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In reply to the discussion: Why I'm not going to rejoin the NRA just yet. [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)67. The Tiahart Amendment was passed in 2004
This is what MAIG claims about the amendment
The Tiahrt Amendments, named for their original sponsor, U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt (R-KS), are provisions attached to federal spending bills that make it harder for law enforcement officers to aggressively pursue criminals who buy and sell illegal guns. Since it was formed in 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has been fighting to reform the Tiahrt Amendments.
In 2007, hundreds of mayors joined with 30 national and state law enforcement organizations to wage a campaign against the Tiahrt restrictions. The campaign's efforts helped to defeat proposals that would have made the restrictions even worse, and also secured certain improvements to the Tiahrt amendments in the FY 2008 appropriations bill. In 2009, mayors and police chiefs successfully pushed revisions to the Tiahrt language in the FY 2010 appropriations bill, which restored full access to crime gun trace data for state and local law enforcement.
In 2007, hundreds of mayors joined with 30 national and state law enforcement organizations to wage a campaign against the Tiahrt restrictions. The campaign's efforts helped to defeat proposals that would have made the restrictions even worse, and also secured certain improvements to the Tiahrt amendments in the FY 2008 appropriations bill. In 2009, mayors and police chiefs successfully pushed revisions to the Tiahrt language in the FY 2010 appropriations bill, which restored full access to crime gun trace data for state and local law enforcement.
http://www.mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/federal/tiahrt.shtml
That is false, because local law enforcement always had full access. MAIG wants access to non law enforcement and the trace data be admissible is civil suits.
http://www.fop.net/servlet/display/news_article?id=411&XSL=xsl_pages%2Fpublic_news_individual.xsl
The above is dated 2007.
Here I explain the score card
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=20582
for this I cite Gun Control Act of 1968 (including the Lautenberg Amendment) and the Federal Firearms Act of 1938
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They are ignorant on the technical aspects of firearms, basic math, ballistics, physics and logic.
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#39
So, how many crimes *have* been committed with .50 caliber rifles in California?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#52
When has an enumerated right *ever* been held subordinate to an un-enumerated (and ill-defined) one?
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#61
"A well-regulated Militia" - No member of SCOTUS denies that gun control is Constitutional...
ellisonz
Mar 2012
#62
Would you restrict the 1A rights of people based on their political preference?
shadowrider
Mar 2012
#88
Prove what? That crimes commited with .50 cal rifles are essentially non-existant?
PavePusher
Mar 2012
#68
If it ain't rocket science then why do you keep avoiding the questions asked?
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#36
It is really strange that a person who claims to be so highly educated wants to avoid
oneshooter
Mar 2012
#43
Poopyhead- you're not recognizing the "higher truth" in MAIG's statements.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#94
Yes, I think it is important to send policy messages through voting where possible.
Atypical Liberal
Mar 2012
#17
If all you can do is complain about spelling and whether a word is a noun or a verb
rl6214
Mar 2012
#86
No point in donating money to people that piss on the President, while accepting Mitt's AWB.
friendly_iconoclast
Mar 2012
#50