July 2012 - Argghhh!

...now they're after what goes in them. Predictably. And it's silly. But we do have to preserve our Brady Campaign ratings, no? New Jersey Democrat Senator Lautenberg, and New York Democrat Representative McCarthy introduced a bill called the Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act.

It may be just the Marines now , but the argument (that we lost in the 80's when the Army went all poodle-shooter all the time) has been reopened. Of course, the irony now is that the arguments for the newest iteration of the .45 are essentially the same arguments advanced... when the M1911 was adopted. But no, "This time it will be different!" Heh. H/t Marine Aviation Repairman Cortillaen for the link.

As I read this, it essentially re-imposes the magazine ban that was part of the AWB - except... and it's a big "except" - it can be read to say that if I own it on the day the law takes effect, I can keep it. But I can't transfer it to anyone else. That has some significant downstream impacts. Text of Lautenberg's hi-cap ban:

The Castle's FN-built Israeli Mauser in 7.62 x 51. With some of her fiddly-bits. The pic embiggens. Here she is wearing her grenade launcher . And here are close-ups of her breech markings , bayonet , and hefty grenade launcher . The Israelis procured a lot of Mauser rifles during the post-war period prior to the formal establishment of the nation of Israel. They got them from a lot of sources, from ex-Nazi German to Mexican weapons, as many nations were upgrading their arsenals to semi-autos...

Just so you know, I do have a real job ...

Massa John is right in bleating about my paltry postings. Every time I try and gather strength for a post, Deh Funneh is just not *there*, as of late...

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