Agreed.
I should have said, get ready to mark your calendar, it is coming.
I wonder what the next formal assault, under the banner of The Safer Communities Act, will be.
The future is wide open.
New language on personal sales of firearms, “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act”
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I should have said, get ready to mark your calendar, it is coming.
I wonder what the next formal assault, under the banner of The Safer Communities Act, will be.
The future is wide open.
More on hidden anti-2A parts of this new law from the Truth about Guns blog.
In what seems to be another attempt at discouraging firearm activities, the Department of Education has decided to withhold the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funds from hunting and archery education programs nationwide....The specific provision in the act was an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which prohibits federal funds from going to programs that “provide to any person a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon.”
In what seems to be another attempt at discouraging firearm activities, the Department of Education has decided to withhold the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) funds from hunting and archery education programs nationwide....The specific provision in the act was an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which prohibits federal funds from going to programs that “provide to any person a dangerous weapon or training in the use of a dangerous weapon.”
Texasgordo
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I remember the member here who wanted a BOS for ammo. He wouldn't sell it to another member without it.
O.S.O.K. 1961
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The last legislative "win" the Mitch McConnell will be remembered for. I want to say what needs to be done about this but I think ya'll know.
As do I.
Why bitch about Mitch? Cornyn sponsored it.
O.S.O.K. 1961
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All of them - all of the rinos need to go. Cornyn is a huge disappointment yes.
I could understand and even agree with the Great Cornholio, but not our resident rino dipshit.
TXAdj.....
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First off, if it's a private sale, how is anybody going to know to begin with? And short of having receipts, how would anybody know if you made a profit or not?
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I haven't really noticed that many "private collection" sellers at shows... so it will just hurt them but not doom them - we will probably see some more dealers see an opportunity and fill in the tables. But I agree, its not good for the shows - none of this is good for any of us period.
They'll just become trade shows where gun retailers, all selling the same shit, for the same price meet up and try to get your business using nostalgia of the gun shows of old.
I haven't attended a gun show in 17 years - I know that because the last time I went to one was when my wife and I were dating, and it was one of the "good' gun shows, small town where more private people than dealers, and it was still trash back then. Lots of pop corn vendors, beanie baby vendors, a kydex bender, and mostly dealers.
I've never bought a gun at a gun show, because the "deals" just weren't there. I found a few pieces I contemplated, but I could find similar pieces at my regular "home" gunshop.
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You might want to try again. I live in San Antonio - and the show here was pretty good = I actually found two deals - one was really good on a milsurp rifle and the other wasn't a bargain but the price was what it should be - not inflated. That later was a private seller... The bargain was actually an ffl dealer -but milsurps weren't his thing and apparently he got the rifle for a song...
If you can make the Fort Worth Original Gun show you would be surprised. I went in early 2023 and was very impressed with number of dealers. Plus a bonus for me was selling couple of guns to finance a new semi-auto shotgun.
Back on the topic of new definition proposed rule of who is a gun dealer and needs FFL. The rule is only proposed so far and has to go through long process before final approval. Giving many of the 2A advocates time to prepare lawsuits like for the pistol brace rule. If this new rule goes into effect it will make the 2024 elections even more important to get the right minded reps in Congress and White House to reverse the rules.
Publised 9/8.
Comment period open thru Pearl Harbor Day (12/7/23).
ETA: of the 12,000+ comments received already, the vast majority (11,148) are meaningless canned letters supporting the rule.
Because the NPRM is adopting the definitions required by law (BCSA), there’s not much to successfully argue. Note personal collection, personal collection of firearms, and personal firearms collection are now defined by BCSA and implemented via the NPRM.
Note also there is objective criteria for presumptively being engaged in the business. For high volume traders and private sellers, this is where your comments are needed and can potentially influence the outcome.
Comment period open thru Pearl Harbor Day (12/7/23).
ETA: of the 12,000+ comments received already, the vast majority (11,148) are meaningless canned letters supporting the rule.
Because the NPRM is adopting the definitions required by law (BCSA), there’s not much to successfully argue. Note personal collection, personal collection of firearms, and personal firearms collection are now defined by BCSA and implemented via the NPRM.
Note also there is objective criteria for presumptively being engaged in the business. For high volume traders and private sellers, this is where your comments are needed and can potentially influence the outcome.
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Still a serious question. I honestly would like to know if you are still of the same mindset as you were when you started the linked thread.
From the Truth about Guns blog some senators waking up to disaster that is the law that Senator Cornyn was the lead on getting past into law. Give the anti-2A crowd any leeway they will go on forever.
“The administration has stated its intent to ‘move the U.S. as close to universal background checks as possible without additional legislation.’ But Congress has not authorized universal background checks, and the administration does not have the authority to impose this policy unilaterally,” the letter read. …
The senators argued that the proposal misinterprets the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act’s language in order to place firearm purchases under the ATF’s purview. Notably, the rule ignores the legislation’s exemption for a person who occasionally engages in firearm transactions from being labeled a firearms dealer.
