the works between Senator Craig and Senator Fienstien to get the lawsuit immunity bill through, at the cost of classifying .50 bmg as NFA weaponry.
The thread quotes a Reuters article, the current iteration of which softpedals the .50 bmg compromise, making it seem they’d only be transferable through an FFL.
The bill proposed by Fienstien and her merry band of traitors to the Republic, however, goes much farther than requiring FFL transfers, by defining the .50 bmg and variants as NFA regulated weapons.
July 18th, 2005 at 1:28 pm
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July 15th, 2005 at 12:38 pm
My understanding (from someone here on the hill) is that the Feinstein amendment is different than the language in her actual bill and will only require .50 Cal. sales to go through FFLs who run a background check.
If so, I probably don’t care about it too much as an extra $20 on top of a $5000 gun purchase is pretty minimal. However, I am going to reserve judgment until I see the actual amendment language.