Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: CeaseFire employee/gang member charged with kidnapping and rape [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)Johnston: Is that a serious question? If it is, then you don't know the law. Under the Gun Control Act, it is a five year mandatory minimum of being a felon in possession. Any felon including John Dean and Martha Stewart.
OK Johnston, quick quiz. Which came later, 1968 or 1986?
Time's up, here's the answer:
NRA backed, Gunnut approved FOPA = firearm owner protection act of 1986:
Clarification of prohibited persons
The older Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits firearms ownership in the U.S. by certain categories of individuals thought to pose a threat to public safety. However, this list differed between the House and the Senate versions of the bill, and led to confusion. The list was later augmented, modified, and clarified in the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986. The 1986 list is:
##Anyone who has been convicted in any court of a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, excluding those crimes punishable by imprisonment related to the regulation of business practices, whose full civil rights have not been restored by the State in which the firearms disability was first imposed.
##Anyone who is a fugitive from justice..........................
##A person who is under indictment or information for a crime (misdemeanor) punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding two years cannot lawfully receive a firearm. Such person may continue to lawfully possess firearms obtained prior to the indictment or information, and if cleared or acquitted can receive firearms without restriction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
What was that you were saying about 'not knowing the law', Johnston?
.. hoisted on your own petard you are. Ha. Nothing new.