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Related: About this forumthe "Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act"
Re-introduced in the House on Thursday, it appears to be the old H.R. 308 but I haven't been able to find out what its new resolution number is yet.Here's a link to a pdf:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr308ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr308ih.pdf
If enacted, those who have them now will be able to keep them.
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the "Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act" (Original Post)
Kaleva
Jan 2013
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I could never understand why they always put in exceptions for retired law enforcement.
Glassunion
Jan 2013
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Glassunion
(10,201 posts)1. I could never understand why they always put in exceptions for retired law enforcement.
gejohnston
(17,502 posts)2. because they are not part of the despised culture
Clames
(2,038 posts)3. So this will be effective how?
I mean, does anyone honestly think these laws do anything? There is no enforcement mechanism. Millions are available and manufactures will produce or import hundreds of thousands more before this law even approaches reality.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)4. Sounds like the "Maybe Make Spree Killers Slightly Less Efficient" Act. nt
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)5. The VT murderer used "conventional" mags. Several of them.
Kaleva
(36,295 posts)6. It's H.R. 138
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d113:2:./temp/~bdQOOb::|/bss/|
Going to call and write my rep and ask him to co-sponser and support passage of this legislation.
Going to call and write my rep and ask him to co-sponser and support passage of this legislation.
Ashgrey77
(236 posts)7. You go ahead and do that, so you'll "feel" better.
It won't do a damn thing if it passes, there's millions of 10+ magazines in circulation. LMAO
jimmyjon
(1 post)8. Gun control is not gonna help. Criminals are just that, they dont follow laws!
Keep writing your letters your wasting your time. We need to focus on the nutjobs pulling the triggers.